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 help to hold earth in place so you can build on hills or other sloped surfaces. Find out how retaining walls work.   Retaining...

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...

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

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...

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.

Mouldings offer many ways to decorate and finish walls and ceilings. Common types of mouldings include skirting boards, cornices, architraves and dado rails. Interior moulding...

Skirting boards, also known as kick boards and baseboards, are the mouldings that run along the bottom of walls. What is a skirting board? A...

Architraves are the mouldings that go around doorways, windows and other openings in walls.   Architraves are the mouldings that appear around doors and windows. What...