Product Spotlight – Marmox

February 20, 2023

Pentland Homes purchasers praise the appearance of Marmox’s prefabricated niches

A prestige housing project in New Romney, Kent, has seen the developer, Pentland Homes, make extensive use of the prefabricated wall niches which have recently been added to the range of bathroom and wetroom specialist, Marmox: saving time and cost while facilitating the completion of luxurious interiors for the properties’ new occupants.

Mulberry Place is a beautifully landscaped development of 150 new properties by Pentland Homes, creating a mix of two, three and four bedroom houses, located just a mile and a half from the sea and close to the Romney Marshes. As a highly experienced contractor and developer, Pentland is always seeking to adopt new technologies which can help deliver schemes on time and to budget and is installing more than 250 of the Marmox units in two different size options. This figure includes 238 of the manufacturer’s 305 x 305mm option and a further 29, 305mm wide by 711mm tall niches: with both being built into the internal timber studwork of the mainly masonry constructed homes.

Glynn Pgue, Site Manager, Pentland Homes, commented: “The Marmox niches are being well received by the purchasers who like the appearance and the usability of the recesses for storage. They have definitely been a success from that point of view.”

Along with a Corner Shelf, the niches are some of the newest additions to the Marmox range. The Niches can fit in any bathroom, or even be installed inside of a shower cubicle. Each niche is formed from 112.5 mm thick XPS and can be installed into 100 mm deep wall cavities or between standard Multiboards to maintain the integrity of the insulation. Both products are fully waterproof, ready to tile and create useful storage for toiletries. Marmox additionally manufactures solutions for pipe boxing, curved walls and bath panel kits as well as other products to improve any bathroom or wetroom.

If you are currently giving some thought to wet room design ideas, a shower niche is an elegant way to provide extra space for small shower items. The Marmox Shower Niche provides a low-cost, easily installed and completely waterproof option.

These shower niches are comprised of an extruded polystyrene core coated on either side with a thin but robust layer of fibreglass reinforced polymer concrete.

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