Leaky buildings. Thinking of buying a post '95 home? Own one?

[Brian d marge]

Perhaps he was trying to encourage you to lift your sights beyond wood polishing for the rest of your life

Epic Fail

Though it is getting smaller the more I polish it ,

Stephen

[flyingcrocodile46]

Epic Fail

Though it is getting smaller the more I polish it ,

Stephen

You have been doing it all wrong. Sustainability of wood is best achieved by planting not polishing.

[Brian d marge]

You have been doing it all wrong. Sustainability of wood is best achieved by planting not polishing.

Wood grows in well rotten manure, I wonder where I should be planting me wood ???

Stephen

[flyingcrocodile46]

Wood grows in well rotten manure, I wonder where I should be planting me wood ???

Stephen

Edbears ear would be a good place to start

[Brian d marge]

Edbears ear would be a good place to start

Thank god not the place I was thinking off......

Stephen

[flyingcrocodile46]

Thank god not the place I was thinking off......

Stephen

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

[mashman]

Edbears ear would be a good place to start

in his ears? are you dyslexic?

[flyingcrocodile46]

in his ears? are you dyslexic?

Ed B Arse / Ed B Ears, what's the difference?

[mashman]

Ed B Arse / Ed B Ears, what's the difference?

one of them's full of shit.... ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I see what you did there

[Swoop]

An interesting comment was made yesterday.
How many "leaky buildings" are there in Southland?

Answer = 0.

When the legislation was changed, their council saw what would happen and simply kept to the old rules.

[Berries]

And it rains less in Southland.

[ellipsis]

And it rains less in Southland.

...I heard it never rained there...

[flyingcrocodile46]

Southland Council isn't alone (as far as registered claim records go)

They are up there with Westland, Waitomo, Waitaki, Wairoa, Waimate, Tararua, Stratford, South Waikato, South Taranaki, Ruapehu, Rangitikei, Otorohanga, Mackenzie, Kawarau, Kaikoura, Grey, Gore, Clutha, Chatam Islands, Central Otago, Carterton, Buller, and Ashburton.

Waipa, South Wairarapa, Opotiki, Masterton, Manawatu & Invercargil, Kaipara, Hauraki and Central Hawkes Bay each have 1, Several have only two and several more only have 3.

Some of the difference is down to climate variation, Some down to designers, some down to builders and some due to Councils. However the biggest difference is simply down to the fact that for the most part, very little (by comparison) building has occurred in the above areas in the 90's and early naughties.

As a matter of interest I estimate that less than 1 in 10 (maybe as low as 1 in 20) "leaky homes" have been subject to a claim.

Southland probably has several home owners living in denial.

[Swoop]

Southland Council isn't alone (as far as registered claim records go)

I wondered about the claim.
Surely there will be an amount of work that is leaking in some way or another. The amount of claims would surely differ between territorial areas and I wonder if a ratio would appear?
Permits issued Vs "leaky". Most authorities would have "a" ratio, but would Southland's be vastly different?

[Swoop]

Another issue looms on the construction horizon.

The quality of steel is in doubt.
Not just rebar steel but also the quality of nails. These can be of imported chinese steel which is not reliably quality tested. There are reputedly over 2700 steel mills in china and the standard falsification of documentation applies to the quality controls involved.

Another issue is stainless steel.
Instances of corrosion being seen after hardware was exposed to the elements for only one week!

Is the "steel" really steel?

Try cutting various nails with pincers and see the difference between manufacturers.
Buy NZ made.