WEBVTT - Full Show Podcast: 02 February 2025 0:00:06.815 --> 0:00:10.655 You're listening to the Resident Builder podcast with Peter Wolfcamp 0:00:10.855 --> 0:00:15.015 from news Talks at b Meason twice God once, but 0:00:15.335 --> 0:00:18.535 maybe called Pete first. Peter wolf Camp, the Resident Builder 0:00:18.695 --> 0:00:19.775 News Talk said by. 0:00:24.135 --> 0:00:26.975 The house is a hole even when it's. 0:00:26.855 --> 0:00:32.055 Dark, even when the grass is overgrown in the yard, 0:00:34.015 --> 0:00:35.775 and even when the dog is. 0:00:35.895 --> 0:00:39.895 Too old to bar, and when you're sitting at the 0:00:40.055 --> 0:00:46.855 table trying not to starve, scissor home even. 0:00:46.615 --> 0:00:59.695 When we are benn even when you're therellone. 0:01:03.135 --> 0:01:08.335 House is a home even when there's gone, Even. 0:01:08.135 --> 0:01:11.095 When you go around funnel one, you love your more. 0:01:12.935 --> 0:01:19.095 Scream does broken pans appeing in funnel locals vestible when 0:01:19.095 --> 0:01:28.775 they're gone, leaving the neighbors, even when we'll run, even 0:01:28.855 --> 0:01:30.615 when you're there alone. 0:01:39.215 --> 0:01:41.575 Well, a very good morning and welcome along to the 0:01:41.615 --> 0:01:44.375 Resident Builder on Sunday with me Peter wolf Camp, the 0:01:44.415 --> 0:01:48.055 Resident Builder. And this is your opportunity to have a 0:01:48.095 --> 0:01:51.135 good old fashioned chin wag about projects that you might 0:01:51.215 --> 0:01:54.975 have on. And a project might involve the people involved, 0:01:55.015 --> 0:02:00.655 the contractors, subcontractors, designers, litigants, neighbors, et cetera. It might 0:02:01.015 --> 0:02:03.855 involve the the items that you need, the products that 0:02:03.895 --> 0:02:08.415 you might need to complete a task. It might even 0:02:08.455 --> 0:02:11.935 involve the items that you need in order to actually 0:02:12.055 --> 0:02:14.695 undertake the work. I the tools that you might need. 0:02:15.415 --> 0:02:18.295 It might be the rules and regulations. It may well 0:02:18.375 --> 0:02:21.375 be some of the issues and challenges that come along 0:02:21.415 --> 0:02:25.255 as an inevitable part of building and construction. So it's 0:02:25.335 --> 0:02:27.855 all there on the table today. Eight hundred and eighty 0:02:27.935 --> 0:02:32.335 ten eighty is the number to call if you've got 0:02:32.335 --> 0:02:35.815 a building question, call us now. Quick rundown of the show. 0:02:35.855 --> 0:02:39.935 This morning, Jay Sharples, our razine painting expert, will join 0:02:40.015 --> 0:02:42.295 us for the first time this year. We had his 0:02:42.375 --> 0:02:44.215 colleague Bryce on the show a little while ago, so 0:02:44.335 --> 0:02:47.455 Jay I'll be with us at around seven twenty this morning. 0:02:47.975 --> 0:02:51.255 If you've got any specific painting questions and please text 0:02:51.295 --> 0:02:54.175 them through to nine to nine two, which is SAIDBZB 0:02:54.695 --> 0:02:57.455 on your mobile phone. A little later, we're going to 0:02:57.535 --> 0:03:01.815 catch up with Mark Haldane from Sweetwater Construction and just 0:03:02.015 --> 0:03:05.095 have a look at his use of tryboard and of 0:03:05.655 --> 0:03:08.895 Jnel's jayframe as well, so we're quick chat about that. 0:03:09.735 --> 0:03:12.695 As always, is available from eight point thirty this morning, 0:03:12.735 --> 0:03:14.935 so the lines are open. The number to call eight 0:03:15.055 --> 0:03:18.135 hundred and eighty ten eighty. I'll give you a bit 0:03:18.135 --> 0:03:20.175 of a rundown of what I've been up to as well, 0:03:20.255 --> 0:03:22.895 a week of I was going to say, contrasts in 0:03:22.935 --> 0:03:27.135 