Tips before installing the floor

Before installing the floor, be sure to pay attention to below four points

1, Surface flatness check

Flatness check to the ground floor, 2m on foot can be used flat on the check the ground, 3mm thick feeler gauge to check the gap between the foot and the ground. If the surface flatness standard of pavement cannot arrive requirement, which will cause the floor edge collapse, overturn, arching, noise and other issues.

2, Surface moisture check

Check the ground moisture, moisture testers available ground moisture. Common ground standard < 20%, laying of geothermal floor standard <10%.If the moisture on the ground is too high, flooring will easily absorb water, causing the floor arching, drums, noises and other issues, so if the ground moisture exceeds the standard values. There is a need for dehumidification.

3,Check whether ground firm enough

See if the ground is solid, can be ground with a hammer or other object, check the ground for holes, peeling.If the floor has holes, or flaking, the ground needs to be reprocessed.Otherwise, after laying the floor for some time, because the ground is not solid, it will appear noise.

4,Waterproofing measure

If there is proper waterproofing measures.Because the floor afraid of the water intrusion, water influx after the floor will be blistering, degumming , deformation and other problems, resulting in unusable.

WPC entering furniture industry, chance or challenge?

Wood-plastic composite as a new decorative material entering the field of furniture manufacture not a long time, people’s understanding of its performance become deeper. Over a period of time, medium density fibreboard, plywood and other relatively low price traditional wood based panel products, wood-plastic composite does not have a price advantage to enter the field of furniture manufacturing. Backward due to wood furniture design ideas and furniture designers of the lack of wood-plastic composite of many advantages have not yet been brought into full play, and market demand and insufficient production in turn caused WPC furniture manufacturing costs difficulty. This has led to development of plastic-wood furniture limited, at the same time.

WPC furniture develped in recent years, which reflects the artistic style of the WPC itself gradually. Designers have discovered more need in the small family home who needs clean, affordable, safe and comfortable furniture. And wood plastic composites can meet the needs of small family homes. To overcome the problem of wood-plastic composite low styling freedom, designer wood plastic composites used to make simple minimalist style furniture, to solve the problem of plastic muduan high processing requirements, designers used metal on the end surface coating of wood composites, these are done for plastic-wood composite material weaknesses in the design, and it further enhances the added value of WPC furniture.

Application of plastic-wood composite plywood in American furniture in the analysis results shows that wood-plastic composite can be used to make boxes and wooden furniture, wood-plastic composite is also suitable for dyeing, old and antique, also suitable for manufacturing with nostalgic charm and natural style of American furniture. These research plays a role on the progress of WPC furniture design ideas, and shows that designers have begun to understand the properties of wood plastic composites, and proceeded to make furniture suitable for wood-plastic composite design. Not difficult to find now is the furniture market forced WPC furniture design innovation, and more in the future should be that WPC furniture design innovation would lead the market, promoting the development of plastic-wood furniture.

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Precautions of Composite Cladding

1. Under normal conditions of installing wall cladding, the length of WPC wall panels and other wood-plastic profiles should be in accordance with their physical properties and the reasonable data obtained from construction applications. Within this range, WPC wall cladding itself is not easy deformation, bending, bulging crack and so on.
2. Unusual operating conditions will affect the project’s quality andthe life span. For special needs, LeadWPC sincerely recommend you’d better discuss with your supplier to find a reasonable plan.
3. Due to Wood-Plastic Composite material is a thermoplastic profiles, its expansion coefficient is higher than ordinary solid wood. Therefore, when laying a large area of composite timber cladding onto the wall,you must pre-drillthe hole in the part of fixing screws, the screws must be set into the soft rubber pad, to prevent the wall from deformation and arch camber issues when install such a large area of wall panels.

Precautions:

1. Before installing the composite wall cladding you must purchase the wallboard material according to the local environment and geographical conditions, to allow the WPC wall panel can use longer.
2. The maximum length of the composite wall panel recommends no more than 3000mm. The maximum length of joist recommends no more than 4000mm.
3. When purchasing wood plastic composite wall panel,factories will equip with special accessories, for special requirements, you should buy according to the specification of wall cladding.
4. The longitudinal direction of wallboard should reserve 5 ~ 10mm spacing.
5. WPC wall panels and other wood-plastic composite materials are similar to real wood, they are able to use ordinary woodworking tools to cutting, sawing, drilling, open tenon etc..
6. You should pre-drill holes when using the self -tapping screws to fix the wall panels. Pre- drilling holes diameter should be less than 3/4 screw’s.

