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...
Types of walls and ceilings
There are countless many ways to build walls and ceilings - but obviously some are much better suited to certain environments and tastes than...
What’s in walls and ceilings?
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...
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...
Load-bearing walls
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.
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...
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...
Retaining walls
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.
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...
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...