Weathertightness & Leaky Buildings
Sites
Building a Weathertight Home- Official information from the Department of Building and Housing for anyone planning to build a new home.
- Building Research Association (BRANZ)
- The building and construction industry's research, testing, consulting and technology transfer organisation.
- Leaky Buildings
- Practical information for homewoners from the ConsumerBuild website.
- Leaky Buildings & Building standards
- Recent articles from the NZ Herald
- Leaky Buildings Backgrounder
- from the Parliamentary Library, New Zealand Parliament, November 2002
- New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors Inc (NZIBS)
- National body of professional building consultants. Provides information about services, descriptions of common problems in old and new houses, definitions of terms, and an indexed list of members
- Reports on Weathertightness
- Official reports on weathertightness of homes including the Hunn Report of 2002 and the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Report of 2009.
- The Science of Building Weather-tightness
- A summary of the presentations given at the Claddings Institute of New Zealand forum in March 2002.
- Weathertight e-news
- A quarterly online newsletter from the Department of Building and Housing
- Weathertight Homes Resolution
- Official information for homeowners about the Weathertight Homes Resolution processes
- Weathertight Homes Tribunal
- Official tribunal provides speedy, cost-effective and independent adjudication for leaky home claims brought under the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006.
- Weathertightness
- Official information for homeowners and building professionals from the Department of Building and Housing
- Weathertightness of Buildings in New Zealand
- Report of the Government Administration Committee's inquiry into the weathertightness of buildings in New Zealand, March 2003.
