Timbmet's Oak TEC sandwich panels provide cost and energy e-cient doors

May 1, 2012
Timbmet has combined forces with joinery company Meer End Stairs, to produce 130 bespoke internal and external doors for a prestigious new build property in Warwickshire.<br> <br> The house encompasses 29,000sq ft, and the owner specified Oak as his preferred material of choice for the doors. Warwick Aldersley, md of Meer End Stairs, suggested TEC (Timbmet Engineered Components) Oak sandwich panels as a solution in order to minimise the inherent movement that the use of Oak would cause over time.<br> <br> Available in easily machinable sheets with a cork core, the Oak TEC sandwich panels combine cost efficiency with low wastage, and provide a flawless product with added dimensional stability far greater than that of traditional solid wood, Timbmet claims. In addition, when used in the external solid doors, the TEC panels meant the doors were able to meet demanding new EU U-value regulations.

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