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We live in a detached house and our neighbours maybe looking to build an extension to the rear. Their outside wall of their house runs parallel to our house approx 1.60m away. So: 1. Are they allowed to build a two storey extension as long as they slope the roof to 3m eaves level (presuming 3...

Hi again, Just started looking at this again and scraped all the cracked and flaking paint off. Looks as though the plasterboard never met the wall in some places by approx 5-10mm. So it looks as though somebody has filled it with some plast or something, this has then cracked or moved and...

As you can tell I know nothing about this. Just had a look again and it looks as the plaster board or plaster was flush against the door frame and it looks as though something has shrunk or moved causing the plasterboard or plaster to come away from being flush against the door frame. Its only...

Hopefully this is the pic, if not it is in my album

i have put a pic in my album sorry for the quality it is form a mobile phone http://media.diynot.com.s3-external-3.amazonaws.com/130000_129651_16561_82076358_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0FGFJJC9EFAG5882Z0G2&Expires=1257380529&Signature=DzwmCqK%2BWaIH04gV7fcSvH5jJuU%3D The door frame is...

Hi, I have a crack between the wall and the front door frame inside the house all the way around. The crack is approx 3mm around but in someplaces a little wider. Its looks as though the door frame has shrunk or moved around 2mm away from the wall due to weather/settlement. I posted earlier...

oh dear, two conflicting metods of sorting. The acylic decorators caulk? Will this be in my local B&Q and if so, what are the trade names people would recommend for this. What will it be like to paint over this? I am looking at just using a couple of good coats of emulsion on the wall. Will this...

Hi there, Just starting to decorate my 8 year old house. The door frames, door, windows and MDF skirting boards are all painted white. It is certainly not emulsion but I am not sure whether it is satinwood or gloss? Anyway to tell? It is a Barratt house by the way, 8 years old. I am looking at...

Hi there, Just starting to decorate my house. It is about 9 years old and hasn't been decorated from new. There are a few cracks near the windows and doors in a couple of places. I presume these are settling cracks as they are less than 5mm. Just wondered what the best way of filling these gaps...