Lafeme smart toilets offer comfort and style. Australian architects and designers are now embracing the idea of a streamlined toilet with an inbuilt bidet. Not only does this allow for space savings, it also provides optimum hygiene and ease of use tailored to the needs of the user. Essentially, Lafeme smart toilets address issues of form and function a like.

In Australia, there has been a shift in residential and commercial properties towards smart toilets with no cisterns. The conventional toilet is slowly but surely becoming a thing of the past. So why are more and more Australians choosing a smart toilet without a cistern? Put simply, they are sleek and modern, they save space, and they are also a more hygeanic option requiring less maintenance.

So, what is a cistern free toilet? As the name suggests, a tankless or cistern free toilet is any toilet that does not rely on a tank of water to clear the bowl. Instead, tankless toilets receive water directly from a supply line at a high enough pressure that a single flush can carry  waste through the drainage system. Therefore, these toilets are powered using only the force of water entering from the supply line.

From a technical perspective, the Lafeme cisternless toilet is far more efficient at the flush process. With traditional cistern design, it is the force of gravity which gives energy to the flushing water. This process is incomparable when it comes to the Lafeme cisternless toilet which is powered by mains water pressure. The mains water pressure is usually around 400kPa which equates to holding a fully opened garden hose directly into the toilet bowl! With this sort of force, and the latest self cleaning coatings on Lafeme toilet bowls, constant cleaning becomes almost redundant.

Lafeme cisternless toilets are significantly smaller in size than the traditional toilet, which have always had to incorporate a cistern or tank. The absence of the cistern gives more design freedom as this style of toilet can be positioned almost anywhere in their bathroom.

You may think that you can achieve the modern appearance of clean lines with an in-wall cistern, and you would be correct in believing so, however these toilet systems also have their limits. Water leakage within the wall cavity can be a problem, as is water discharge noise and valve noise which occurs upon the tank re-fill process. Access panels for service of the cistern must also be installed. All of this, and still only a gravity powered flush…

Tankless or cistern free toilets are steadily growing in popularity and look to be surpassing the tank toilet as Australia’s toilet of choice. Simplify life, smart choices, smart design, smart cistern free toilets.

Hufcor’s reputation for quality and reliable products, clever designs and an insistence on excellent service is the reason why architects, engineers and contractors routinely insist on Hufcor partitions for their building projects.

Hufcor’s specification team have the knowledge and expertise to ensure each step of the building process is completed successfully. Assistance can be provided with a range of requirements for your project including; specification support, project advice, BIM drawings or simply for some inspiration.

So why is specification consultation so important on every project? Well, put simply, early consultation ensures that any design issues are identified and therefore enables you to get it right the first time! Specification can make or break a project. With the plethora of product options available to the market, it is vital that your projects are documented correctly to avoid any confusion and furthermore, to avoid inferior alternatives creeping into projects without your knowledge. Failing to correctly and successfully specify can in fact compromise the design intention.

Hufcor’s new specification team are dedicated to helping you with all aspects of your project documentation. When it comes to Operable Walls, Hufcor’s team have the knowledge and expertise to provide you with custom solutions and inspired advice.

Contact our Specification Team to discuss all options relating to;

• Structural support
• Layout
• Stacking options
• Finishes
• Acoustic requirements

Early consultation ensures problems are identified and fully resolved to avoid compromised on site solutions.

To further assist you with specification, Hufcor’s specification team can;

• Provide CAD, PDF and BIM design drawings including fixing details upon request
• Provide full specifications for your documentation
• Provide provisional sum and Budget Pricing
• Offer a variety of custom options to ensure that you get exactly what you want

Contact us for assistance with your next project for Specification of OPERABLE walls  |  FRAMELESS Glass Operable Walls  |  ACOUSTIC Glass Operable Walls  |  WEATHER Resistant Glass Operable Walls  |  ACOUSTIC Sliding Doors

Remember, specification is far more important than a tick in your checklist during project documentation, rather it is a key element in the design and construction process.

Hufcor can provide assistance on any project.

