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Project data

Project outline: Refurbishment of five star London hotel.

Value: 90 million

Architect: Reardon Smith

Main contractor: Beck Interiors

Sub-contractor: DT Interiors

Products: Knauf Aquapanel Interior

Distributor: Penlaw & Co

Summary: Knauf Aquapanel Interior is installed in 200redesigned bathrooms and wetrooms, as abacker to support 15mm marble tiles.

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Five star hotel, LondonCase study June 2010

Aquapanel Interior tile backer from Knauf Drywall hasa permanent booking at one of Londons premierluxury hotels, where it supports heavy marble tiles injust under 200 bathrooms in the five staraccommodation currently under refurbishment. BeckInteriors, main contractor for the refurbishment,agreed to use the 12.5mm fibre cement board afterconsultation with Knauf Drywall and the design team.Renowned for its immense strength, even when wet,market leading Knauf Aquapanel Interior wasdeveloped as a drywall solution for wet areas, and is

the best safeguard against tile adhesion failures indrywall constructions.

Prestigious 90m projectThe London hotels current two year redevelopment,due for completion in late 2010, will completelyreinvent the hotel. All eight floors of guestroomsand suites, and the ground floor restaurants andbars, have been reconfigured and redesigned, anda spa and fitness suite added in an entirely newrooftop extension.

Beck Interiors is an internationally acclaimed specialistin hotel renovation. Contracts Director Andr Robertssays 15mm marble tiles have been specified for thehotels bathrooms, and Knauf Drywall is confident that

Aquapanel Interiors 50kg/m2 carrying capacity willsupport them. We have used it in the past and havegrown confident with its capabilities, he says. It isrelatively easy to install, Knauf Drywall assures us thatit has good longevity, and it appears to do exactly

what it says.

Tiled wetroomsDrywall subcontractor DT Interiors is installing more

than 8,000m

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of Aquapanel Interior for the bathrooms 53 of which are designed as large wetrooms, ratherthan traditional bathrooms with tub. DT Director PaulTear says Aquapanel Interior is installed for floor-to-ceiling tiling and it shapes some intricate detailingincluding tiled alcoves and stud walls, as well as bathpanels. Ive worked with Aquapanel Interior on otherjobs and it is a good, stable board which is easy to cutand simplifies the installation, he says. DT Interiorssourced the Aquapanel Interior through Essex-basedPenlaw & Co, one of the largest independent drywallsuppliers in the south, with five branches. Both KnaufDrywall and Penlaw & Co were closely involved

throughout discussions on the specification providingthe required technical advice.

Aquapanel Wall Liner is designed for full or part-tiledsituations, and provides an exceptionally tough,durable and solid substrate for tiles in wet indoorareas such as swimming pools, leisure centres,changing rooms, toilets, laundries, kitchens andbathrooms. Knauf Aquapanel Interior is ready keyedfor tiling, saving time on site and reducing the risk ofcostly, inconvenient tile failures.

Telephone: 01795 416259Email: cservice@knauf.co.uk

www.knaufdrywall.co.uk