Appendix 4: Additional resources

Listed below are resources that provide additional detail on points raised in this guide.

Department of Building and Housing

Publications are available from the Department (free download), or freephone 0800 370 370.

• Acceptable Solution E2/AS1
• External moisture - A guide to using the risk matrix: June 2005
• External moisture - An introduction to weathertightness design principles: August 2006
• Constructing cavities for wall claddings
• Characteristics and defects - a study of weathertightness determinations: April 2007
• Guide to applying for a building consent - simple residential buildings: 2007
• Timber treatment - summary information from NZS 3602: 2003: June 2007

New Zealand Standards

• NZS 3602: 2003 Timber and Wood-based Products for Use in Buildings
• NZS 3640: 2003 Chemical Preservation of Round and Sawn Timber
• Stucco Good Practice Guide
• Timber Cladding Good Practice Guide
• Profiled Metal Wall Cladding Good Practice Guide
• Weathertight Solutions, Volume One Weatherboards
• Weathertight Solutions, Volume Two Stucco

Standards New Zealand website

BRANZ Bulletins:

• 304: Flashing Design
• 353: Ground Clearances
• 428: Weathertightness Do's and Don'ts
• 434: Results of Weathertightness Failure
• 435: Weathertightness Evaluation
• 448: Domestic Flashing Installation
• 449: Keeping Water Out - Timber-framed walls

BRANZ website

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

• Building Envelope Rehabilitation - Consultant's guide: 2001
• Building Envelope Rehabilitation - Owner-property manager guide: 2001

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation website

Occupational Health and Safety

• Risks to health from mould and other fungi [PDF 37 KB, 4 pages] - Workplace Health Bulletin No.17: 2002

New Zealand Metal Roofing Manufacturers Inc.

• New Zealand Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Code of Practice : 2003

Building Research Establishment

• Recognising Wood Rot And Insect Damage in Buildings: Third edition 2003

Robin Wakeling

• Wood Decay in Leaky Buildings: proceedings of the NZIBS Annual Conference, 2005