Välinge supplies flooring for fashionable London bar venue

- MARKET HALLS CANARY WHARF -

Valinge Innovation has been causing a stir for the past year in the UK commercial flooring market with its unique hardened wood flooring range. Now it has been specified on a stunning refurb job in Central London, which highlights both the functionality and the outstanding aesthetic qualities of the Välinge range.

Market Halls Canary Wharf is a unique venue in a premium location next to the recently opened Elizabeth Line Station, offering stunning views over the canal and Canary Wharf. Modelled on the vibe of a popular street market, Market Halls features two bars and seven creative kitchens. It is easy therefore to see where the priorities of this venue lie and also appreciate the nature of the clientele – and why the recently completed refurb had to be implemented with only the best materials.

Working with Wood and Beyond, the specialist London-based importers and suppliers of hardwood products, Välinge were able to supply 450m² of hardened wood flooring, which fully meets the requirements of this most discerning of customers. They were looking for maximum durability, in view of the high footfall through Market Halls, a strong position on sustainability and the most aesthetic stylish flooring available.

With its patented technologies of Woodura ® and 5G ® Dry™, the Välinge Flooring brand is fully able to meet all these requirements. Woodura ® technology involves the fusing of a thin sheet of real wood with a wood fibre core through a powder mix layer. Compared to traditional wood flooring, the durability of the wood wear layer is massively increased.

The new hardened wood floors on this project comprised: Oak Nature Earth Grey Lacquered, Oak Nature Misty White Lacquered and Walnut Nature Terra Brown Lacquered – all in XL sizes. The timber comes from sustainable sources with FSC certification, while the unique Woodura ® technology makes the manufacturing process much more efficient and environmentally friendly in terms of timber usage than traditional processes.

The 5G ® Dry™ technology incorporated into the products means that the flooring is impervious to the kind of spills and splashes which are inevitable in a venue such as this.

Jonathan Sapir from Wood and Beyond says: “This was a great project for us to be involved in and it was a pleasure to match the client’s brief so well with the Välinge products.

“As importers and specialists with 20 years’ experience of premium quality flooring, decking, worktops and accessories – all available from us at competitive prices - we were delighted to be able to play a part in this project.” www.hardenedwood.valingeflooring.com https://markethalls.co.uk/venue/canary-wharf www.woodandbeyond.com

Richard Banham, National Key Account Manager at Välinge Innovation UK Ltd, says: “We’ve been introducing the UK market to the superb Välinge product ranges with Woodura ® and 5G ® Dry™ technology and we’ve been getting a great reaction. So it’s an important milestone for us that we have been able to supply product for Market Halls, which is such a landmark project in an iconic Central London location. I am confident that the client and all the patrons of the venue will be absolutely delighted with the result.