specified by EGGER issue two
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I’d like to thank the industry for its engagement in issue one of Specified. Since our launch in April, the e-book has enjoyed wide reach and your comments and feedback have been welcomed.
Specified is a resource that lets us get messages out to the market that are needed at this time of rising inflation and economic uncertainty.
This time, we’re back with new material TM9 – an environmentally sustainable, cost efficient solution for matt surfaces. We delve into the UK Build-to-Rent sector, and explore the value engineering opportunities in kitchen cabinetry and worktops.
Our sustainability spotlight is on recycling, and EGGER Timberpak Director Mark Hayton tells us how specifying EGGER board material puts long term environmental protection at the forefront of design.
Don’t forget to drop into the back pages for the latest news, information on Material Lab, and details on how to get in touch.
Scott Davison Specification Senior Account Manager
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The Build to Rent Boom
Here's how to meet the design brief for the UKs growing build-to-rent sector. New! PerfectSense® Texture makes its debut with TM9. The door to effective Value Engineering We explore cost saving opportunities in luxury kitchen design. Stylish worktops... with added benefits Discover our cutting edge range of thin worktops that go beyond kitchens. The invaluable resource of Waste Wood EGGER Timberpak Director Mark Hayton tells us why wood recycling is vital in our changing climate. Tower Bridge Road Join us we take a look inside one of the latest luxurious apartment developments from Galliard Homes. News and events Tools and services Contact information U599 PM Indigo Blue contents 03-05 06-07 08-09 10-11 12-13 14-15 16 17 18 10 14 05 12 02
The Build to Rent Boom
Q1 of 2022 saw a record £1.6bn invested into the UK build-to-rent market, a £400m increase on the same period in 2021.
The high numbers are matched by high activity. The UK pipeline of 106,400 planned homes adds to 46,000 units currently under construction. Combined, those figures more than double the 72,700 homes in the UK’s BtR portfolio so far.* By any standards, it’s big business.
BtR is a game of opposing halves. For developers and investors, lean costs and project efficiency are vital.
parties require units to be delivered profitably, at pace, and without interruption to the supply chain.
For consumers, BtR is commonly about luxury. In interiors, high end design schemes reflect the sense of
living that developments
to offer.
Both
refined
aim
* The above information is supplied by Savills.
03 For specifiers of interiors in this sector, part of meeting the brief lies in bringing these concepts together. Where do luxurious looking design concepts meet cost effectiveness, efficient delivery, and consistency of supply? For one, in EGGER’s cutting edge reproduction materials. Readily available via an integrated UK distribution network, our core materials come with low lead times, and sheet and pack sizes optimised for fast and efficient fabrication. H3158 ST19 F120 ST76 U727 PM U608 ST9 U232 ST9 H3330 ST36U330 ST9
Cutting edge reproduction
continuous investment in production technology
are more realistic than ever before.
that our reproduction
Integrated distribution network
in print and texture allow us to create finishes that are barely distinguishable from the real material in application, and at the same time offer significant cuts to project costs.
UK Distribution network
national
turnaround
little as one
Optimised sheet and pack sizes
An average UK BtR unit uses 5.6 sheets of MFC
fit kitchen units, wardrobe doors and bathroom vanities. That allows for fabrication for 5 units from a single pack, for efficient production.
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EGGER’s
means
decors
Developments
Our
provides complete
coverage, with
in as
day. H3180 ST37 Brown Halifax Oak EGGER Feelwood MFC Solid oak can currently be up to 200% more in material costs than Feelwood MFC. » H1253 ST9 Truffle Brown Branson Robinia EGGER Door Laminate – requires no additional labour, removing the costly additions of lacquering and polishing veneer. » F205 ST9 Anthracite Pietra Grigia Solid stone and granite worktops can be in excess of 1100% more costly than our 16 mm square edge worktop. »
to
