Wall Panel 011C Gold and Black Marble Board: coverage and cuts

Wall Panel 011C - Gold and Black Marble Wall Board is a flat PVC board with a gold and black marble effect, listed at 90 x 240 x 0.7cm per board, two boards to a pack and 4.32m² of coverage, joined with a tongue and groove. It is code AWS-WP0792 in the Slat & Acoustic Panels range, and the listing describes the PVC as moisture resistant and suggests kitchens, bathrooms and feature walls.

What one pack actually covers

Two boards at 0.9m wide give 1.8m of wall at full 240cm height, which is 4.32m². That is a useful amount: it is roughly a basin wall, a short splashback run, or the panel of wall behind a bed if the bed is not the width of the room. Beyond that, work in boards.

The 4.32m² is measured on the full board width. A tongue and groove joint overlaps, so the covered width per board may be slightly less than 0.9m, and on a wall where the sum lands exactly on a pack that matters. Ask for the covered width, or order the spare pack.

Dark boards and where the cuts go

The listing does not say what the board looks like on a cut edge, and on a dark, strongly patterned face that is worth asking about before you decide where the cuts fall. Two things are worth planning for either way. First, put every cut edge into a corner, behind a trim, or above a line that will be covered, rather than leaving it as the visible end of a run. Second, start the wall from the end you see first, so the full-width board is the one in view and the cut board lands in the far corner.

Measure the height in three places and the width at both the ceiling and the skirting. The listing gives the board as 0.7cm thick but does not say how rigid it is, or whether a bowed wall should be battened out first, so ask about that for a wall you know is uneven. Check the depth at a window reveal and at any socket on the wall before you fix anything.

The trims named for this board

The listing names matching finishing pieces, all separate lines from the board pack.

On this colourway the aluminium strips are the interesting choice: a gold strip picks up the veining and a black one disappears into the ground. Ask the shop which strip belongs at which junction, because the listing does not spell that out.

What to ask before ordering

The listing does not say whether the board is suitable inside a shower enclosure or directly behind a hob, gives no fire rating, and does not describe how the gold veining repeats from board to board. On a strong pattern across 90cm boards, that repeat is the detail that decides whether a wall looks continuous, so ask before you commit. No fixing method is stated; Adhesive for Wall Panels is a separate line.

The pale counterpart is Wall Panel 011D - Gold and White Marble Wall Board, the plainer grey is Wall Panel 011B - Grey Marble Wall Board, and the same gold and black marble appears in the 07 series as Wall Panel 07C - Gold and Black Marble Wall Board, four pieces to a pack on a different board size, so ask for its figures rather than reusing the table above. Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond.

Photographs and the full specification are on the Wall Panel 011C - Gold and Black Marble Wall Board page.