By Stephen Sargent
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1 October 2006, Build 96
The 2005 BRANZ House Condition Survey found 38% of homes with suspended timber floors had less than half the subfloor ventilation required by the current building standards. This inadequate ventilation can cause some serious problems.
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By Stephen McNeil
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1 August 2015, Build 149
Subfloor performance plays a big part in the comfort and health of our homes. BRANZ is modelling appropriate levels of subfloor ventilation to understand what makes a healthy building.
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1 October 2005, Build 90
For most skillion roofs the amount of air movement in the roof cavity, although limited, is sufficient to remove small amounts of vapour. The trick is to keep those amounts of water vapour small.
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