If your home improvement plans involve making changes to existing walls, you'll need to understand what kind of walls you are dealing with, especially as homes are built with multiple different types.

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...

IF YOUR home was built after 1920 but not in the last 10 years then it might be an un-insulated cavity wall house. If there is a small gap or `cavity' between the two layers of walls, they are `cavity ...

Cavity wall insulation is one of those home improvements that sounds like a no-brainer, promising a warmer home, fewer draughts and lower energy bills . In most cases, that’s exactly what you get, ...

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