Any more questions, welcome to contact us: daisyhelen@lingyicn.com, we will be on your service at any time.

To choose PVC flooring or PE decking? Which is better ?

Many customers inquired LeadWPC about whether to choose PE or PVC decking? Which is better?For this question, LeadWPCsuggest that you must know about these two deckings and then you can know which to choose as per your requirements.Then, Daisywould introduce these two kinds of WPC composite decking from raw material, the application, performance and price aspects etc..

1.Raw materials: the raw materials of PVC composite flooring and PE composite decking are similar, the main difference is the polymers, as its name implies PE composite decking used PE resin, it’s a hot extrusion composite material without adding foaming agent; And PVC composite flooring used PVC resin, it is also a hot extrusion composite material but need to add foaming agent.

2.Applications: PVC composite productsare mostly used in indoor. such as ceiling, TV backdrop, doors, baseboard, and the door decorations; andit very few to used in outdoor, since PVC composite products are foamed during the production, so the density is very low, the water resistance is poor, then the color is easy to fade. PE composite products are mainly used in outdoor landscape and construction, such as the billboards, flower boxes, fences, outdoor decking etc., since the water resistance is good, corrosion resistance is strong, and it’s very easy to install, there is no need to paint, and free of maintenance. And most importantly it’s very Eco-friendly to both human and the environment.

3.The performance: The whether resistance of PVC composite products is poor, the color fading will be a big problem when used in outdoor, as to some substandard products the water absorption will be 5% higher, and the impact resistance is too weak to be hit by some heavy or sharp objects,it’s easy to damaged. While PE composite decking have strong weather resistance, the colors are more natural and longer-lasting, the impact resistance is stronger, so the PE composite material in outdoor applications can be up to 15-25 years, so it’s has been applied to a wide range of outdoor pavilion, fence, etc..

4.The price: PE composite material will be a little expensive than PVC material, sincethe raw material of PE is dearer, and the quality is better.

Actually, whether to choose PE composite decking or PVC composite flooring, it is no exist which is better, and mainly depends on the customer’s needs. For indoor decoration, you can choose PVC material, the price is favorable, free paint and eco-friendly in indoor environment. For outdoor projects, you can choose the PE composite material, for the great weather resistance, good physical properties and no need regular maintenance.

Does wood plastic composite products will be deformed in the water?

Does WPC will be deformed in the water? This problem is usually asked by customers who often have the projects at the water’s edge or need to be immersion in water, such as: the bath center, landscape on the water etc.. So, Daisy answer this question fromtwo aspects of PVC composite products and PE composite products here:

Although PVC composite products can be used in the environment temperature between 70℃to -40℃ degrees, and can maintain normal physical properties, without being significantly deformed. However, due to PVC composite material have been foamed, the density is less than the water’s, so PVC composite products are not suitable for long-term immersion in water, and also not suitable for using in sauna room and other hot and humid places; but for ordinary indoor decoration, bathroom renovation, it’s no problem to wash and wipe with water, most importantly, PVC interior decoration WPC products are free of formaldehyde and other health hazardous substances, it is really ideal material for interior decoration.

The outdoor weather resistance of PE WPC products are particularly good, and very stable and will not be deformed in the natural environment. The density of PE WPC products are greater than the density of water, therefore, the waterproof property of PE WPC products are great, and now widely used in outdoor platform and plank road on water and swimming pool etc., It’s greater than real wood outdoor gazebo, decking, fence etc. in weatherability and have longer life span, which is the best example of no deformation in water! However, we are not sure about the improper installation and substandard quality of the WPC products. Cheaper products of course can reduce your costs in the short term, but in the long run, frequent problems of the bad projects will make you pay more.

LeadWPC manufacturing center commit ourselves to establishing a good and long-term cooperation with you, to providing you reliable products! We hope that every customer can buy the product value for money here!

Does WPC products need to be painted?

