Highly versatile Marmox Multiboards from the Marmox range are being installed to create a stable tiling substrate throughout Highlight, the new Active Wellbeing Hub which is currently being built by Wates on behalf of Hartlepool Borough Council.
Due for completion in Q1 2026 and replacing the Borough’s ageing Mill House facility, the state-of-the-art Highlight Active Wellbeing Hub will provide the local community with a 25m main pool, smaller learner pool with moveable floor, and a leisure pool, plus multi-purpose studios, fitness suite gymnasium and other spaces. While the exterior styling by the specialist consultancy, GT3, makes maximum use of natural daylighting, extensive areas internally are being clad in high quality ceramic tiling: all supported by 1250 x 600 x 12.5mm Multiboards secured across the interior of the main structural framework.
The tiling sub-contract, along with installing all the internal drainage system, screeding and application of mastic pointing, is being undertaken by P. Plunkett Tiling Contractors, based in the Tyne Valley, in a package valued in excess of £1 million.
The Contracts Manager for P. Plunkett Tiling, Ryan Burr commented: “We are currently tiling areas like the corridors, two large changing facilities and a dozen individual lavatories, before we move on to the main pool enclosures and further ancillary areas, where the tiling rises to a height of four metres. We like to use Marmox Multiboard to create a stable surface for tiling, in place of plasterboard or render, and put the product forward for this project.We have been using Multiboard for more than a decade now as it gives you a far better level of control over the quality of the tiled backgrounds.Generally, we use the thicknesses up to 12.5mm along with the plugs and tapes, as well as the Marmox 3600 as a movement joint.”
Ryan summed up saying: “Covering the full scope of commercial work – including everything from schools and hotels through to airports – we frequently also call on Marmox to create a spec’ for us to work to – and on this job we worked closely with the architect, GT3, who we have also been involved with before. Multiboard has always proved a good and reliable product for us and we are confident in recommending it to our clients.”
Marmox Multiboards are manufactured from extruded polystyrene or XPS encapsulated in reinforced polymer concrete, produced in a range of thicknesses up to 60mm and offer a variety of positive physical characteristics in addition to being fully waterproof.They are both light to handle and easy to cut, while still being able to sustain substantial loadings if required, such as for flooring applications.They further offer good thermal insulation performance, helping to cut condensation risk.
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