How do I choose between a Coffee Wood Marble slab and a panel for a wall?
Reference photographs. They show the material and the finish; they are not photographs of goods we made, and the colour on screen is not a colour-match.
The figures, and where each one comes from
| The wall | Slab or panel |
|---|---|
| A known elevation with a book-match | Panel, and the layout is approved on paper |
| A simple wall, panels to be decided on site | Slab, cut on site |
| A wall that may change | Panel, because a slab can be re-cut and a panel cannot |
| A wall above a doorway or a corner | Panel, because the mitre has to be planned |
Why it behaves the way it does
The distinction is reversibility. A slab that has not been cut is a raw material that can still become anything; a panel that has been cut to a drawing is one specific piece. Which one you want depends on how certain you are of the drawing.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We supply both, and the cut-to-size order is always against a drawing the client has approved.
If you are specifying this
We have not published products against this question yet. Send us the process, thickness and quantity and we will quote it against what we can actually form, rather than against a catalogue.
A panel if the wall has a drawing, because the figure has to be matched and the joints numbered. A slab if the wall is simple and the substrate is good, because a slab can be cut on site and a panel cannot be re-cut once it is numbered.
The figures
| The wall | Slab or panel |
|---|---|
| A known elevation with a book-match | Panel, and the layout is approved on paper |
| A simple wall, panels to be decided on site | Slab, cut on site |
| A wall that may change | Panel, because a slab can be re-cut and a panel cannot |
| A wall above a doorway or a corner | Panel, because the mitre has to be planned |
Why
The distinction is reversibility. A slab that has not been cut is a raw material that can still become anything; a panel that has been cut to a drawing is one specific piece. Which one you want depends on how certain you are of the drawing.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We supply both, and the cut-to-size order is always against a drawing the client has approved.