Movable Walls Residential: Using Movable Wall Systems in Your Home
Movable office wall systems have been used for decades in commercial settings in order to add conference areas, reconfigure floor plans and to expand work areas. Benefits include the lack of high remodeling costs and major disruptions in the workplace. Schools, gymnasiums, convention centers and hotels also frequently use movable walls for privacy and noise reduction. And now home and apartment owners are beginning to realize the benefits of using movable walls in a residential setting.
Movable wall systems have much more potential than serving as a simple room divider. Tenants are using movable walls to subdivide spaces within an apartment to create privacy for roommates, space for a baby's nursery or even a home office. Homeowners are using them to create flexible floor plans that can change with their family's needs. A couple with two kids may want an open floor plan today, but when the kids grow up they may want a more formal, separate dining area. By installing a movable wall they can create an elegant setting in no time while retaining the freedom to change the floor plan in the future.
Movable walls come in a wide range of aesthetic choices that can help set the tone for a room. Different shades, finishes and colors are available as well as different fabrics that provide noise reduction and privacy. And these walls can accommodate today's technology with special horizontal wiring chase that allows the incorporation of everything from electrical wiring, phone, television and fiber optic cabling. Movable walls also provide a solution for today's environmentally conscious consumer because they can be reused.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Partnership for Advancing Technologies in Housing (PATH) Program has been exploring the use of movable walls in residential settings. In consumer research done by the PATH program, consumers place a high value on the ability to reconfigure a floor plan with ease. With today's changing market, architects and designers are looking to create flexible home designs that address today's homebuyer needs as well as tomorrows.
Gravity Lock Systems Incorporated offers a line of demountable walls and movable walls that can be easily and quickly installed. The Gravity Lock System uses a factory prefinished panel so all of the taping, sanding, priming and painting of standard construction is eliminated. Unlike other full height partition systems, the Gravity Lock System is attached to the flooring, and to the ceiling grid, with special fasteners that allow the system to be moved with virtually no damage to these surfaces. For more information on how to build movable walls in your home or office, contact them at 1-800-945-2454.
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