the sense that I went to a seminar. It's got 0:03:27.135 --> 0:03:28.735 to be at least ten years ago. It might even 0:03:28.775 --> 0:03:33.375 be a little bit longer than that, excuse me. And 0:03:35.055 --> 0:03:37.495 the one of the ideas that was introduced, and it 0:03:37.615 --> 0:03:40.415 was more a sort of general thing around housing, and 0:03:40.455 --> 0:03:44.455 it talked about the housing spectrum in the sense that 0:03:45.335 --> 0:03:47.215 often when we talk about house and we tend to 0:03:47.215 --> 0:03:49.775 get focused on the image that we sometimes have in 0:03:49.815 --> 0:03:53.015 our head, which is, you know, house New Zealand. I'll 0:03:53.055 --> 0:03:56.695 tell her it's a single dwelling on a piece of 0:03:56.935 --> 0:03:59.535 land with some space around it, with a packet fence 0:03:59.575 --> 0:04:01.975 at the at the front, et cetera. And our housing 0:04:03.335 --> 0:04:07.055 types are more varied than that, and our housing in 0:04:07.135 --> 0:04:09.935 terms of whether it's public owned, private owned, whether it's 0:04:11.495 --> 0:04:16.535 basically cheap or expensive, you know, low cost or extremely expensive. 0:04:16.615 --> 0:04:19.495 There is this spectrum and most of our housing sits 0:04:19.495 --> 0:04:21.615 somewhere in the middle, if you know, the old Bell 0:04:21.695 --> 0:04:24.895 curve from statistics at school. But there's housing on both 0:04:24.935 --> 0:04:27.935 extremes as well, So in that sense, I've I've in 0:04:27.975 --> 0:04:29.935 a way had an opportunity to have a look at 0:04:29.975 --> 0:04:33.575 both ends of that spectrum over the course of the week. Confusing, 0:04:33.695 --> 0:04:36.335 I know, but don't worry. Stick with us. I'll explain 0:04:36.375 --> 0:04:38.175 what I mean a bit later on this morning. But 0:04:38.295 --> 0:04:40.935 right now let's rip into it. The lines are open. 0:04:40.935 --> 0:04:44.015 The number to call eight hundred eighty ten eighty. Trust 0:04:44.055 --> 0:04:47.455 that you've had a good week and what have we 0:04:47.495 --> 0:04:49.495 got this week? Of course, couple of days of work 0:04:49.615 --> 0:04:52.735 and then white Tony Day on Thursday, and then back 0:04:52.735 --> 0:04:56.775 to work Friday, Yes, back to work Friday, and then 0:04:56.895 --> 0:05:00.055 another weekend ahead. So eight hundred eighty ten eighty is 0:05:00.095 --> 0:05:03.335 the number to call. And looking forward to having your 0:05:03.375 --> 0:05:06.015 calls and your conversation this morning. We're into it straight away. 0:05:06.055 --> 0:05:07.215 Rub good morning to you. 0:05:08.575 --> 0:05:09.775 Yeah, h Pete's ready here. 0:05:10.855 --> 0:05:13.655 Rung your cup God, rung you a couple of times 0:05:13.775 --> 0:05:14.855 regarding this issue. 0:05:15.695 --> 0:05:17.255 Last time just before Christmas. 0:05:18.375 --> 0:05:20.935 Just a reminder, we bought a show home with a 0:05:21.055 --> 0:05:22.255 half of our son. 0:05:23.775 --> 0:05:24.815 About seven years ago. 0:05:24.895 --> 0:05:29.095 Now, discovered about six months ago that paint was bubbling 0:05:29.135 --> 0:05:31.455 off a wall behind. 0:05:31.135 --> 0:05:33.255 It, on the opposite side of a shower. And then 0:05:33.255 --> 0:05:34.215 I'm sweet. 0:05:35.415 --> 0:05:38.975 Rang the builder went down there because it's a long 0:05:39.015 --> 0:05:42.455 way away from Auckland where we're living. Had just had 0:05:42.495 --> 0:05:45.535 discussions with him. His basic answer was, it's maintenance. You 0:05:45.575 --> 0:05:50.175 haven't maintained the grout, the tiles, the silicon, you know, 0:05:50.375 --> 0:05:54.895 not our problem. While he was while while I was 0:05:54.935 --> 0:05:59.335 down there, I discovered in the main bathroom a toadstool 0:05:59.335 --> 0:06:03.495 growing in the carpet and the carpet was soaking wet. 0:06:03.535 --> 0:06:05.295 So he had a look at that, and you know, 0:06:05.415 --> 0:06:07.015 same issue maintenance. 