Wall Panel 82T Walnut: matching walnut across the panels

Wall Panel 82T is the walnut in the 82 profile: 15 x 240 x 1cm, twelve pieces a pack, 4.32m² of cover. The figures are simple. The thing that catches people is the word walnut, because it appears on several different panels in this range. Start with the photographs on the Wall Panel 82T walnut pack page.

Walnut is a name, not a shade

Walnut turns up across the panelling range in profiles that have nothing else in common: a PVC board, a seamless panel like this one, a wide slat, a taller panel. No listing publishes a colour reference for any of them, and none of them is described as matching another. So two walnut panels of different codes are not promised to be the same colour, and buying the second one later is a risk nobody has to take.

Two rules follow, and they cost nothing. Buy one code for the whole job, in one order, rather than relying on a pack bought later looking the same. And if the panelling turns a corner or carries on to a second wall, include that in the count now rather than topping up later.

What one pack does

Twelve pieces of 15cm face 1.8m of wall, 240cm high. A 2.4m dining room wall is sixteen pieces: two packs, with eight pieces over for the return into a recess. A 1.8m run is a single pack with nothing spare, which is fine on a clean wall and tight if there is a socket to cut round. The figures are given as 15 x 240 x 1cm without labels, and this listing does not add the fitted-and-interlocked qualifier that the fluted panels carry, so ask us which figure is the covered width before you cut to a measured gap.

When the wall is taller than 240cm

A 240cm panel suits a lot of rooms and misses plenty of others, and there is no version of this panel in another length. Your options are to stop the panelling deliberately short and finish the top edge with a trim, to accept a horizontal joint, which the listing does not describe a detail for, or to change panel: Wall Panel 02WT in walnut is listed at 280cm, in a different profile and a different pack, so treat it as an alternative rather than a taller version of the same thing. Measure floor to ceiling in three places across the wall before you choose, because old rooms are rarely square.

What the listing promises, and what it does not

It says PVC with a wood-effect finish, a walnut tone, and colouration that stays consistent from piece to piece, which is all the word seamless commits to. It does not state the fixing method, the fire classification, how to cut the panel, or any sound performance. The finishing piece named for the profile is Wall Panel 82 Trim, ten lengths of 240cm, and Adhesive for Wall Panels is a separate listing rather than a recommendation on this page. Confirm both with us when you order.

For another panel named walnut there is Wall Panel 61T, a 30cm PVC board, though its own description talks about slats and an oak effect, so ask before you treat it as a walnut match. The oak of this profile is Wall Panel 82A, and the rest sit in Slat & Acoustic Panels. Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond.

Measure the height in three places, count the pieces across, then order the lot together from the Wall Panel 82T listing in one order rather than in two.