Wall Panel 63B Grey: using it in a kitchen or bathroom

The listing for Wall Panel 63B in grey is one of the few in this range that names the rooms it is meant for. It describes the panels as moisture resistant and points at kitchens, bathrooms and commercial spaces. That is worth taking seriously and worth reading carefully, because naming a room is not the same as quoting a figure.

What the listing gives you

• Panel size 30 x 240 x 1cm, and 25.5 x 240 x 1cm once fitted and interlocked.
• Eight pieces to a pack.
• Coverage of 4.9m² per pack, measured fitted and interlocked rather than loose.
• A tongue and groove joint, described as keeping the colour continuous with no visible joint.
• Two named parts: Wall Panel 63 Trim and Wall Panel 63 Corner Strip.

That coverage figure is the fitted one, which is the useful kind. Eight panels at 25.5cm cover 204cm of wall width, at the panel's 240cm height, giving the 4.9m² quoted.

Grey panelling in a kitchen or bathroom

Take the listing at exactly its word. It says the panels resist moisture. It does not give an IP rating, a test standard, a maximum humidity, or any guidance on tanking behind them. Nor does it say anything about sealing a panel edge where it meets a worktop, a basin or a bath, which in a wet room is the detail that decides whether a wall survives. So the sensible division is this: a kitchen wall away from the splash zone or a bathroom wall away from the shower is what the listing supports, and anything inside a shower enclosure or directly behind a tap needs a conversation with the shop before you order.

On colour, the panel is named Grey and this range also carries a light grey and a dark grey as separate products. The names are the only shade guidance the listings offer, and greys read differently under the cool light most kitchens and bathrooms have than they do in a living room. If the grey has to sit against a worktop or tiling, get it confirmed rather than judging it from a thumbnail.

Sealing, sockets and the 1cm step

Four details that cost time if they are missed.

1. The panel adds 1cm to the wall face. In a kitchen that affects where a socket plate, an extractor or an upstand finishes.
2. Appliance gaps shrink by that centimetre on every panelled side. A fridge slot measured to the millimetre needs remeasuring.
3. A cut panel loses its tongue or its groove, which is what the named corner strip and trim are there to cover.
4. Fixing method and panel weight are not stated anywhere on the listing, so ask what suits tiled walls or plasterboard. The shop stocks Adhesive for Wall Panels.

Counting packs when the panels interlock

Use 25.5cm, never 30cm. Wall width in centimetres divided by 25.5, rounded up, is your panel count; divide by eight and round up again for packs. A 2m wall is eight panels and one pack. A 3.5m kitchen wall is 14 panels and two packs. A bathroom done on three walls totalling 6m is 24 panels, exactly three packs, so order four and keep a spare for the inevitable awkward cut around a pipe.

The other 63 panels and the greys beside them

The same panel comes in oak and walnut, with identical figures. For a lighter grey that does not interlock, Wall Panel 62B in light grey is a pack of eight quoted at 5.76m² from its loose width. If one small wall is all you are panelling, Wall Panel 05C in grey is the four-piece PVC pack. The rest are 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, and the Wall Panel 63B grey pack page has the rest of the detail.