0:06:07.055 --> 0:06:12.375 Anyway, after months of discussions, we got no where. Went 0:06:12.415 --> 0:06:16.375 to the main franchise holder, the head office. They didn't 0:06:16.375 --> 0:06:19.015 want to get involved because as far as they were concerned, 0:06:19.055 --> 0:06:21.295 the builder didn't agree with anything we said. 0:06:22.415 --> 0:06:24.375 So I rang you before Christmas. 0:06:24.375 --> 0:06:30.495 You advised maybe getting a building surveyor, and so we 0:06:30.535 --> 0:06:34.455 went to our insurance company, which the builder wanted us 0:06:34.455 --> 0:06:36.975 to do, but we knew that wouldn't be covered because 0:06:37.015 --> 0:06:39.775 it's slow water damage which they don't cover. So we 0:06:39.895 --> 0:06:42.535 organized for our assessor to come in and have a 0:06:42.575 --> 0:06:45.055 look and organize the building surveyor to come in and 0:06:45.095 --> 0:06:45.575 have a look. 0:06:46.175 --> 0:06:48.735 They produced two reports. 0:06:48.255 --> 0:06:51.535 Stating that the tiling and the bathrooms both bathrooms was 0:06:51.615 --> 0:06:56.135 non compliant with the code because of tiles sloped away 0:06:56.175 --> 0:07:02.095 from the showers instead of towards the showers. So in 0:07:02.175 --> 0:07:05.775 the meantime we got the property file and having been 0:07:05.815 --> 0:07:08.975 in the building industry all my life, went through it 0:07:09.215 --> 0:07:14.615 like a forensic scientist and discovered half another half a 0:07:14.655 --> 0:07:18.135 dozen other issues which were non compliant. 0:07:17.615 --> 0:07:20.615 With the with the code. 0:07:21.855 --> 0:07:24.815 And then there was another major problem where all the 0:07:24.855 --> 0:07:30.055 safites are villaboard porches and cefits and all the joints 0:07:30.055 --> 0:07:32.295 were cracking and the tape was falling out. 0:07:34.775 --> 0:07:35.415 Spoke to the. 0:07:35.335 --> 0:07:40.095 Builder again about two weeks ago, and he knew nothing 0:07:40.095 --> 0:07:42.935 about all these other issues we had, but we gave 0:07:43.015 --> 0:07:48.255 him the reports from the building assessor and from the 0:07:48.295 --> 0:07:53.575 insurance assessor, plus the building surveyor. Wow, and he was 0:07:53.775 --> 0:08:00.055 still not really agreeing with anything that was said. So 0:08:00.295 --> 0:08:05.615 after that meeting, the tyler left and we promptly took 0:08:05.615 --> 0:08:07.815 the book the book around the building and showed them 0:08:07.975 --> 0:08:11.095 all these half half a dozen other issues which he 0:08:11.135 --> 0:08:14.815 couldn't really argue with. They were pretty black and white, 0:08:15.015 --> 0:08:19.735 and he probably well sort of left the site feeling probably. 0:08:20.255 --> 0:08:23.735 Quite down, and I think he had a few sleepless nights. 0:08:24.335 --> 0:08:30.415 Anyway, we met again about a week later, which was 0:08:30.535 --> 0:08:36.055 about a week ago, and we had discussions and he 0:08:36.135 --> 0:08:40.375 finally agreed to cover all the costs of the repairs. 0:08:40.615 --> 0:08:47.135 And you know, it's taken six months of absolute you know, stress. 0:08:46.695 --> 0:08:49.375 And yeah, you know, but we finally got where we 0:08:49.415 --> 0:08:49.895 needed to be. 0:08:51.095 --> 0:08:56.455 And I can understand from your point of view, Wow, 0:08:57.855 --> 0:08:59.935 you know, it must seem like a lot of effort 0:09:00.015 --> 0:09:03.415 on your part to get to hear I'm looking at it, 0:09:03.815 --> 0:09:09.055 I suppose contrasting it to other situations, I understand, and 0:09:09.095 --> 0:09:11.975 you just go, wow, if you've and especially if you've 0:09:11.975 --> 0:09:15.095 gotten a writing and he's actually going to follow through 0:09:15.095 --> 0:09:17.335 with the promises, it's actually. 