NewTechWood’s Composite Screening Panels: Ultimate Application Guide To Inspire You
From ancient Roman times, metal and traditional timber screening has been used to provide privacy while allowing light and airflow, to hide areas of ugliness, decorate spaces, divide rooms and garden areas, and in some instances, to provide security.
Today, composite screening panels are available as an innovative product made from recycled materials, like NewTechWood, which still performs all the above functions. Composite timber screening is now found in commercial and residential projects as gates, fence infills, window covers, and to hide modern yet unsightly equipment like pool pumps (and sometimes, just to look pretty).
NewTechWood’s UH55 composite screening panel is a hollow board and is now available in three popular modern colours to suit, light, medium and dark colour schemes: Canadian Cedar, Ipe and Ebony. These colours enable you to perfectly complement the screening with your composite decking or cladding.
In other words, it is ideal for any internal or external area that you want to protect, secure, hide, enclose, envelope, divide, or simply beautify. NewTechWood’s UH55 Screeningallows builders and architects to enhance their commercial and residential design creativity using an environmentally friendly material that looks like real timber but requires minimal maintenance compared to natural wood.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the possibilities of application for NewTechWood composite screening panels.
Staircases
Staircases are not always beautiful as a functional and architectural home element, especially if exposed. (Bit of a safety issue, too, we think!) So, with a bit of UH55 to the rescue – what a perfect, stylish solution to this problem.
Image source: BL Carpentry Services, WA
Louvres and Window Coverings
Louvres provide shelter, privacy and are also an architectural design feature. In fact, with louvres protecting the windows, curtains and blinds become non-essential. You can still open the window and enjoy fresh air in style and in private areas of your home.
If having specially made louvres is not for you, you can achieve the same effect and benefits by installing screening battens over the windows. From the street it looks like a purposeful architectural design tactic, which it can be, but we know there are myriad other benefits to be enjoyed. The screening doesn’t need to be fixed permanently but can be fitted to swinging doors over the windows, which can be opened, allowing total exposure to the outside world and shutting them again when you want to block the outside world out!
Façade Magic
Perhaps you want to incorporate window screening with overall façade improvement. You have to admit, THIS is stunning – practical AND beautiful architecture.
Image Source: Mactech Constructions, QLD
Pool Fencing
When you want that beautiful natural timber look without the hassles of continuous maintenance and worrying about splinters, warping, termites, etc., then composite is the answer. And perfectly safe around water! In fact, composite screening panels are the ideal material for water proximity. It is fully capped and protected from water exposure, has strong fade resistance and it doesn’t rust or corrode!
Fence Infill
It looks like the real thing, but it isn’t. It’s better! It requires no maintenance, has a 25-year warranty, and looks amazing. And don’t forget, we have matching colour endcaps to cover those open ends. This provides complete protection and is a perfect solution for an aesthetic finish made for Australian conditions!
Regular Fencing
Sometimes, you want an attractive fence to complement your beautiful new landscaped garden or pool area. Yes, you can use our NewTechWood UH61 Castellation panels to cover your fence; many people do. But if you want a bolder look and to send the Joneses the message that THEY now need to keep up with YOU, then you might choose our UH55 battens, like this owner did. It certainly isn’t your average backyard fence. It makes a bold statement.
Privacy Screening
It’s Australia. Sometimes we want to sit in our PJs on the patio or a special secluded garden nook for our early morning coffee, but there is always that niggling thought that neighbours might be watching. Carefully placed privacy screens can provide an effective and visually appealing barrier against prying eyes and while creating stylish feature areas. For pure privacy, place the screen closer to your outdoor sitting area than the fence line, because the closer it is to you, the less the neighbours can see.
Interior Magic
UH55 batten profiles are just as at home inside as outside. And why not curve it! Let’s face it, straight lines are for squares! NewTechWood’s UH55 composite screening panels make it easy to create curves and waves. Why be average when you can be spectacular?
And another thing: imagine this wall if it were just painted plaster. How mediocre! If it were stone cladding, this large open space would be too busy. How classy, though, is this NewTechWood UH55 screening? It’s just like that famous breakfast cereal—you know the one—not too heavy, not too light, just right!!
Image source: Mactech Constructions, QLD
Pergolas
When you want to enjoy fresh air and a little sunshine without “too much” of a good thing, UH55 screening provides a stylishly efficient pergola roof, providing shade and privacy. The icing on the cake is not having to climb ladders to maintain it. In fact, with the money you save on annual maintenance costs, you probably could afford a chandelier, too! (We think the Joneses live here!)
Hide the Uglies!
We’re talking about pool equipment, garden implements, children’s toys, rubbish bins, old sheds, and, in fact, anything that might destroy the vibe you’re going for to impress your BBQ guests. We say if you don’t want to look at it, hide it!
Image: NewTechWood UH55
Divide and Conquer
Well, maybe conquer is too strong a word, especially if you’re talking coffee and cake. But what better way to separate the serious diners from the casual coffee and cake brigade? Still providing a sense of uncluttered spaciousness, these NewTechWood battens also cleverly provide subtle and tasteful separation.
And if all this wasn’t enough, installation is a breeze. Our NewTechWood Screening Installation guidelines are possibly the shortest set of instructions of all our install guides. Why? Because composite timber screening is easy to install.
And if you are a builder, installer, architect or landscaper wanting more technical information and advice, we are here for you, as always. Contact us.
