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Fire stopping can be alarming

By Ron Green 1 June 2013, Build 136, Feature article

It’s a topic bound to raise some heat, but a fire industry practitioner bemoans the current situation in which fire stopping around service penetrations is frequently inadequate. Why? And what should be done?

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Bringing corrugated steel inside

By Trevor Pringle 1 August 2003, Build 77

We all know that corrugated steel is most commonly used as a roof or wall cladding, but it can be used in a variety of other ways. This article looks at using corrugated steel as an internal ceiling lining and some potential pitfalls with skillion roofs.

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Viewing angles

By Trevor Pringle 1 August 2016, Build 155, Feature article

Is it a quality defect or not? It can be hard to decide, but using these established guidelines and standards will help everyone to view work from the same starting point when checking for defects.

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Wall linings

By Nigel Isaacs 1 April 2008, Build 105

A building’s exterior offers a passing view to the world, but it is the interior that provides the backdrop to everyday life. Wall linings have changed over time, but the ever faithful plaster has had a long run and is still going strong.

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AB is for air barriers

By Trevor Pringle 1 December 2016, Build 157, Feature article

Draughty, cold homes have been a perennial problem in New Zealand. Now, thanks to science, air barriers are a key component of the cladding systems in modern homes. Their careful design will keep air in and water out.

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Wall underlay installation

By Greg Burn 1 August 2009, Build 113

Wall underlay plays an important role in the weathertightness of exterior wall assemblies in light timber-framed residential buildings, yet often it is poorly installed. Getting it right can be as simple as 1, 2, 3.

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Tolerances tables

By Bruce Sedcole 1 June 2021, Build 184

In Build 156 Tolerances tables, we outlined some of the allowable construction tolerances for a quality result. We have now revisited this information and added some more for plasterboard and fibrous plaster, an area that can cause disagreements between contractors and clients.

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