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Leisure and Hospitality solutions that combine style with practicality, for an elevated customer experience.

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A first impression that lasts

Leisure and Hospitality venues are spaces for socialising, fun, and relaxation. Designed for both form and function, they must create the right customer atmosphere and be easy to maintain. This means choosing impactful design, ensuring balanced acoustic performance, maximising natural light reflectance, and maintaining hygiene. Our diverse range of ceiling tiles, gypsum wall panels, and insulation solutions, gives you complete freedom to design spaces that are both practical and stylish.

From statement ceiling tiles to acoustic wall panels and insulation, we have a solution to suit your project requirements. And our Technical Services team are here to guide you through every step of the process.

Benefits of our solutions for Leisure and Hospitality

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Stylish aesthetics

First impressions count and the right aesthetics will make customers feel relaxed and welcome.

Our ceiling solutions are available in a wide variety of materials, colours, shapes, and forms, to create the right atmosphere for your venue. Knauf Ceiling Solutions ceiling tiles also return up to 88% of light, enhancing customer wellbeing and reducing the need for artificial lighting.

Knauf perforated plasterboard offers a variety of different perforation styles, allowing for complete creative freedom. This makes it an ideal ceiling and wall solution for large public spaces such as retail centres and galleries.

Our Solopanel and Stratopanel boards can be used with Knauf Uniflott to create a strong, tapeless jointing system and a seamless quality of finish that can’t be achieved with tiles.

For insulation, Heraklith® A2 Decorative Panels are cement-bonded wood wool panels, specifically developed for the acoustic performance and decorative finish of walls and ceilings.

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Atmospheric acoustics

Good acoustics support comfort, privacy, and communication in any leisure or hospitality space.

Our ceilings and walls deliver balanced acoustic performance, for the sound control and absorption you need.

Sports halls for example, require a mix of durability and acoustic performance. Our ball impact resistant ceiling solutions not only ensure balanced acoustics but also keep gyms looking fit for years.

Knauf perforated plasterboards for walls and ceilings also absorb sound energy, helping to create spaces with exceptional acoustic performance.

Meanwhile, mineral wool is the most effective insulant for reducing sound transmission and reverberation. Its fibre matrix encourages the absorption of sound waves, where other insulation types simply let the sound pass through.

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Hygiene and Durability

From restaurants to swimming pools, building materials must support hygiene and be resilient to cleaning.

Knauf ceiling tiles are durable and cleanable, helping you meet the food industry’s highest hygiene standards. They are suitable for installation in conditions of up to 95% relative humidity and up to 100% humidity for extreme environments.

For walls, AQUAPANEL® Indoor Cement Board can be used in all domestic and commercial wet areas, including kitchens, swimming pools, and saunas.

It is manufactured from inorganic materials and is highly resistant to water and mould. It delivers exceptional stability in the most challenging wet conditions – even when exposed to chlorine – and remains unaffected when immersed in water.

Our AQUAPANEL® Cement Boards for ceilings are also unaffected by exposure to water and prevent mould from forming and spreading. Our range of coated suspended ceiling metal profiles are available in a C3 or C5 class of corrosion resistance (C5 is advisable for areas with high levels of chlorine) and are part of the full Knauf AQUAPANEL® Ceiling system that provides protection against moisture and mould for projects exposed to humidity and chemicals, such as chlorine.

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Our AQUAPANEL® Indoor Cement Board is designed to resist mould and chemicals and are also unaffected by exposure to moisture, ensuring surfaces that are easy to clean and maintain, making them ideal for use in wet areas such as swimming pools, saunas, and changing rooms.

AQUAPANEL® Indoor Cement Board range’s flexibility means that it can be curved up to one meter, without losing its durability.

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