MDF Pre-Primed Moulding

AVAILABLE IN LONG LENGTHS
MR - MOISTURE RESISTANT
NO SANDING REQUIRED
READY TO RECEIVE TOP COAT
CONSISTENT HIGH QUALITY
STABLE HIGH DENSITY
COMPLETELY SEALED ALL ROUND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY: MADE FROM RENEWABLE
TIMBER SOURCES, USING SOLVENT FREE PRODUCTION METHODS
NHBC APPROVED
COST EFFECTIVE


Free From Knots & Defects

Brooks Bros MDF is completely free from knots, twists and shake. This means that the full length of the mouldings can be used without the need for selecting or rejecting pieces and knotting filler is no longer required. MDF is also harder than conventional softwoods and less likely to suffer damage before or during installation.


Paint Finish

Automated computer-controlled coating and drying gives a fabulous finish. A sealing/priming coat is followed by mechanical sanding and a second coat of paint. Gentle warm air-drying ensures the consistently perfect finish in a neutral off-white colour. The MDF is ready to receive a finishing topcoat of either gloss or emulsion paint, or it can be finished with a coloured stain.


Doubly Protected

Brooks Bros MDF is manufactured from specially formulated moisture resistant medium density fibreboard that meets BS 1142. To prevent damage when used against wet plaster or in the humid conditions of kitchens and bathrooms, these mouldings are sealed all round.


Proven Economy

The building research establishment in its report PT 511 concluded that conventional softwood mouldings are at least three times more expensive to finish than MDF. These calculations did not take into account the savings through reduced wastage and the elimination of remedial work.


Architectural Mouldings

Moisture resistant medium density fibreboard mouldings- skirting, architraves, window board and dado- have set new standards of ease of working and quality of finish. With just a spot of filler over the fixings and the application of a single topcoat, an outstandingly smooth and clean finish is achieved.

State of the art production machinery enables Brooks Bros MDF to be supplied ready primed, ready undercoated and mechanically sanded to a silken smooth surface finish that must be seen and felt to be appreciated. It is this surface that ensures a perfect finish from a single topcoat of paint.

Eliminate callbacks - these mouldings are moisture resistant and will not twist, crack, warp or shrink so your perfect finish will stay that way. Irritating and costly callbacks are simply eliminated.

In addition to no knotting, sanding, priming and undercoating, Brooks Bros MDF is supplied in lengths that are most convenient for builders.

These advantages have convinced many of the UK's biggest and most cost-conscious builders that the higher initial cost of MDF is more than offset by hours of time saved and minimal wastage - the building research establishment reports that conventional softwood mouldings are three times more expensive than MDF.


MDF Fixings

MDF may be fixed as softwood mouldings. The long lengths reduce the number of joints and no allowance need be made for shrinking. There is no need to cross nail mitred joints.


Nailing & Pinning

'Lost head' nails, which reduce the need for filling and making good, are preferred where appropriate. Fable does not need to be secured to prevent warping and twisting and can, therefore, be nailed at up to 900mm centres. If the wall is not uniform, fixing should achieve conformity to the wall.

To facilitate filling and making good, nailing into the root of the profile is recommended. When securing taller profiles, fixing may be made at or near the base of the profile.

When nailing into lightweight blocks either helical/spiral type fixings can be used or masonry nails angled in opposing horizontal directions.


Screw Fixing

Can also be screwed with wall plugs in the conventional way.


Adhesives

For dry-lined and other applications where walls are true, Brooks Bros MDF can be secured with a general-purpose high performance adhesive. The use of adhesives means no filling or making good is required.


Filling & Making Good

For best results use nitro cellulose filler or any good quality non-shrink filler.


MDF Doors

Doors - to compliment our flooring range- including French oak traditional bead and butt (internal ledged) and Oak veneered panel designs.

Door Linings: made to order (with optional intumescent grooving, stops and thresholds), in hardwood, moisture resistant MDF and softwood.