Hunter Douglas Installations

Hunter Douglas at a glance

Hunter Douglas Architectural is one of the principal architectural ceiling manufacturers in the UK commercial sector, best known for its solid linear timber range (real hardwood slats and planks on concealed carriers), Heartfelt felt-and-timber baffle system, 84R V-Profile metal plank (used across transport, cultural and higher education feature ceilings), Techstyle acoustic panel and bespoke shaped metal. The brand sits as one of the three principal UK architectural ceiling manufacturers alongside SAS International as the principal architectural metal ceiling manufacturers in the UK commercial sector.

UK commercial specification leans on Hunter Douglas wherever the brief calls for higher-specification feature ceiling work: student-facing space in higher education, gallery walkways and cultural environments, transport interchanges, higher-specification corporate reception and a range of one-off public-space feature ceilings. The brand's combined timber, metal and acoustic panel offer across one supplier is one of the structural reasons Hunter Douglas gets specified rather than a category-specific competitor.

Product ranges

Solid Linear Timber is the Hunter Douglas hardwood timber range: engineered or solid timber slats and planks fixed to concealed metal carriers, with acoustic backing in the void where open-slat configurations require it. The visible face is real timber with the grain, profile and finish of the species specified (typically oak, ash, walnut or beech). The product is the workhorse of higher-specification UK timber ceiling work.

Heartfelt is the PET felt baffle ceiling system in linear arrangements, available with timber-effect colours and genuine timber framing accents. Acoustic-led, with high absorption per unit of floor area at lower weight than solid hardwood, and material warmth that suits gallery, museum, library and corporate reception interiors.

84R V-Profile Metal Plank is the 84 mm wide V-Profile linear metal ceiling system on concealed carriers, supporting straight linear runs, curved profile work and fully bespoke shaped geometry. The system covers high-occupancy public-space feature ceilings, transport interchange ceilings and architectural feature work.

Techstyle is the high-performance acoustic ceiling panel system using a non-woven acoustic fleece face on a structural backing, delivering Class A absorption at low panel weight. The system covers acoustic-led specification where standard mineral fibre tile is not the right answer.

Bespoke Shaped Metal covers fully made-to-order architectural metal ceiling systems in custom geometry: faceted, curved, polygonal and decagon feature ceilings beyond the standard 84R catalogue, coordinated with the Hunter Douglas technical team at design stage.

Documented installation record

We have a documented installation record across the Hunter Douglas Architectural ranges. Recent and historic project work includes:

• Solid Linear Timber at the Aston Student Union ground floor in Birmingham: Hunter Douglas solid linear timber across the student social space alongside Ecophon Solo rafts, combining the linear rhythm of timber with the acoustic intervention the volume required.
• Solid Linear Timber at the British Geological James Hutton Building in Keyworth (a Natural Environment Research Council research facility): Hunter Douglas solid linear timber as the feature ceiling to the higher-specification interior.
• Heartfelt at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery: Hunter Douglas Heartfelt to the main walkway as the architectural and acoustic finish to the room, paired with Ecophon Solo Rectangle rafts elsewhere in the volume.
• 84R V-Profile Metal Plank at the BCA Birmingham auction hall: Hunter Douglas 84R as the feature ceiling to the high-occupancy public auction volume, set out as a faceted decagon geometry across the hall to the architect's RCP.
• Decor and feature timber at the University of Nottingham: feature timber ceilings as part of the higher education feature-ceiling programme; Hunter Douglas Techstyle and adjacent acoustic specifications feature across our wider higher education work.

We install to the manufacturer's current technical guidance and the published system documentation on every project.

Accreditation status

We do not hold or claim "approved installer" status with Hunter Douglas. We deliberately do not use that term in our marketing because it has a defined meaning in the manufacturer-installer relationship and we prefer to describe what we actually have rather than what the term implies. What we have is a long-standing position as a regular installer of the Hunter Douglas Architectural ranges, a documented project record across solid linear timber, Heartfelt, 84R V-Profile metal plank and the wider acoustic and feature catalogue, and a working relationship with the Hunter Douglas commercial and technical teams for project specification support. Where a project calls for Hunter Douglas product, we install to the manufacturer's published system documentation with the certified components.

Why Eastledge for Hunter Douglas

We have been installing commercial ceiling systems since 1986 from our Derby head office, delivering across the UK. Hunter Douglas Architectural has been part of our specification base across higher education, cultural and corporate work for an extended period. The Solid Linear Timber, Heartfelt and 84R ranges feature regularly across our project record. Crews are direct-employed and time-served. Supervisors are in-house. We are manufacturer-agnostic at the specification stage: system selection follows the architect's RCP and the project's acoustic, fire and aesthetic brief. We are a competent installer of the Hunter Douglas ranges where the project specification calls for them.

If you are scoping a project that calls for Hunter Douglas Architectural (Solid Linear Timber, Heartfelt, 84R V-Profile metal plank, Techstyle acoustic panel or bespoke shaped metal), we would be glad to discuss the brief. Send drawings, the architect's RCP or the project specification with the form on this page and we will come back with a clear next step within one working day.