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Riga Decor - Birch plywood

Verified by manufacturer 6 months ago

4 mm thick

Riga Wood Variant:
Third party certifications:
  • PEFC

    PEFC

    Certificate type

A birch throughout plywood with a veneered decorative appearance.

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Application

Riga Decor is designed for interior applications, where both functionality and decorative finishing are needed.


Light building:

  • Decorative wall & Ceiling linings.
  • Joinery, furniture & Shopfittings.


Sea transport:

  • Yachts & Boats.

Description

Riga Decor is a birch throughout plywood veneered with various noble wood surfaces for a decorative appearance. Designed for interior applications - decorative walls and ceiling lining, furniture.


Features and benefits:

  • Decorative appearance with a wide range of high-quality, noble wood surfaces.
  • Durable, smooth and ready to use surface.
  • Sound properties can be significantly improved using perforated and grooved panels.
  • Low volatile organic compounds (VOC), including formaldehyde emissions.
  • Very good screw holding properties, easily workable.
  • Sustainable product with long life span.


Further processing:

Riga Decor can be further processed according to customer's specification with:

  • Cut-to-size;
  • CNC, drilling;
  • Milling;
  • Jointing;
  • Edge machining;
  • Assembling in sets;
  • Sanded;
  • Lacquered.


For applications where insulation and acoustic performance are required, perforated and grooved acoustic panels are possible. More information available in the Acoustic panel leaflet.


Veneering:

Veneering is usually done with 0.55 mm thick unsanded rotary cut veneers (radial and tangent end type), as well as peeled veneers. Wide range of face and back veneers available: birch, beech, European ash, European oak and pine. Other species and customised thicknesses available on request. Veneer quality is selected according to the customer's requirements.


Gluing classes:

Riga Wood birch plywood is glued with weather and boil-proof phenol formaldehyde or lignin phenol formaldehyde resin adhesive according to EN 314/Class 3 Exterior. Bonding with moisture resistant low emission melamine-ureaformaldehyde resin according to EN 314 / Class 1 and BS 1203 / H1 possible. The decorative veneer is bonded with a combination of melamineurea-formaldehyde (MUF) adhesive and hardener intended for enduses where water and weather resistance is required.


Splicing techniques:

Both sliced and peeled veneers of tangential/radial section may be used applying different jointing techniques. Standard jointing book match + 180°, custom layups available upon request.

General information

Color

Other

Clear

Brown

Beige

Orange

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Finish

Veneered

Material

Birch plywood

Shape

Rectangle

Square

Other

Length

2440 mm

2500 mm

3050 mm

Bespoke

Width

1220 mm

1250 mm

1500 mm

1525 mm

Bespoke

Height

4 mm

6.5 mm

9 mm

12 mm

15 mm

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Manufacturer guidance

To the indicated values, decorative veneer and/or balance paper (0.2 mm) thicknesses should be added.

Uniclass

Pr_25_71_97_91 Visual grade general veneer plywoodsPrimary

CAWS

K11/61 Plywood

G20/15 Plywood

K11/815 Plywood

K11/415 Plywood wall sheathing

H20/150 Sheet cladding (attached to metal support systems)

H20/10 Sheet cladding

H20/155 Sheet cladding (attached to timber battens)

G20/310 Structural plywood

Specification data - Visual grade general veneer plywoods

Standards

To EN 315.

Third-party certification

CE certified.

Material

-

Type

Birch plywood.

Material grade

A.

Guidance for specification option:

Available on customer request.

AB.

Guidance for specification option:

Available on customer request.

B.

Guidance for specification option:

Available on customer request.

BB/BB.

Guidance for specification option:

Riga Ply veneered with slice veneer grading.

Face veneer

Birch.

Beech.

European ash.

European oak and pine.

Bonding quality

To BS EN 314-2, Class 3.

Sheet size

2440 x 1220 mm.

2440 x 1250 mm.

2440 x 1500 mm.

2440 x 1525 mm.

2500 x 1220 mm.

2500 x 1250 mm.

2500 x 1500 mm.

2500 x 1525 mm.

3050 x 1220 mm.

3050 x 1250 mm.

3050 x 1500 mm.

3050 x 1525 mm.

Nominal thickness

4 mm.

Number of plies

3.

Finish as delivered

-

Worked finish

Veneered.

Colours

Clear.

Brown.

Beige.

Orange.

Yellow.

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Lower

3.5 mm.

Upper part

4.1 mm.

Thickness tolerance

± 0.5 mm.

Guidance for specification option:

Length, width (mm) ≤ 500.

± 1 mm.

Guidance for specification option:

Length, width (mm) – 500 - 2000.

± 2 mm.

Guidance for specification option:

Length, width (mm) > 2001.

± 1 mm/m.

Guidance for specification option:

Edge straightness.

Edge sealing

Lacquered.

Sealed.

Formaldehyde emissions

Riga Wood birch plywood formaldehyde emission level is significantly
below EN 13986 Class E1 and complies with EPA TSCA Title VI and
CARB Phase 2.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

Yes

Guidance for specification option:

Formaldehyde

Country of material origin

Europe

Guidance for specification option:

Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union.

Country of product manufacture

Europe

Guidance for specification option:

Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union.

Recyclability

100%

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

0 %

Third party certifications

PEFC

PEFC

PEFC certificate

Literature

Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood

Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Grooved - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Grooved - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Perforated - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Perforated - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood

Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood

Riga Decor - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Riga Decor - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Case studies

Riga Wood birch plywood – a part of sustainable and award winning buildings

Riga Wood birch plywood – a part of sustainable and award winning buildings

More than Meets the Eye - Perforated Acoustic Riga Wood Birch Plywood Panels

More than Meets the Eye - Perforated Acoustic Riga Wood Birch Plywood Panels