Keeping in character
In Build 186 Houses ripe for renovation, we talked about renovating and refurbishing New Zealand character homes. Now, here is a closer look at some of the common tasks you may have to address.
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Practical how-to articles for builders and designers showing good industry practice and interpretation of the NZ Building Code and standards.
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By Bruce Sedcole – 1 February 2022, Build 188
In Build 186 Houses ripe for renovation, we talked about renovating and refurbishing New Zealand character homes. Now, here is a closer look at some of the common tasks you may have to address.
By David Hindley – 1 February 2022, Build 188
MBIE recently released energy efficiency changes to the Building Code to help make new homes and buildings warmer, drier and healthier. These include increased minimum insulation requirements for roofs, windows and floors.
By Jonquil Brooks – 1 April 2022, Build 189
BRANZ is currently updating the House insulation guide to align with the new requirements of the 5th edition of Building Code clause H1 Energy efficiency.
By Greg Burn – 1 June 2022, Build 190
BRANZ modelling identified six areas for designers to focus on to reduce the carbon footprint of a new build. In the first of this series, we look at the practical considerations for designers using rule of thumb 1 Increase construction R-values.
By Bruce Sedcole – 1 August 2022, Build 191
The BRANZ helpline has received many calls asking how to approach designing new houses that are compliant with the higher thermal requirements of New Zealand Building Code clause H1 Energy efficiency 5th edition. The first step is to look further than just the schedule method.
By Bruce Sedcole – 1 June 2022, Build 190
In this final part of our renovation of period and character homes series, we start by looking at external windows then consider how the houses can be made to fit in to our 21st century lifestyles.
By Maria Grace – 1 August 2022, Build 191
After the Canterbury earthquakes, regulations governing foundations changed. Initially only for the Canterbury region, they were later rolled out around New Zealand. What are the changes and what do they mean?
By Guy Marriage – 1 December 2022, Build 193
Part 2 of this Build series on designing and building medium-density housing covers inter-tenancy floors. The most important consideration here is to eliminate penetrations into the inter-tenancy floor zone.
By Andrew Bedford – 1 October 2022, Build 192
From 1 May 2023, housing and small buildings up to 300 m² will need to be better insulated. What does this mean in practice for wall, underfloor and ceiling insulation of these buildings when using the schedule method for compliance?
By David Hindley – 1 October 2022, Build 192
MBIE has revised the date that some Building Code clause H1 insulation requirements for housing will take effect. Make sure you have the current H1 documents – 5th edition amendment 1, effective 4 August 2022.