Wall Panel 02WN Gold and Black Marble: planning a tall wall

A strong pattern needs more planning than a plain one, because the eye follows the joins. The Wall Panel 02WN in Gold and Black Marble makes that easier than most panels in the slat and acoustic panel range for one reason: at 280cm tall it clears a lot of ceiling heights in one piece, so the only joins are vertical ones between panels.

The listed figures

The construction described is HDF slats on a felt backing. The dimensions read as width, height and then thickness: a 60cm wide panel, 280cm tall, sitting 1.7cm off the wall once fixed. Slat and gap together repeat every 5cm, which goes into 60cm twelve times. The listing does not say which slat lands at a panel edge, so ask the shop what a butted joint looks like if the spacing has to run on unbroken.

Three panels, 1.8m of wall

Each pack covers 1.8m of width at the full 280cm height. That is the number worth writing on your plan, since you cannot buy a single panel:

• 1.8m wide: one pack
• 3.6m wide: two packs
• 5.4m wide: three packs

A chimney breast is the common case where the arithmetic bites. Measure the face and both returns separately and round each one up to a whole panel, because an offcut from the face is rarely tall enough to do a return.

Where the gold reads best

A gold and black marble face is dark, and a dark slatted wall soaks up light. Two practical points follow from that, and neither is a claim about the product itself. Put it on the wall you look at rather than the wall you light from, so the panel is not fighting a window directly behind your eyeline. And plan the lighting with the panel rather than after it: grazing light along a slatted face is what shows the depth of the 1.5cm gaps, which is the point of buying a slat panel instead of a flat board. The panel lighting range is worth a look while you are deciding.

Matching pieces and finishing the edges

The same colourway is listed at the shorter height as the Wall Panel 01WN Gold and Black Marble, in packs of four 240cm panels, which suits a standard room. As a flat board rather than a slatted face, the Wall Panel 07C Gold and Black Marble carries the pattern without the ribs, which some people prefer behind a bed where the slats sit against pillows. For a quieter wall in the same 280cm format, the Wall Panel 02WK in White Marble shares every dimension. Cut edges are finished with the trim the listing names, Wall Panel PVC Trim Acoustic, and the panel trims and fittings range covers end and corner profiles; check the trim length against a 280cm panel before ordering.

What the listing does not tell you

There is no sound absorption figure here: no coefficient, no test standard. The description says the felt backing absorbs and damps sound, and that is as far as the data goes, so judge it as slatted panelling with a felt back rather than as a specified acoustic product. The listing also gives no weight per panel, no fire rating, no felt colour and no fixing method, and it does not say whether the marble face is printed or a veneer, or how closely the pattern repeats from panel to panel. On a bold print that last point matters most, so ask the shop what the photographs show across a multi-panel run.

Measure the wall, round up to whole packs, then order the Wall Panel 02WN Gold and Black Marble acoustic pack from its product page, and ask for the current lead time when you do. Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond.