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SECTOR FOCUS WOOD,CORK & LAMINATE FLOORING

Magnetic wood flooring – the next generation

ESIGNERS and specifiers in workspace combining it with wood
Dhave been advocating for magnetic flooring. As one of the
wood floors for a while now and it’s easy few pioneers who were
to see why: wood floors create a naturally succeeding, BROADLEAF
inviting working environment and promote had a daily battle to
a sense of wellbeing, both of which are convince contractors that
central to modern office design. if the product and the
A magnetic fixing is a clean and easy preparation were right, it
way to fit to the metal raised access would work.
subfloors found in most large office ‘We worked in
buildings and enables crucial access to the partnership with
services beneath. underfloor heating
Better still, in a world where genuine suppliers to understand
sustainability is increasingly important their systems and help
and the ability to disassemble and reuse is them understand wood,’
a growing priority across the construction says the company. ‘We
industry, magnetic wood flooring can be improved the information
removed without damage to the subfloor available to help people
and reused. avoid the pitfalls and
Over a 20-year period in a commercial shared our success stories,
setting, this can reduce the amount of as did others.
embodied carbon by more than 500% and ‘Gradually, laying wood
costs by two thirds. floors over underfloor
So why isn’t everyone doing it? The truth heating became normal,
is like most innovations magnetic wood so that these days it’s
flooring has had some teething problems. something that most
Many of these have been blamed on contractors do regularly
contractors, and the result is that sadly without a second thought. is Magnetree, which isn’t just magnetic
most are now wary of magnetic wood Now, we hope to do the same thing with wood flooring, but a complete magnetic
flooring and reluctant to embrace this magnetic wood flooring. We’ve been installation system that can be applied
potentially revolutionary way of fitting researching, developing and testing to our entire range of wood floors.
wood floors in commercial spaces despite magnetic wood floors for nearly a decade, Magnetree has been designed with
the enthusiasm of specifiers. combining our knowledge as a wood contractors in mind; there are no added
This reminds us of the early days of flooring manufacturer with insights from complications with expansion gaps; it
underfloor heating, when everyone contractors and magnet experts.’ doesn’t require fiddly machining on-site
seemed to have a disaster story about The company continues: ‘The result to create access hatches, or detailed
mapping to identify their location; it
retains full horizontal integrity and is
designed not to track.
‘It’s been designed by wood people, for
wood people. Now we know we won’t
convince everyone straight off the bat,
and nor do we expect to, but we hope
even if you’ve had a bad experience with
magnetic wood flooring before, you’ll give
us a chance to show you ours will work,
just like our floors for underfloor heating
always have.’
Concludes the company: ‘Using
magnetic wood floors to replace adhesive
as standard in workspace would make a
huge difference to the environment over
the next 20 years, not to mention enabling
us to reuse and recycle thousands of
square metres of wood and metal rather
than them ending up in landfill. That’s got
to be an ambition we can all share.’ 
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the product and the preparation were right, it would work www.broadleaftimber.com/magnetree

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