Bracing light timber-framed roofs
Roof bracing is one element in a continuum that provides resistance to horizontal loads. It works with the wall and foundation bracing to supply a total bracing package for a building.
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New timber treatment requirements
By Russell Black – 1 June 2004, Build 82, Feature article
Various activities are underway in the building industry in response to weathertightness problems and some steps have now been taken. One is the recent revision of the Acceptable Solution for B2 Durability. A key issue in this revision has been setting minimum levels of timber treatment for selected parts of a building through reference to the (also) revised standard NZS 3602. This feature discusses some important consequences of these revisions.
Repairing flood damage to houses
By Des Molloy – 1 December 2004, Build 85
New Zealand has a highly variable, and volatile, climate. Early this year, the lower half of the North Island experienced unseasonal heavy rainfall, causing widespread floods. Des Molloy checked out the repairs on some affected homes.
