Separation wall: is a wall which separates two dwellings such as in a block of terrace houses or dividing wall in a pair of semi-detached houses. The term separating wall indicates that the wall is jointly owned by the owners of the two houses.

Partition wall: is a wall separating rooms and may be generally classified as load bearing and non-load
bearing depending on whether they carry any weight other than their own.

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