Board guide
What a board is made of, the boards under the decor, and the sheets each range comes in. For the decor itself, see the ranges.
A decorative surface, bonded to a base board, balanced on the back.
The surface is what makes a range: melamine paper pressed in register with its texture plate (synchronised), UV lacquer in eight to twelve coats (high gloss and super matt), a PET film, or an acrylic film with melamine on the back. Under it, a melamine paper bonds it to the base board, and a second paper on the back keeps the sheet flat.
Two ranges are built differently: compact HPL is laminate all the way through, with no base board, and powder coat is sprayed onto an HDF board and baked on every face and edge.
- Protective film (with or without)
- Surface: the decor
- Melamine paper
- Base board: MDF, particleboard or plywood
- Balancing melamine paper
The board under the decor.
Most ranges come on more than one board. Choose by where the panel goes: the decor and the code stay the same.
- MDF
- Medium density fibreboard: fine and even all the way through, so it machines cleanly. Fronts, doors and panels.
- Particleboard
- Wood particles pressed with resin: lighter and economical. Carcasses, shelves and panels.
- Plywood
- Veneers glued with the grain crossed: strong, stable and good at holding screws.
- HMR MDF
- High moisture resistant MDF, for kitchens, laundries and bathrooms.
- MR particleboard
- Moisture resistant particleboard, for the same damp places.
- FR MDF
- Fire retardant MDF, where the job asks for a fire rating.
- HDF
- High density fibreboard: harder and denser than MDF. The board under powder coat.
The standard sheets, side by side.
Most ranges come in 1220 × 2440 and 1220 × 2800. The newer synchronised colours also come as 1245 × 2800 MDF, and three of them as 1549 × 2769 particleboard. Compact HPL is 1320 × 3050. Powder coat is cut to order.
Choose a sheet
1220 × 2800 mm
- In feet
- 4.0 × 9.2 ft
- Area
- 3.42 m²
- Boards
- MDF, particleboard, plywood, HMR MDF, MR particleboard
- Ranges
- Synchronised, UV High Gloss, UV Super Matt, PET, Acrylic, 3D Deep Texture
- Shown in
- Espresso Walnut · WQ9E52206-1
Thickness, magnified. Compact HPL also comes in 0.7, 1 and 4 mm; powder coat in 22 mm.
Sizes, boards and thickness, range by range.
Thickness is in millimetres. Formaldehyde classes are those each range is made to; ask which your job needs.
| Range | Sheet sizes | Thickness | Board | Formaldehyde class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronised | 1220 × 2440 · 1220 × 2800 · 1245 × 2800 · 1549 × 2769 mm | 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 mm | MDF, particleboard, plywood, HMR MDF, MR particleboard | Normal, E1, CARB P2 and TSCA (EPA) |
| UV High Gloss | 1220 × 2440 · 1220 × 2800 mm | 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 mm | MDF, particleboard, plywood | Normal, E1, CARB P2 and TSCA (EPA) |
| UV Super Matt | 1220 × 2440 · 1220 × 2800 mm | 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 mm | MDF, particleboard, plywood | Normal, E1, CARB P2 and TSCA (EPA) |
| PET | 1220 × 2440 · 1220 × 2800 mm | MDF 8–18 mm; particleboard 18 mm | MDF, particleboard | Normal, E1, CARB P2 and TSCA (EPA) |
| Acrylic | 1220 × 2440 · 1220 × 2800 mm | 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18 mm | MDF, particleboard, HMR MDF, MR particleboard | Normal, E1, CARB P2 and TSCA (EPA) |
| 3D Deep Texture | 1220 × 2800 mm | 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18 mm | MDF, particleboard, HMR MDF, MR particleboard | Ask us |
| Compact HPL | 1320 × 3050 mm | 0.7, 1, 4, 12 mm | Compact HPL | Ask us |
| Powder Coated | 180–1220 × 180–2800, cut to order | 18, 22, 25 mm | HDF | Normal, E1, E0 and CARB P2 |
Edge banding, matched to the decor.
PVC, ABS and 3D acrylic edging from 0.4 to 3 mm thick and 19 to 80 mm wide, in high gloss, matt, super matt and sparkle, matched to the board.
Edge banding