Structure

Retaining walls are structures designed to hold back soil and prevent erosion or collapse on sloped land. They create level areas on uneven sites, support garden beds and allow for tiered landscaping. Whether you're building a new home or updating your outdoor space, retaining walls often play a crucial role in shaping and stabilising your block.

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...

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...

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...

Vermiculite ceilings (also known as popcorn ceilings) were popular a few decades ago, and offered good soundproofing and fireproofing.    Vermiculite ceiling is often called popcorn...

Stretch ceilings make use of stretched material (often PVC), and offer a great degree of flexibility and creative freedom in terms of design.    Stretch ceiling...

Coffered ceilings consist of sunken panels, and are used for both decorative purposes and to give structural strength.    Coffered ceilings are mostly decorative, but can...