Recently , there are many customer lettered us to inquire thatdoes WPC products need to be painted? Why would someone sell the oil paint for Wood Plastic Composite products? LeadWPC here to solve the problems for you.

WPC is divided into PVC material and PE material. Generally, the PVC products used in outdoor need to be painted, and usually applied to exterior building facades and cladding cases. The main purpose of painting is to prevent and protect the surface from the water and moisture of the air, and to avoid the color fading problem by oxidation of the PVC material by UV irradiation, thus the product’s life span can be prolonged. People often chooseclear varnish or UV paint to paint it.  The outdoor application WPC PE products and outdoor furniture WPC PE products donot require any painting.

So, how is the painting effect of PVC types of WPC materials?

WPC is a kind of wood-plastic composite material, which combined by wood flour, calcium and other additives, so the surface isglossy and smooth due to the resin, but is also a bit of matte,the surface friction is relatively large. LeadWPC had did some experiments to compare the adhesion of varnish, uv paint and regular paints, the corresponding results show that PVC WPC paint adhesion is very good, and the material stability of PVC is high, so theadverse reaction will not be occurred.

The effect of painting WPC material and anticorrosive wood products aredifferent, WPC material often paint for enhancing the brightness and to protect the products. It do not need to repaint or keep regular maintenance.And for painting anticorrosive wood applied in outdoor pavilion, decking and fence etc., the main purposes areas follows: the first is waterproof, the waterproof effect of anticorrosion wood is bad,so the painted surfaces can prevent the penetration of watereffectively, andslow down its rotten. The second is to prevent discoloration, traditional wood will be carbonized and go dark after using around 2 years in the outdoor space, that’s inaesthetic, so, generally the real wood projects should be painted every year, to isolate the air to slow down the speed of carbonization of wood .

In short, WPC PVC products need to be painted, and the adhesion is pretty well, the decoration effect will be better after painting.

The new cooperationnormalcy of WPC composite decking

Wood plastic composites (WPC) industry has developed more than 10 years, which has passed the stage of market awareness and rapid market increase stage, WPC industry now is in the middle stage of development,namely in the stage of smooth and continuously improvement market mechanism. Daisy made a simple summary of the new cooperation mechanism of WPC composite decking as follows.

Firstly, WPC the trade relationship of buyer and seller become more equal.

In the early WPC developmentmarket, many WPC company’s products are often rejected as the market is unfamiliar with the WPC materials, and the customer can not install after the purchasingetc..In order to obtain the orders, many factories even promised some unreasonable demands of their customer, which is thoroughly buyer’s market. In the rapid development period, market demand is growing rapidly, many WPC companies’ production capability can not meet the market’s demand due to financial matters and their production capability etc., which caused the decreased quality of service, the growing demand of Wood plastic composite products leading to the emergence of a seller’s market.After the six months adjustment during 2014 and 2015,many WPC factories have expanded the production, now the factories’ output can catch up with the growing market demand,eventually, WPC trade environment now is relatively fair.

Secondly: Today’s trade mode is widely and well received by customers.

Today’s prevailing business mode for buyer is: waiting for goods after paying deposits, namely that is a mode that after customers and manufacturers negotiate a good price, quantity, quality, color and other details, customers should pay a certain proportion (generally 50%)deposit to the manufacturer before the production, then the finished WPC products will be sent to the customer’s sea port, balance payment should be arranged after customers check the goods, then finally exporter release cargo to customers. This mode is based on the matureof WPC industry and the trust between suppliers and buyers.

The third: Sell on credit era is over.

As WPC industry matures, the manufacturers’ profits is getting lower and lower, there is no more capital to do sell on credit; As many global distributors have engaged in selling WPC products for many years, they have dealt with many projects, and accumulated lots of wealth, so they have sufficient funds in hand; however WPC manufacturers need cash flow to buy raw materials and pay for labor costs, and due to global sourcing tends to purchase from factories directly rather than the trade companies,so the factories are unable to support sell on credit,more and more manufacturers are not willing to be owed and distributors abroad can understand the situation of the factory suppliers.

LeadWPC is committed to maintaining the good WPC industrial development order, we hope we can keep the good order together and looking forward to cooperate with you in the near future.