Summit® vertical lift walls take flexible space in a completely different direction… up. Unlike traditional operable panels that move horizontally through a large, exposed cavity in the ceiling, Hufcor’s patented vertical lift system moves acoustic operable panels through a narrow slot in the ceiling and stacks them neatly hidden out of sight. All this with a simple push of a button! This space-saving and attractive design maximizes an interior’s available floor space and makes Summit® vertical lift walls a great choice for convention centers, hotel ballrooms, learning institutions and training centers – anywhere that superior and attractive space and sound management must exist in harmony with maximizing free floor space.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN

Summit® vertical lift walls represent the very best in beauty, simplicity, space and sound management with design flexibility.  The heart of Summit® is a proprietary retractable lift system which is built for durability and provides unequalled space optimization without sacrificing sight lines or aesthetics.  Also standard with Summit® is the new Hufcor Touchpad backlit LCD controller which provides the utmost in security and operation of use in a simple, easy-to-use platform.

Opening heights up to 17′ 6″ (5.33m) and widths up to 40′ (12.1m) cover a wide range of movable partition openings.
Proprietary design allows panels to stack above ceiling and to cascade down through a narrow slot — the least obtrusive and most aesthetically attractive vertical lift wall system in the market.
Interlocking panel edges and track seals contributes to a 51 STC acoustical rating for excellent sound management. Sound absorbent surface treatments are also available to minimize reflected sound.

Acoustica’s QuietWave® is the perfect solution! QuietWave® noise barrier isolates noiseand dampens sound vibration increasing the sound transmission loss.

Noise transmission between high traffic hallways and adjacent rooms has always been hard to control and is therefore difficult to find an effective solution to integrate into the building design.

There is now a simple, efficient and cost-effective solution to this problem… it’s called QuietWave®.

Acoustica’s QuietWave® flexible visco-elastic membrane consists of a patented constrained layer membrane, combined with vibration damping material ‘floating’ elements.

QuietWave® increases the low frequency performance of the wall system to counter noise from high traffic hallways in schools, hotels, apartment building and houses. Low frequencies effectively is the booming sound that emanates from heavy footfall in hallways and the sound of objects such as trolleys or service carts crashing into the walls.

QuietWave® also controls the large coincidence dip in the upper-mid frequency region of 2500 – 4000 Hz, which typically occurs in plasterboard walls.

The QuietWave® flexible visco-elastic membrane can be penetrated; even when gaps are left in the visco-elastic layer of QuietWave®, the performance of the wall system will not be impaired. The finished wall system has a solid feel and when impacted upon and sound resonates similar to a masonry wall.

Acoustica’s QuietWave® wall system provides the best acoustic performance with the thinnest possible wall section.

Key benefits of the QuietWave® acoustic barrier:

• Exceeds the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC) minimum requirements
• Can achieve the highest AAAC acoustic rating of 6 stars
• Thinnest and lightest possible wall system for the highest acoustic rating
• Low VOC’s – less than that required for GreenStar rating of 0.5mg

Ideal for spaces where a physical, but not visual barrier is needed, our Series 3000 frameless glass walls allow natural light to penetrate a space and deliver maximum space flexibility. The term “frameless” is used because these glass panels lack a vertical frame member and are made with a single sheet of glass that is mounted to slimline top and bottom horizontal rails.

No vertical frame members provide continuous sight-lines, unobstructed views and maximum use of available light. Designing glass panels into your facility allows natural sunlight into your space, which could qualify for LEED points for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Credit 8.2: Daylight and Views.

For openings up to 3.2m high and virtually unlimited width.

Ability to create curved walls opens up a new range of design possibilities. Choose from single or paired panels or a slider panel configuration. Perhaps add an in-line pass door with locking hardware. We also offer a wide range of metal and glass surfaces and treatments to compliment any decor.

Hufcor’s Frameless GlassWall™ movable partitions offer transparency and elimination of visual obstruction for an unlimited palette for interior design. At Hufcor, our glass focus is to have a clear vision of aesthetics while still achieving space separation and sound control.

Washrooms or Amenities, whichever way you refer to them, have come a long way. Customer experience is not just for toileting anymore, it is a place where one can retreat from the hustle and bustle, freshen up, and a place where parents can change their baby’s nappy, heat up milk or breastfeed. It is a space where the facility manager requires the toilet or shower partitions to be durable and sustainable with a long life cycle.

When considering customer experience, one of the key drivers of design is the cubicle. Getting the layout right with the correct dimensions will play an important role in determining the longevity of the cubicle, and the correct material selection will minimise landfill.