0:09:17.415 --> 0:09:21.855 I think we realizes that, you know, he's been sort 0:09:21.855 --> 0:09:24.015 of backed into a corner. One of one of the 0:09:24.055 --> 0:09:26.375 things he did say at the final meeting we had 0:09:26.415 --> 0:09:31.095 with him that because insurances could be involved, yes, his 0:09:32.295 --> 0:09:37.095 approach has to be deny, deny, deny, because he can't 0:09:37.135 --> 0:09:42.415 admit if you're looking at coverent with insurance, you are 0:09:42.495 --> 0:09:47.135 not allowed to admit that you're at fault because that's 0:09:47.175 --> 0:09:50.175 the way insurance works. Yeah, you know, and that's it's 0:09:50.455 --> 0:09:53.015 very frustrating when you. You know, you sort of got 0:09:53.055 --> 0:09:55.415 all this evidence and it's piling up against him, and 0:09:55.815 --> 0:09:58.815 he still got us back against the wall, going, you know, 0:09:59.255 --> 0:10:03.215 not my problem, not my problem, you know, yeah. 0:10:02.975 --> 0:10:06.695 Because you're right, his his insurer. And look, it's no 0:10:06.775 --> 0:10:09.535 different to you and I if we're in a car crash, 0:10:09.535 --> 0:10:13.455 for example, you know, surer would say, don't admit liability, right, 0:10:14.415 --> 0:10:19.495 take it responsibility. Look, I think I know it's it's 0:10:19.615 --> 0:10:22.775 been a bit of a tortuous approach. I'm certainly delighted that. 0:10:23.295 --> 0:10:26.135 I guess the beauty of getting you know, making it 0:10:26.215 --> 0:10:29.055 evidence based. Right, So you've done the right thing. You've 0:10:29.055 --> 0:10:32.335 gone out to a building professional, I a registered building server. 0:10:32.735 --> 0:10:34.615 It's cost us thousands of dollars. 0:10:34.415 --> 0:10:38.215 I can imagine, yep. And and will those costs be reimbursed? 0:10:41.095 --> 0:10:42.735 I suppose you'd look at that and just go, look, 0:10:42.735 --> 0:10:44.335 maybe I'm just gonna have to suck that up. 0:10:44.495 --> 0:10:47.415 And yeah, he suggested possibly. 0:10:47.815 --> 0:10:50.895 Okay, again, if it's through insurance, it probably should be. 0:10:51.095 --> 0:10:53.815 When you say just a final thing, they're gonna move on. 0:10:53.895 --> 0:10:57.215 But the so, the constructor who did the work all 0:10:57.295 --> 0:11:02.615 those years ago obviously has insurance for his work, and 0:11:02.655 --> 0:11:03.615 in that sense. 0:11:03.335 --> 0:11:06.095 Well, I don't know, Okay, talking. 0:11:05.815 --> 0:11:09.615 To insurance, so it might get a concruence. 0:11:09.095 --> 0:11:12.855 Covers it or we don't know. But I been talking 0:11:12.895 --> 0:11:17.215 to master Builders because we have a master Builders warranty, yep, 0:11:17.335 --> 0:11:19.055 Ike been talking, you know. 0:11:20.095 --> 0:11:21.695 So they might come to the party as well. 0:11:22.015 --> 0:11:22.855 Where he's going. 0:11:23.015 --> 0:11:26.255 The tyler apparently has insurance, so they've been discussing. 0:11:27.015 --> 0:11:29.975 The tiler's been discussed with his insurance. 0:11:29.535 --> 0:11:33.055 Or but again I don't know whether their insurance covers it. 0:11:33.215 --> 0:11:36.095 To be honest, it will be really really interesting. Hey, 0:11:36.295 --> 0:11:41.775 I really do appreciate the update because I think, yeah, 0:11:41.815 --> 0:11:43.695 there's there's a lot of really good lessons in it. 0:11:43.735 --> 0:11:47.295 But I'm particularly delighted at the fact that I suppose 0:11:47.335 --> 0:11:50.215 by presenting evidence. You know, so often when we go 0:11:50.255 --> 0:11:52.855 into these sorts of discussions, it's like I think, or 0:11:53.535 --> 0:11:55.415 you know, I think it should be better or whatever. 