DESIGN FREEDOM FOR GARDEN BUILDINGS WITH MEDITE EXTERIOR
14th September 2009 - Medite Exterior
Material specification for any project is important, but none more so than for use outside - exposed to the vagaries of the weather. Medite Exterior is a long-standing MDF solution for outdoor applications requiring panels, and one which HSP Garden Buildings Ltd. has been using for nearly 15 years.
Based in Suffolk, HSP Garden Buildings design, manufacture and install high quality garden structures. Design options can be chosen from their standard range or purpose built, but each is carefully designed and crafted to the highest standards, and HSP's work is in demand internationally. Owner, Jamie Townson, explains how HSP draws inspiration from classic design and combines it with modern materials. “Hand finished and ready assembled, all our products, be they garden arbours or full pavilions, combine classical styling with colour to produce a structure which is both pleasing to the eye and sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of life in the garden. For this, Medite Exterior MDF is invaluable, and we use it in nearly all of our designs. Treated correctly, it is one of the most stable and reliable products we work with.”
Classic, modern, unusual or bespoke designs are developed by HSP's in-house team, and the careful and clean joinery is executed by experienced carpenters. With options for ventilation, practical and aesthetic lighting and insulation, these garden buildings can be used not only in the summer or on sunny days, but all year round, for everything from recreation to garden home offices.
From inception to completion, HSP's garden buildings realise the chosen designs in hardwood or softwood, with lead finishing, brass fittings, and a wide range of high quality paint and stain finishes. Medite Exterior is used for fascias, backboards and to create elegant decorative panels on arbours, garden stores, gazebos and summer houses.
Medite Exterior is part of Medite's unique range of FSC certified MDF products and was developed specifically for use in a wide range of external applications*, offering the design freedom of standard MDF with the confidence of quality outdoor performance.
As part of the continued drive for industrial and technological innovation and development, this summer, Medite Europe Ltd signed a joint development agreement with Titan Wood Ltd to work toward developing an economically viable and non-toxic MDF panel made from Tricoya® wood elements. This environmentally responsible process protects wood from rot and improves stability and durability. Geoff Rhodes, marketing and business development director for Coillte Panel Products says, “The new products we jointly develop will be able to be used in even more new and exciting applications, including those in high moisture areas, and especially outdoors.”
For information on HSP Garden Buildings Ltd., visit www.hspgardenbuildings.com. For details on Medite Exterior and the full range of Medite products, visit www.medite-europe.com.
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*in accordance with MDF-H2 as defined in EN 622 part 5
Notes to editor:
Medite Exterior
Medite Exterior MDF can be used as a substitute for softwood, hardwood, plywood, plastic and metal in non-stressed applications for a wide range of external applications including: external signs, shop fronts, external woodwork (including fascias), exterior mouldings, door parts - raised and fielded panels, garden design and garden furniture components, exterior display stands, marine craft interiors and sports score boards.
Medite Europe Ltd.
Medite Europe Ltd. is part of Coillte Panel Products and owned by Coillte (the Irish forestry and forest products company). Medite products are recognised as the benchmark for quality, consistency and performance in MDF, as well as being FSC certified. Medite has led the market in technical innovation, introducing such advances as moisture resistant, flame retardant, exterior grade, zero-added formaldehyde and flooring quality MDF varieties, and their programme of innovation is continuous.
Coillte Panel Products
Coillte Panel Products is owned by Coillte, who brought together two leading European panel products operations; SmartPly OSB in Waterford and leading MDF manufacturer Medite Europe Ltd., in Clonmel, making Coillte Panel Products a significant and powerful player in Europe's composite board marketplace.
Both Medite and SmartPly are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified which differentiates them from many competitor and substitute products, and enables them to meet environmental standards which are becoming increasingly important to designers, specifiers, architects and clients for both public and private projects.
Accsys Technologies PLC (www.accsysplc.com)
Accsys Technologies is an environmental science and technology company whose primary focus is on the production of Accoya® wood and technology licensing via its 100% owned subsidiary, Titan Wood Limited (www.titanwood.com). Tricoya® Wood Elements (www.tricoya.com) is Titan Wood's proprietary technology for the acetylation of wood fibres, chips, and particles for use in the fabrication of wood based composites, including panel products. These composites demonstrate enhanced durability and dimensional stability which allow them to be used in a variety of applications which were once limited to solid wood or man-made products. Tricoya® Wood Elements is lauded as the first major innovation in the wood composites industry in more than 30 years.
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