05 Everything from a single source In the residential sector, EGGER materials are applicable for kitchen unit doors and carcases, worktops, splashbacks, wall panelling, internal doors, fitted furniture, wardrobes, bed bases and headboards, bathroom vanities, flooring, and the structural flooring beneath. EGGER is unique as a supplier in offering efficient and cost effective solutions for all of the above from a single source. Shown product material sizes Eurodekor MFC 2800 × 2070 × 18 mm Feelwood XL Laminate 2790 × 2060 × 0.8 mm PerfectSense Premium 2800 × 2070 × 19 mm Door size laminate 2150 × 950 × 0.8 mm Worktop 4100 × 600 × 16 mm Splashback 3020 × 1210 × 6 mm F205 ST9 H1181 ST37 F629 ST16 U727 PM H1176 ST37 PerfectSense Premium Matt U727 PM Stone Grey with matching ABS edging Eurodekor MFC F629 ST16 Black Gold Metal Slate with matching ABS edging Door Size Laminate PerfectSense Topmatt U961 PT Graphite Grey EGGER 16 mm Worktop and matching Splashback F205 ST9 Anthracite Pietra Grigia Eurodekor MFC H1181 ST37 Tobacco Halifax Oak with matching ABS edging EGGER PRO Laminate Flooring EPL187 Brown Cardiff Oak Eurodekor MFC H1181 ST37 Tobacco Halifax Oak Eurodekor MFC U727 ST9 Stone Grey with matchingABS edging PerfectSense Premium Matt U727 PM Stone Grey with matching ABS edging Feelwood XL Laminate H1181 ST37 Tobacco Halifax Oak Eurodekor MFC U961 ST2 Graphite Grey with matching ABS edging EGGER PRO Laminate Flooring EPL168 White Chromix Eurodekor MFC H1176 ST37 White Halifax Oak with matching ABS edging
Material
The
the details
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Spotlight New! PerfectSense® Texture (TM9) The PerfectSense portfolio is evolving. Our market leading PerfectSense Premium matt and gloss boards are joined by TM9 – an alternative matt solution designed to offer significant cost savings. EGGER reads the market, sees the challenges faced, and provides solutions. TM9 is the new flagship finish of PerfectSense Texture. It combines our popular ST9 MFC finish with the velvety smooth lacquer of PerfectSense Premium Matt. » Order PerfectSense samples www.egger.com/shop U699 TM9U604 TM9 U201 TM9 A matt surface solution at a cost level more suited to shrinking project budgets. W1100 TM9 Alpine White U750 TM9 Taupe Grey U201 TM9 Pebble Grey U604 TM9 Reed Green U699 TM9 Fir Green TM9 colour palette U899 TM9
result... ST9 solid colours are upgraded with high end looking opacity, an inviting soft feel, and scratch and fingerprint resistance. Here, we explore
and market opportunities of EGGER’s latest cutting edge product offering.
TM9 Material Composition
PerfectSense® Texture TM9 has a cost effective chipboard core. The matt surface is added via our advanced PerfectSense lacquering line to one side of the board.
single sided format means that TM9 is offered as a high end looking solution for frontal applications such as cabinet and wardrobe doors.
TM9 Composition
TM9 Market Opportunities
The benefits
TM9 are immeasurable.
A high end design aesthetic, in line with demand for matt surfaces in interiors, that offers savings on costs.
A design led colour palette, in line with emerging market trends.
A 100% recyclable board solution with increased environmental credentials.
availability via the widespread reach of our distribution network.
TM9 Ecofacts
material from renewable resources
material from
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recycled material
material
% by-products from the sawmill industry
% fresh resources
TM9 colour palette
% regional wood origin
% regional wood origin
100% verified legal wood origin
100% verified legal wood origin
% of which certified
% of which certified
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The
of
On-stock
U780 TM9 Monument Grey U960 TM9 Onyx Grey U599 TM9 Indigo Blue U968 TM9 Carbon Grey U899 TM9 Soft Black
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37% by-products from the sawmill industry 29% fresh resources 89% material from renewable resources 11% material from fossil resources 69
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The door to effective Value Engineering
In issue one of Specified, we talked about rising inflation and the strain on project budgets. A quarter on, the pinch is being felt just as tightly. Cost saving has become the crux of interior specification, while maintaining design integrity and standard of finish. This is the fundamental premise of value engineering. Now, our VE spotlight is on the residential sector. We take a look at how to implement significant cost saving in the heart of residential interiors – the kitchen.
opinion
Recent years have seen trend shifts in the UK kitchen market, one feature of which is unit door format. Handleless, slab designs have grown in popularity, and can epitomise high-end kitchen design.
The beauty of the slab door is its simplicity. From a design perspective, its understated form is effortlessly sophisticated.
From a fabrication perspective, it is four clean cuts and an edge bander – when done in EGGER board materials. Fast, efficient, simple. Perfect for volume.
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Few things say luxury residential like an impeccably designed kitchen.
