How to clean exterior walls
It depends on what your walls are made from, but giving your exterior walls a clean can improve the look of your home.
It’s often...
Wall maintenance
Big surfaces like walls inevitably get dirty, and inevitably get damaged from time to time. Here are some easy ways to keep your walls...
Party walls
Party walls are the walls that separate adjoining homes (for example, in duplex housing). Learn about how they're built, how they perform and why.
Party...
Building walls
Building walls are what we know best simply as the 'external walls' of a house. Find out more about what they are and how...
Retaining walls
Retaining walls help to hold earth in place so you can build on hills or other sloped surfaces. Find out how retaining walls work.
Retaining...
External walls
The walls on the outside of your home not only protect it against the elements, but also provide support, and help to control the...
Partition walls
Partition walls help to divide and partition a house into different rooms and spaces. These walls are more easily moved and positioned.
Most modern partition...
Load bearing walls
Load bearing walls are walls that are vital to a home's structure and strength, and which help bear the weight of the roof.
Bricks are...
Internal walls
Walls inside a home serve some different purposes to those on the outside of your home. Find out more about internal walls.
The primary job...
What’s a building envelope?
If you're having a house designed for you, chances are that you've heard the phrase 'building envelope' being thrown around. Find out what this...