Wall Panel 41F Grey Oak: the figure this listing leaves out

Wall Panel 41F in grey oak is a slatted panel built from HDF slats on a felt backing, four panels to a pack, each 60 x 240 x 1.7cm, covering 5.76m² per pack. Those are all the dimensions the listing publishes, and one that it does not is worth starting with.

The number that is missing

There is no slat width here and no gap between slats. Some panels in this range give both; this one gives neither. It matters in three situations and not much otherwise:

• Extending or matching an existing wall. Without the slat pitch you cannot tell on paper whether the new wall will sit in the same rhythm as the old one.
• Planning the cuts precisely. Knowing the repeat lets you land the end cut in a gap rather than through a slat, which is the difference between a shadow line and a half-width stick at the end of the run.
• Judging scale. Fine slats read as texture, wide ones as lines. On a short wall that choice changes how the room feels.

So ask the shop to measure a slat before you order if any of those apply. If you would rather buy from published figures, Wall Panel 36F is grey oak with a stated 2.5cm slat and 1cm gap on the same 1.7cm thickness, and Wall Panel 37F is grey oak with a stated 4cm slat on a deeper panel.

What it does state

The figures are internally consistent, which is a small reassurance: 0.6m by 2.4m across four panels really is 5.76m². Read in that order they are width, height and thickness, and the shop can confirm it if you are working to a drawing.

Pack maths for a whole wall

Work in panels first. Measure the wall width in centimetres at the top and the bottom, use the larger number, divide by 60 and round up. Then divide by four and round up for packs. A 2.4m chimney breast is four panels, one pack. A 4.2m wall is seven panels, so two packs and one panel spare. Buy the spare on purpose rather than by accident, because a replacement ordered later can come from a different batch and a shade difference shows most at a join.

Sound, and the other unquantified ground

The description says the slats and the felt backing absorb sound and reduce noise transmission. No coefficient is quoted, no test standard is named and no figure of any kind is published, so it tells you how the panel is made rather than what it achieves. If you are treating a home office or a room with a hard floor and want a measurable improvement, ask the shop what data the supplier holds. Grey oak is named but not described, and the backing colour, visible in every gap, is not given either.

Finishing the edges

The visible end of a run, an external corner and the line at the ceiling all want a strip rather than a raw edge, and those are in panel trims and fittings, where each trim is listed against the panel numbers it suits, so check which one fits this panel. Fixing is usually adhesive, sold by the box as wall panel adhesive. In the same group, 41H in oak and 41K in shadow oak are the other two tones. Neither listing describes its finish beyond the name either, so judge all three from the photographs. The full set is in slat and acoustic panels.

Ask the slat question, measure the wall, then order the Wall Panel 41F grey oak acoustic panel in one batch. Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond.