External walls need to be tough, but they also need to look good. Find out more about what sorts of materials are used on external walls.
Aside from holding up the roof and allowing you some privacy, your exterior walls should elegantly combine your personal taste with the appropriate response to the local climate. You might be the sort of person who wants to be surrounded by earth-loving mud brick, or maybe you have reclusive fantasies about a rustic log cabin. Perhaps you want to keep the neighbours out with your imposing stone fortress, or you’re just looking for the suburban dream in a conventional weatherboard. The choices you make about your external wall materials will define the entire look of your home.
