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title: Guides: extensions, walls, fences, insurance repairs
url: https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/
description: Plain guides: wrap-around extensions, planning permission, the Party Wall Act, wall and fence heights, insurance repairs and close-board fencing, with sources.
last_updated: 2026-10-16
publisher: Brick2BrickUK Ltd and Fence 2 Fence Ltd
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# Guides to extensions, walls, fences and insurance repairs

Six plain guides with the official sources for every rule they state, plus a glossary of building, brickwork and fencing terms. General information: check with your council for your own house.

## Read before you build

- [**Wrap-around extensions: what they are, the rules and how one is built**A wrap-around extension runs along the side of a house and across the back as one joined space.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/wrap-around-extensions/)
- [**Do you need planning permission for an extension?**Many extensions can be built under permitted development, without a planning application, as long as they stay inside set limits.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/planning-permission-for-extensions/)
- [**The Party Wall Act: when it applies and what to do**If you are building on or near the boundary with a neighbour, or digging footings close to their house, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 may apply.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/party-wall-act/)
- [**How high can a garden wall or fence be?**Most garden walls and fences need no planning permission if they stay under set heights.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/garden-wall-and-fence-height-rules/)
- [**Building insurance repairs: what to expect**When a house is damaged by fire, flood, a storm or a vehicle, the repair usually runs through the insurer.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/insurance-repairs-what-to-expect/)
- [**Close-board fencing: what it is and how it goes in**Close-board fencing is overlapping feather-edge boards between posts, with a board along the bottom.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/close-board-fencing/)
- [**Building, brickwork and fencing terms explained**64 terms, from footings to party walls.](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/glossary/)

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