Walls

If you’re renovating or building a townhouse, terrace or duplex, chances are your home shares at least one wall with the neighbouring property. These are called party walls, and they play a critical role in ensuring both homes are safe, private and structurally sound.

Building walls are what we know best simply as the 'external walls' of a house. Find out more about what they are and how...

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 help to divide and partition a house into different rooms and spaces. These walls are more easily moved and positioned.   Most modern partition...

Whether you're knocking through a wall to create open-plan living or planning a second-storey extension, understanding which walls are load-bearing is essential. Removing or altering a load-bearing wall without proper assessment can put your home’s structural integrity, and safety, at risk.

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...

Most of the time you see them, walls are flat, uninterrupted surfaces. But there's often quite a lot going on behind what you can...

There are countless many ways to build walls and ceilings - but obviously some are much better suited to certain environments and tastes than...

Dado rails and chair rails run horizontally around the wall. In a modern context, dado rails are mostly a cosmetic type of moulding. What is...

There are a range of other decorative mouldings available, including mouldings to enhance fireplaces and similar fixtures.   Mouldings can be used to add ornate finishes...