» Read an
piece on rising inflation by Andrew Laidler, Director of Sales at EGGER UK www.kbbreview.com/opinion U732 PM U708 PM U708 PMW1000 PM © Crest Nicholson © Crest Nicholson
Sheet optimisation
What about costs?
stones,
and Texture boards
and glass
project
cost-saving
which also require costly
cut slab
additional
09 EGGER board materials are manufactured in a sheet size of 2800 × 2070 mm, optimised for cabinets and doors. One sheet provides between 8 and 11 unit doors, depending on the chosen decor orientation. (Based on dimensions 715 × 596 mm) Off cuts are then optimally sized for plinths, accent panels, or shallow upper unit doors. This specifically chosen sheet size allows for whole use of the board and minimal to no wastage. 2800 mm 2070 mm Large Door 596 x 1355 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Unit Door 596 x 715 mm Upper unit front 596 x 400 mm Upper unit front 596 x 400 mm Upper unit front 596 x 400 mm O cut 2204 x 240 mm – Ideal for matching plinths O cuts 416 mm Example » See sheet optimisation brought to life www.egger.com/sheet-optimisation
Feelwood MFC doors offer a cost effecive alternative to timber doors, at around 1/3 of the material costs. PerfectSense Premium
offer
alternatives to polished
marbles,
facades,
specialist fittings and fabrication. With availability from our UK distributors,
fabricators can
doors in-house, avoiding long lead times, high MOQs and
charges from imported alternatives.
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Avant Homes
Stylish worktops...
Evolving kitchen trends have brought in new worktop styles. Solid and composite surfaces such as granite, marble and quartz have surged in demand.
While undeniably stylish, these solid and composite materials can propel a project over budget.
By current market values, a solid stone or granite worktop, for example, can be in excess of 1100% more costly than an EGGER 16 mm laminate worktop.
10 EGGER uses highly advanced print and texture technology to create reproduction decors in stone, marble, granite and slate, with striking realism. Applied to 16 mm and 25 mm square edge worktop profiles, the result is a substantially cost saving worktop solution with added benefits. F812 ST9 F629 ST16 F812 PM F206 ST9 U999 PM © Tobias Schneider © Kitchen Care U599 ST9 Specifying the worktops for a several hundred unit residential development? It might be to time to revisit the specification.
...with added benefits
Antibacterial
Colourfast and stable
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protection Naturally porous materials such as granite and stone can harbour bacteria. EGGER worktops achieve the highest rating in bacteria reduction in accordance with ISO 22196. This comes as standard, with no cost addition. » Read more about ISOs www.egger.com/antibacterial
Natural materials can be vulnerable to colour fade in sunlight. EGGER laminate worktops provide colourfast stability, staying consistent over time. Anti-staining The porous nature of composite materials can be susceptible to staining. EGGER worktop surfaces are resistant to stains, scratches and abrasions. 03 » Visit The EGGER World www.egger.com/digital-services » Find our technical data here www.egger.com/specifiers-handbook » Try out our Worktops Visualiser www.egger.com/worktops-visualiser Worktops that go beyond kitchens The EGGER World Explore room sets for every sector and recommended materials for each application. F205 ST9 F120 ST76 F095 ST87
The invaluable resource of Waste Wood
EGGER UK is the largest user of recycled timber in the UK wood panel industry.
It’s a statistic we are proud of. Recycled wood is fundamental to our MFC production, forming 40% of the board content, alongside a further 40% of by-products from the sawmills.
Our products create a market for items that would otherwise be burnt or sent to landfill.
Our recycled wood requirements exceed 350,000 tonnes annually, of which 90% is provided by EGGER Timberpak. Director Mark Hayton shares professional insight into the importance of recycling wood material, and how specifying EGGER board products can help to ensure a project is delivered with an environmental conscience at the forefront.
Why is wood recycling so important?
Wood recycling is vital to the protection of our environment.
It can never be seen as acceptable to spend 45 years growing a tree, only to burn it in 45 seconds.”
Mark Hayton Director, Timberpak LimitedMark told us
The largest off taker of recycled wood in the UK is the biomass industry, which burns waste wood for energy, releasing carbon back in to the atmosphere.
By contrast, recycling the wood locks that carbon in for the lifecycle of the product made. With re-recycling down the line, carbon can be locked away for a lifetime.
We all have a responsibility to ensure that all wood material that can be recycled, is recycled. It can never be seen as acceptable to spend 45 years growing a tree, only to burn it in 45 seconds.”
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EGGER Timberpak provides a platform to facilitate the recycling of waste wood and make it accessible to everyone. We do this by guaranteeing that we will never turn waste wood away from any Timberpak site.”
As a result of using recycled waste wood in production, EGGER UK chipboard materials have a carbon negative status. This includes P2 grade MFC for interior furniture, and our P5 based structural flooring range for construction.
Both products are 100% recyclable, so every sheet of EGGER chipboard creates an opportunity for carbon to be locked away for eternity. Specifiers can be confident that choosing EGGER puts long term environmental protection at the forefront of their designs.
Right and below: Storing carbon in high end design. 40% recycled, 100% recyclable EGGER MFC kitchen and wardrobe frontals.
Specifiers can be confident that choosing EGGER puts long term environmental protection at the forefront of their designs.
