1What is Wood Plastic Composite?
Techwood is a composite material (WPC), 60% made of wood natural fibers, 30% made of Recycle plastic, and 10% made of other additives. It can be used for products of different shapes and colors, while still maintaining the elegance of wood and the advantages of a not completely natural material.
2 What can you use wood plastic composite wpc for?
Techwood can be used for the flooring of terraces, swimming pools, verandas, patio gardens, gazebos, exterior designs, and much more. In seaside environments, it can be efficiently used for walkway surfaces, wall cladding, louvers, wharves, handrails, or panel sections, but also for cladding and sunscreen profile.
3What are the main advantages of Wood plastic composite wpc?
Techwood has all the qualities of wood, but not its defects: it is long-lasting, stable and it does not warp, it has no splinters and does not lose color, it is sun, ice, and rain resistant.
Techwood’s polymeric component allows it to better resist the deterioration due to the sea climate and salty water. Furthermore, it works as a protective layer against the proliferation of fungus and mold.
Finally, the composite materials require no maintenance, or painting and are 100% recyclable.
4Is Plastic wood more expensive than simple wood?
Yes, it is more expensive than softwood, although the treaty, it has a very similar price to the fine exotic wood (teak or similar), or the kind of wood that can be used outside for decades without any deterioration.
5Does Plastic Wood require a special maintenance?
Techwood does not require any special maintenance, it is easy to clean thanks to the well-thought combination of wood and polyethylene, that restrain the growth of mold and fungus. It is suggested to clean it by using neutral floor detergents, and if using a high-pressure cleaner, it is necessary to keep the machine at least 30 cm away from the walking surface.
6Does Plastic wood lose color or change it?
Techwood does not lose color thanks to the pigments and UV absorbers contained in the polymeric composite.
Is possible only a slight variation of tone certifiable in about a 7-10% due to the presence of 2/3 of the natural material as the wood flour, containing an internal "tannin" that is gradually released.
7Is Plastic wood UV-rays resistant?
Techwood composite decking resists the UV rays damage thanks to a special composition of pigments and UV absorbers.
8Is Plastic wood fire resistant?
Wood-plastic composite Techwood has excellent resistance to fire, responds to the class of fire resistance Cfl-S1 determined in MD March 15, 2005 (OJ No. 73 of 30/03/2005): Requirements for fire resistance of construction products installed in activities governed by specific technical fire prevention according to the European classification system
9Is Plastic wood wpc water resistant?
Techwood is water-resistant thanks to encapsulated water-repellent fibers.
10Does Wpc Plastic wood resist temperature variations?
Yes. The poly-propylene used in the composite material turns out to resist up to 70-85 degrees, still maintaining the necessary mechanical features.
11Does Plastic Bois resist heavy loads?
Yes. Laboratory tests have proven Techwood’s resistance to several strains and twists to which the material may be exposed during its lifetime.
12Is Plastic Wood Wpc recyclable?
Techwood can be extruded again at the end of its life cycle. It can be 100% recycled up to 20 times, with no need of adding any other components and with no physical or mechanical alterations.
13Plastic wood is available in different colors?
Techwood WPC is available in three standard colors: Wood, Copper Brown, Dark Grey, and White.
Other colors are available for confirmed quantities greater than 500 square meters.
14Does Plastic wood wpc need specific assembling attentions?
You can easily install Techwood, using modular staves on the substructure. Please refer to the installation instructions available in the "Downloads" area.