NZ Property Investor

FINDING THE ROOT OF LEAKY HOMES ISSUE

Poor weather tightness in residential construction continues to draw attention to the problem of leaky homes throughout New Zealand.

Leaky homes started to gain attention in the mid-1990s. We blame bad design, insufficient training, cladding selection and inadequate project documentation for this problem’s persistence.

All of these elements contribute to poor weather tightness in a building, but what about the root of the issue? Build materials and systems are

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