Hi there, We recently renovated our house earlier this year by removing all the exisiting wallpaper and painted the walls over tge exisiting plasterboard. However, I've noticed straight line cracks appearing around our window edges. It's only cracking around windows and not doors. Anyone know why these are happening and should i be worried??Please note our house was built in 1970s and walls are not insulated so maybe its because of the recent cold weather but pretty annoyed with this. Any assistance would be great! Cheers

Looking for a exterior color makeover for my 1990's Queenslander. Color advice needed for new roof color and exterior paint color for this plaster-cladded beauty. Unfortunately, house has classic Karaka green window joinery that can't be changed/painted (not in budget). I have to maximize my small budget with a paint job. I have a nearby standalone garage that needs the same paint job. We will clean and treat the veranda posts a cedar stain and I hope to add some stonework accents when I find the money that would give the house some more curb appeal; but for now, need to paint roof and exterior house and inject some WOW!!

Hi. Our new build has Colorsteel cladding and aluminium joinery both in the colour Flaxpod. The aluminium joinery (from First Windows) looks a lot different from the Colorsteel colour. Our builder has confirmed that the aluminium joinery has been powdercoated in Flaxpod and that the variation in colour is due to the difference in how Colorsteel is coloured and the powdercoating process of aluminium. Is our builder's explanation correct? Thanks in advance.

During the gusty winds lately we have had a tree fall through one of our single glazed sliding windows. A glazier came to cover it up and look at replacing the glass, but has said it has damaged the aluminium window frames beyond repair and to let the insurance company know that the frames will need replacing as he cant fit glass to them. The insurance have requested for a loss-adjuster to come and assess the damage to the frames, and the other damage it has caused, which got me wondering. Are they going to be able to replace the window frame with another single glazed window frame (are these even still a thing and are you allowed to install single glazing anymore?) or will they have to replace it with a double glazed unit? If they will replace it with double glazing, we will likely get a quote from the repairers to replace a few other windows, to the side of the broken one, so they all visually match and for the performance upgrade. I know I can just ask the loss-adjuster when they come but thought someone may have been through this before or have a insight. Thanks