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    NHBC Brick Tolerances

    I’ve got a few chipped bricks around the property. The developer has said they have to view them from 10m away? I can’t see anything in the NHBC guide for this?
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    Garden Room

    We’ve got rock in our garden Our decking is 1 cm off the rock at one end And about 30cm off the ground at the other end. We’ve been thinking off a summer house and already have the decking so conserving using that as the foundation
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    Garden Room

    Really? No way it would form permitted dev? Even if it covers a small area?
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    Garden Room

    If I wanted to put a garden room on my existing decking. Will the height of the decking count towards the overall height of the building?
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    Check wall deviation

    I need to be able to prove it’s outside the NHBC deviation guidelines
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    Check wall deviation

    Second image
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    Check wall deviation

    Here are the two images
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    Check wall deviation

    I’ll post a pic later I’ve deleted the pic of the door
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    Check wall deviation

    We bought a new build..... We believe the front door and one internal wall are not straight how would I measure the deviations? Is it just case of a piece of string and measuring the gap between one end and another? Or are there easier ways?
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    Gloss that doesn’t yellow

    We’ve got a downstairs WC It gets no daylight so the gloss keeps going yellow. Are there any products that don’t yellow?
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    Repaint 4 bed house

    Cheers The £150 a day would be 13 days by the quote we’ve had. It would be a time served painter/decorator. We’ve got 11 rooms that will need doing Does this sound about right?
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    Repaint 4 bed house

    We’ve bought a new build And due to the amount of remedial work and quality of paint work, considering re doing the house. How much would you say it would cost DIY vs Labour Most areas are in good condition, just needs the odd sanding, undercoat and paint. Been looking at scrubbable matts...
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    New build shrinkage

    I’ve used Geocell and Everbuild Caulk Once
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    New build shrinkage

    Couple of mill, one gap at the top between the windowsill wall and foot is a bit bigger
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    New build shrinkage

    The caulking around the door is
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    Swollen skirting boards

    I believe so
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    New build shrinkage

    Hi, We purchased a new build around 12 months ago. House is about 18 months old now How long would expect to keep seeing shrinkage? I’ve re caulked out front door 3 times now and it keeps cracking. I’ve used shrink resistant caulks etc
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    Swollen skirting boards

    Feels a little cold
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    Swollen skirting boards

    If you look at the shadow line in the first image, that’s all raised and swollen
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    Swollen skirting boards

    Just noticed these two skirting boards are swollen Any ideas of the potential cause?
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