» Learn more about EGGER Timberpak's recycling facilities and collaboration with wood recycling social enterprises local to its site. www.egger.com/timberpak
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Tower Bridge Road
Join us we take a walk down Tower Bridge Road, one of the latest offerings in luxury residential from London based property developer Galliard Homes.
Homely yet contemporary, the apartment kitchens pair rich indigo with upper units crafted in H1180 ST37 Natural Halifax Oak MFC, from our market leading Feelwood collection.
We spoke to Interior Designer at Galliard Homes Tahmina Begum, who tells us why the finish was chosen for the design:
Natural Halifax Oak gave us the perfect contrast for the twotone effect we were looking for. It also meant we were able to complement the oak that we'd used throughout the apartment, for flooring and bathroom vanities.”
Halifax Oak decors are created with synchronised pore surface technology. Perfectly aligning print with deep texture, the finishes are virtually indistinguishable from solid timber.
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Choosing MFC ensures a durable finish, built to withstand the wear of daily life in residential kitchens.
Finishes look as good over time as they do on install, something imperative to luxury residential design.
» Find our technical data here www.egger.com/specifiers-handbook
Using a standard 18 mm thickness board, the fabrication is streamlined by on stock availability of the MFC and matching ABS edging at 23 mm width.
Bringing the look of real oak together with production efficiency and lean costs ensures satisfaction on both sides of the project.
Tahmina told us
We have now implemented this design in most of our recent developments across London, as it works so well with both purchasers and our directors.”
By working with the EGGER Specification team, the design process is hassle-free.
Tahmina added EGGER has great choice when it comes to specifying materials. The whole process is very efficient, from ordering samples to specifying the material to other contractors. There is something in their range for each unique project which is great for a developer like us.”
and 38mm square edge worktop from UK stock.
What about costs?
Choosing a vertical grain orientation allows Galliard nine cabinet fronts per sheet of MFC, with offcuts perfectly sized for drawer fronts or plinths. Full sheet optimisation ensures material costs are minimised.
» See more about sheet optimisation www.egger.com/sheet-optimisation
Feelwood MFC Ecofacts
–13.3kg CO₂ /
–13.3kg CO₂
40% recycled material
% recycled material
% by-products from the sawmill industry
% by-products from the sawmill industry
% by-products from the sawmill industry
% fresh resources
% fresh resources
85% material from renewable resources
85% material from renewable resources
» Learn more about Feelwood www.egger.com/feelwood
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News and events
EGGER in the Forest
As part of our commitment to transparency in sustainability, we have been taking valued customers on informative trips to the forest, to see the processes of EGGER Forestry in action.
Our expert foresters offered insights on biodiversity, regeneration, and wildlife protection at our Spadeadam site in Northumberland.
Our guests then returned to our Hexham plant to see our latest product offering, completing their experience from forest to furniture.
Knowing where your specified materials come from is fundamental to creating sustainable design concepts
Mat Lab
Material Lab is a hub of design inspiration, alive with creativity.
Pop in to our exhibition space at the exclusive London showroom, where we’re showcasing an exciting new display area.
Pick up A4 and mood board sized samples for projects.
EGGER are joined by Dulux Trade, Abode, Textura Wallcoverings, Johnson Tiles, Vado and many more.
You will find us at 10 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8BB
Dates for your diary
Join us at Property' Week's RESi360, 20–21 September
The Royal Lancaster, London
Join us at BCFA Dublin OPEN, 23rd November
The Alex Hotel, Dublin
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Tools and services
We offer a wide range of services and tools to help you and your clients get the most out of our comprehensive collection.
EGGER Decorative App
Our app provides the entire Decorative Collection at your fingertips, whenever and wherever you need it. Find material information and easy sample ordering in one place. The client project area makes this the ideal tool for meetings on the go.
Download the EGGER Decorative Collection App now.
Support through visualisation
To bring your decor combination ideas to life we have a Virtual Design Studio (VDS). Access a wide range of room sets where you can apply different decors to see which suits your project. This can save you significant time in the early design stages.
» Find out more at www.egger.com/vds
Specifiers Handbook
Use the EGGER Specifier‘s Handbook to access information about our products, certifications, and environmental and governance policies.
» Find out more at www.egger.com/specifiers-handbook
Our website and myEGGER
From technical datasheets, processing instructions, certificates and product availability, to case studies, trend information and services, egger.com has everything you need. If you use CAD, your package may already include EGGER decors. However if it doesn’t, we can supply decor scans for our full collection.
» Register at myegger.com and benefit now.
Support through samples
Try before you specify when you need something more tangible than a brochure. You can order samples online or order them quickly and easily via the new collection app.
» To order your samples www.egger.com/shop
Digital Design Platforms
Find us on NBS Source and bimstore
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