Kyissa toilet cubicles offers design freedom. Kyissa can assist with specification dependant on your client brief. Whether the brief is to focus on the front of house asthetics, or perhaps maintenance is flagged as an ongoing concern, Kyissa can provide you with the right advice and best solutions.

Fixed floor table bases offer maximum stability and can help a venue adhere to any health and safety regulations that might be required. In addition, they are strong, require minimal maintenance and therefore are less likely to end up in landfill. This excellent durability and sturdiness makes them ideal tables for cafes, bars, restaurants and other commercial settings.

In general terms, retail spaces are designed around a creative idea that allows the merchandise to be centre stage. Equally, the ability for sales staff to communicate with customers is key when considering space for retail outlets.

There are many important factors that need to be considered when selecting acoustic materials, namely their performance qualities and their aesthetics. With Acoustica,  design ideas can come to fruition without compromising aesthetics for optimal acoustic performance.

QuietWave® acoustic plasterboard barrier is the most economic 6-star acoustic wall system available. The thinnest and lightest way to achieve the highest acoustic performance, QuietWave is a class above minimum NCC requirements.

Applications –  Effective for low frequencies to counter everyday noise from home audio and theatre systems, QuietWave® consists of a flexible visco-elastic membrane and patented constrained layer membrane, combined with vibration damping material. Easily penetrated without compromising performance, a finished QuietWave wall is solid and has similar resonance to masonry.

Acoustica’s best performing flooring underlay range, AngelStep is the top choice for discerning commercial developments where maximum impact noise control and sound absorption is needed.

Applications –  Available in different variations to suit flooring substrates and materials, AngelStep® features unique patented technology that combines a sound absorber with impact and vibration damping to consistently achieve up to the highest 6-star acoustic rating dependent on installation.

Achieve the highest acoustic rating for all types of floors. Angelstep is moisture and rot resistant, will last for the life of any floors,  and is ideal for environmentally-friendly specification.

Control reverberated sound with QuietX. The discreet sound solution that doubles as wall decor, QuietX sound absorbent panels combine personalised printed fabric with EchoSoft – a superior lightweight noise absorber.

Applications – QuietX® is fully customisable in style and size, making it suitable for any space. Choose any printed image. From company logos to promotional material to sizing requirements, there are no limitations except for fabric availability.

QuietX is a customised wall-mounted artistic solution that reduces noise in high congregation areas. There are no size restrictions when using high-density EchoSoft® technology. Create unique QuietX® panels, the sky is the limit!

Hufcor believe that commercial, environmental and social objectives must work in unison to deliver sustainable solutions. Hufcor is committed to producing solutions that deliver customised design, reliability, and innovative technology whilst minimising the impact on the environment. Hufcor operable glass walls and partitions were the first walls systems in Australia to be certified against voluntary environmental performance standards.

Certified environmentally friendly materials are used wherever possible in the manufacture of Hufcor products. Recycling programs for raw materials used in production and consumables, have also been implemented at all manufacturing and distribution sites

Hufcor has established environmental management plans that measure and subsequently reduce waste and emissions and increase recycling.

At Hufcor, scalable preventive maintenance programs are tailored for each project, allowing the client to schedule routine maintenance and prolonging the life of their investment.

In a circular economy, products should be used for as long as possible – and reused to the greatest extent possible when they reach the end of their service life. Rockfon provides long-lasting solutions for buildings –such as, acoustic ceilings that can be recycled indefinitely.  Rockfon uses a natural product- volcanic rock. Thanks to the unique durability and recyclability of ROCKWOOL products, we can help our customers create more resilient buildings and cities that can ultimately enrich modern living.

The building sector produces approximately one-third of all waste globally, much of which ends up in landfill. We know that it doesn’t have to be this way. The production process of stone wool makes it is possible to use materials that might otherwise be landfilled or down cycled. In fact, approximately one-third of the raw materials used in production are repurposed waste from other industries, power plants and municipal waste water treatment.

Rockfon products are certified according to ISO 14401 and registered with EU’s voluntary EMAS arrangement regarding environmental management and audits.

Rockfon products have obtained best classification- Class 10 when it comes to  emission, therefore the emission time is less than 10 days from the time of a complete installation. Rockfon products have also obtained “low particle emission” Classification, the best class According to The Indoor Climate Label standard.