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Daughter has just moved into a flat and found this brick/rust-coloured stain creeping up kitchen corner that backs onto garden area. I assume it is moisture coming through brick work with faulty pointing, but could be completely wrong. 1. Is there a proper name for this condition? 2. Should...

Thanks ^woody^. I'm questioning the white plastic above the frames where I expected tiles to be (per drawings). This is Permitted Development, so all the more reason to match the existing outward facing materials (tiles) I would have thought, and restrict UPVC to just glass panel frames and...

Thanks noseall. The soffit will now be dismantled, and lead put all around. What does JB stand for, Juliet Balcony?

I arrived home this week to find my builder had fitted out the rear dormer bathroom windows and Juliet balcony windows, BUT also added extra UPVC all the way up from the windows frames to the soffits which I think looks rather ugly. The left picture shows expected design from the final drawings...

Am having a hip to gable loft conversion done hopefully this Summer. I've heard in some quarters that the eves cupboard storage space should not be insulated and boarded up in order to allow flow of air. Yet many people apparently have this done, either to avoid drafts, heat loss, or for...

Thanks Tony. I am not just adding a dormer, but want to change all tiles on the roof to be similar to the right hand tiles picture above. I am not sure that "similar appearance" generally refers mainly to colour. GPDO states "The materials used in any exterior work must be of a similar...

I am having a hip-to-gable loft extension under PD rights. Drawings ready to send off for Certificate of Lawfulness. However, when doing loft conversion I want my current roof tiles (see picture) changed back to the original style of tiles when house was built (so-called “Original Dwelling”) so...