Wall Panel 01WW in white: slat spacing, cover and colour

Wall Panel 01WW is the white option in the 60cm slat range: HDF slats on a felt backing, 240cm tall, four panels to a pack. White slats behave differently from the oaks and greys around them, because the wall stops being a feature colour and becomes a texture, read almost entirely in the shadow lines between the slats. The figures below are from the Wall Panel 01WW white acoustic panel listing.

The listed figures

The coverage adds up: 0.6m x 2.4m is 1.44m² a panel, and four give the 5.76m² quoted. The dimension string reads as 60 wide, 240 tall and 1.5 deep, which the 240cm in the name supports, though the listing does not label the figures, so confirm them before you cut.

White, or white marble? Ask

The product name says white. The description on the same listing says a white marble finish. The listing does not resolve the two, and the supplier code, AWS-WP0110, carries no colour in it either. If you want plain white, or you specifically want veining, do not settle it from the written description: look at the photographs and ask the shop to confirm which you would be sent. Wall Panel 01WK in white marble is the separate listing whose own product name says white marble, on the same 60 x 240 x 1.5cm format, so comparing the two sets of images is the quickest way to see what the difference actually is.

Planning the wall

A pack of four covers 2.4m of wall width at the full 240cm height. Think in 60cm columns:

• Measure the width at the top and at skirting level and work from the wider figure.
• Divide by 0.6 and round up for the panel count.
• Check floor to ceiling. Above 240cm you need a horizontal join or one of the 280cm panels in the slat and acoustic panel range.
• The 2.5cm slat with a 1.5cm gap gives a 4cm repeat, fifteen across a panel by arithmetic from the published figures. The listing does not state a slat count, so confirm it on the photographs if the symmetry matters.
• The panel stands 1.5cm off the plaster, so plan the meeting points at skirting, architrave, window reveals and sockets.

One white-specific point: a white slat wall shows marks and dust on the top edges of the slats more readily than a dark one, and the listing gives no cleaning instruction. If it is going in a hallway or behind a dining table, ask the shop what the supplier advises for cleaning before you commit.

Sound: the claim and the missing figure

The construction is the standard one here, slats over a felt backing, and the description says it absorbs sound and reduces noise transmission. No absorption coefficient, class or decibel figure is published, and nothing in the listing claims the panel stops sound passing through a wall. In a bright room with hard floors it is a sensible way to take the ring out of the space. If the panelling has to meet a written specification, ask the shop for the supplier's data rather than inferring a performance from the description.

What it sits with

White is the easiest panel in the range to mix, and the obvious partners are the quiet ones: Wall Panel 01B in light grey if you want the texture to read slightly cooler, and Wall Panel 01A in natural oak if one wall is going to be the warm one and the rest stays pale. All of them are the same 60 x 240cm format, so the panel count does not change. Adhesive is not included and this listing names no trim, so add adhesive for wall panels and ask which trim fits a 1.5cm panel.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond. With the wall measured, the photographs and figures are on the Wall Panel 01WW white acoustic panel page, and the shop can confirm the finish with the supplier before anything is ordered.