The Right Stuff

Practical how-to articles for builders and designers showing good industry practice and interpretation of the NZ Building Code and standards.

Showing 1 result

Do you want to try searching all of BRANZ?

Order by:

External fire spread on houses

By Ed Soja 1 April 2014, Build 141

When residential buildings have a wall less than 1 m (or sometimes 5 m) from the boundary, there are requirements for the boundary walls to have specific fire resistance ratings (FRR) and exterior surface finishes.

Read more