Wall Panel 62B Light Grey: coverage, trims and edge strips

Most panels are judged on the face. What decides whether a finished wall looks deliberate or unfinished is usually the edge, and Wall Panel 62B in light grey is the one listing in the 62 series that spells out the strips meant to go with it. That makes it a useful place to talk about edges, so this post covers the pack figures first and then the metalwork.

The figures on the 62B listing

Eight panels at 30cm come to 240cm of wall per pack, which at the panel's own 240cm height is a square of wall 2.4m by 2.4m. The coverage figure is the flat area of the panels with nothing taken off for a joint overlap, so treat it as a maximum rather than a fitted figure and ask the shop how the panels meet each other.

The edge strips named with this panel

The listing names three strips in 300cm lengths, ten to a pack, each offered in black, gold or silver. It does not explain what each one is for, so take the following as the ordinary meaning of the names and confirm it with the shop against your own wall:

• End strip. Closes an exposed panel edge, where the panelling stops partway along a wall or runs into a door opening.
• Corner strip. Turns a corner, so an external angle is not left as two cut edges meeting.
• I strip. Sits between two panels where you want the joint read as a line rather than hidden.

Three things follow. The strip colour is a real decision, because black, gold and silver are all visible against light grey and the listing offers no neutral. The strips are 300cm long while the panels are 240cm, so a vertical edge takes one strip with a cut-off, not two. And ten per pack is a quantity set by the supplier, not by your wall, so work out your edge lengths before you order and let the shop tell you how many packs that is.

Reading the colour from the name, not the blurb

Worth flagging plainly: the description text on this listing is shared across the 62 series and refers to an oak effect, while the panel itself is named Light Grey. The name and the photographs are what to go by. Grey is also the hardest family to buy from a screen, since this range carries a light grey, a grey and a dark grey and the difference between them on a lit wall is larger than it looks in a thumbnail. If the shade has to match an existing floor, worktop or blind, ask the shop to confirm it before you commit a whole room.

Fitting questions worth asking first

The listing is silent on how the panels are fixed and on what they weigh, which matters most on plasterboard. The shop stocks Adhesive for Wall Panels, and the right answer depends on your substrate. The 1cm panel thickness is the other practical point: it brings the wall face forward by a centimetre, so socket plates, radiator brackets and door architraves all need a look before the first panel goes up. On moisture the listing says only that the panels resist moisture, fading and daily wear, with no rating attached, so a bathroom or utility wall is a conversation rather than an assumption.

Where 62B sits in the range

In the same series, 62C in dark grey is the darker version of the same panel. If you want the panels to interlock instead, Wall Panel 63B in grey quotes a fitted width of 25.5cm and a lower coverage figure to match. For a panel listed as acoustic in a similar tone there is Wall Panel 01B in light grey, and the shop can tell you what it is backed with. Strips and trims are grouped under panel trims and fittings, and the rest of the boards and slatted panels are on the slat and acoustic panels page.

Free delivery applies within 50 miles of the Glasgow store, with a £50 charge beyond that. Ask about the current lead time at the point of order, and start from the Wall Panel 62B eight-panel pack page.