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Brian Corder (June 2018). "Increase Energy Efficiency with ICFs". Walls & Ceilings. If we were to ask ourselves what walls are really for, Wikipedia has a pretty simple definition: "The purposes of the walls in buildings are to support roofs, floors and ceilings; to enclose a space as part of the building envelope along with a roof to give buildings form; and to provide shelter and security. In addition, the wall may house various types of utilities such as electrical wiring or plumbing."

2010

Huh. Interesting article, but I came here looking for the history of wall-building... specifically for protecting cities. I assume this would a logical write-up for someone to add to this wiki entry. Jmgariepy (talk) 20:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2011

Reverted to a previous version in order to remove some nonsensical text in the first paragraph - something about walls not being vertical. (Most are.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.51.56.1 (talk) 20:14, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Am I the only person that thinks the photos of bricks (the mossy one in particular) are poor illustrations for the lede of this article? Walls are made of a wide variety of materials for a wide variety of reasons. The lede of the article should contain just one or two seminal examples of a 'wall'. Sionk (talk) 12:11, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Break up article?

This article currently addresses several very different types of walls in the same article which seems improper to me. The exterior and interior walls of buildings should be the focus of this article. I think discussion of boundary walls), defensive walls, retaining walls have there own articles and should be handled in Wall (disambiguation) and removed from this article. Any thoughts? Jim Derby (talk) 01:17, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Windows

I added a mention of how there are entirely/mostly glass walls but once those get small enough and put inside some other wall structure they usually get called windows.

Aren't physical windows themselves a kind of wall? The only kind of window I can think of that wouldn't fit the definition of a wall would be just if there was an opening to let in light and look out without any kind of barrier in place. But in terms of glass window or plastic window look how we define a wall in the opening sentence:

a structure that defines an area, carries a load, or provides shelter or security

Windows define an area, and provide shelter and security, albeit since they can shatter not the same kind of security a tougher wall does. About the only portion this doesn't fulfill is "load bearing" but that isn't necessary to define a wall. A sliding glass door effectively is a kind of window too, right? 184.145.18.50 (talk) 23:30, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Typing error

You meant probably that the wall could be "loadbearing", not "leadbearing" I suppose? :) Please fix the mistake. 212.160.202.160 (talk) 06:14, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Non-load bearing wall" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Non-load bearing wall and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 25#Non-load bearing wall until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 65.92.244.114 (talk) 03:42, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Walls in popular culture" should be deleted

I'm sorry, is this a joke section? It's almost verbatim the xkcd strip. 2A02:A319:C146:C300:EC82:24C2:7E0C:4A3 (talk) 21:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I agree. And talking about the Berlin Wall? bizzare. SWinxy (talk) 00:28, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]