Wall Panel 62T Walnut: what the pack holds and what to check

Wall Panel 62T in walnut is a PVC panel the shop supplies in packs of eight. Its measurements are clear and easy to plan with. Its written description is less so, because it is the same block of text used across the whole 62 series, and the first thing worth doing on this listing is separating the figures from the blurb.

The numbers on this listing

Those figures agree with each other, which is a useful check: a panel face of 0.3m by 2.4m is 0.72m², and eight of them come to the 5.76m² quoted. The arithmetic also tells you something the listing does not say outright. Because the coverage is the panels' flat area, nothing has been subtracted for an overlap, so 5.76m² is the figure before fitting rather than after it.

A walnut panel with oak effect wording

The description on this page says the panel carries a seamless oak effect. The product is named Walnut, and across this range the name is the reliable field, because the supplier's description text is shared between panels in the same series and has not been rewritten colour by colour. Go by the name and the photographs. If you need the shade confirmed, particularly against an existing walnut door or a worktop, ask the shop rather than reading it off a screen.

One sentence in that shared text is worth keeping, because it is about the construction rather than the colour: the listing says each panel holds a consistent colour and grain across its surfaces so there are no visual breaks between them. On a run of eight panels that is what you want, and it also means you should not expect the board-to-board variation of real timber.

Working out the panel count

Each pack gives 240cm of wall width at 240cm high, so plan in panels rather than square metres:

• Measure the wall width in centimetres and divide by 30. Round up.
• Divide that by eight for packs. Round up again.
• Add a panel's worth of slack if the wall ends on an external corner or a window reveal, because those are where panels get cut and cuts go wrong.

A 2.4m wall is one pack. A 4.2m wall is 14 panels and so two packs. A 7.2m run across two walls is 24 panels, exactly three packs, which is a case for ordering a fourth rather than relying on every cut being perfect.

Sockets, skirting and a 1cm face

The panel is 1cm thick, so the finished wall sits a centimetre forward of the plaster. Check three things against that. Socket and switch plates need to end up proud of the panel, not buried behind it. Skirting either comes off and goes back over the panel or the panel stops on top of it, and that is a decision to make before the glue is out. Door architraves and window reveals will show the step, which is where an edge strip earns its place. The listing names Strip A as the trim but gives no quantity, so take your edge lengths to the shop.

Two more gaps, stated plainly: there is no acoustic figure anywhere on this listing, because it is a PVC panel and not one of the panels listed as acoustic, and the moisture wording goes no further than general resistance to moisture, fading and daily wear with no rating behind it. Fixing method and weight are not given either, and the shop sells Adhesive for Wall Panels if you ask what suits your wall.

Walnut elsewhere in the range

For the same walnut tone in another PVC pack of eight, compare Wall Panel 61T in walnut. If the room wants sound absorption as well as a dark warm finish, Wall Panel 01T in walnut is listed as acoustic, and the shop can say what it is backed with and what it is measured at. Within the 62 series itself, 62A in oak is the lighter option. The full set is on the slat and acoustic panels page.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store, and £50 beyond. Ask the shop for the current lead time, then order the Wall Panel 62T walnut pack.