0:11:55.495 --> 0:11:57.855 But in this case, when you can go here, I've 0:11:57.895 --> 0:12:02.135 had a registered building surveyor who has this qualification in 0:12:02.215 --> 0:12:05.935 order to prove their ability to make these comments. And 0:12:06.015 --> 0:12:08.215 here is the evidence. This is what's been done. This 0:12:08.295 --> 0:12:11.735 is what the code states. The two don't line up. Therefore, 0:12:11.775 --> 0:12:14.375 this work is below the code. I mean you know, 0:12:14.495 --> 0:12:16.255 unless he wants to go and argue and get a 0:12:16.295 --> 0:12:18.375 determination or something like that. 0:12:18.375 --> 0:12:20.575 He's, well, that's the other option we put to him, 0:12:20.615 --> 0:12:21.655 but he didn't be he's. 0:12:22.015 --> 0:12:25.255 He's snucking all that. Yeah, good on you look and 0:12:25.295 --> 0:12:27.495 now I guess the hopeful thing is that it happens 0:12:27.495 --> 0:12:30.175 in a timely fashion. But the great thing is that 0:12:30.215 --> 0:12:33.255 you've got an indication, an intent to get this sorted, 0:12:33.255 --> 0:12:36.135 and that that must feel really good. Rudy, thanks very much, 0:12:36.535 --> 0:12:39.495 really appreciate that, ud Take care. Yeah, made, I bet, 0:12:39.735 --> 0:12:42.695 I bet pleasure all the best. Oh, eight hundred eighty 0:12:42.735 --> 0:12:45.375 ten eighty nine, two ninety two. Someone's just text through 0:12:45.375 --> 0:12:47.455 they'd like to email, of course you can. It is 0:12:47.535 --> 0:12:50.495 Pete at Newstalk SIDB dot co dot nz. So p 0:12:50.655 --> 0:12:53.535 e t E just Pete at Newstalk, SAIDB dot co 0:12:53.655 --> 0:12:56.535 dot n Z. It's coming up nineteen minutes. Is just 0:12:56.655 --> 0:12:58.695 nineteen minutes after six. If you'd like to join us, 0:12:58.735 --> 0:13:00.535 we've got Ray Wend next, but there's space for you 0:13:00.975 --> 0:13:03.935 after that. Eight hundred eighty ten eighty is the number 0:13:03.975 --> 0:13:04.375 to call. 0:13:04.975 --> 0:13:07.495 Doing of the house sorting the garden last feet for 0:13:07.535 --> 0:13:10.975 a hand the resident builder with Peter wolfcab call oh 0:13:10.975 --> 0:13:13.455 eight hundred eight youth dogs envy. 0:13:14.375 --> 0:13:16.215 I guess if you're listening to the show over the 0:13:16.295 --> 0:13:19.255 last little while, probably for years, you tend to get 0:13:19.255 --> 0:13:23.535 the indication that, you know, like all tiled showers end 0:13:23.615 --> 0:13:27.775 up with issues of some description. And that's me and 0:13:27.815 --> 0:13:29.495 that's what we were talking about with Rudy. It's what 0:13:29.535 --> 0:13:31.455 we'll talk about with Raywan in a moment. I think 0:13:31.495 --> 0:13:35.935 as well, we've had any number of calls about you know, 0:13:36.015 --> 0:13:38.775 someone discovers that there's a damp patch on the carpet 0:13:38.815 --> 0:13:40.895 on the other side of the wall from the shower, 0:13:41.135 --> 0:13:44.935 or in this case mold growing in the shower, or 0:13:44.975 --> 0:13:47.535 a toadstool growing in the shower. That's pretty sure signed 0:13:47.535 --> 0:13:49.895 that there's some issues with the waterproofing. I think it's 0:13:49.895 --> 0:13:51.815 fair to say though that there's I mean, I know 0:13:52.135 --> 0:13:55.815 literally hundreds of showers that have been tiled, waterproof tiled 0:13:55.815 --> 0:14:01.095 over ten, fifteen, twenty years later, no issue, which just 0:14:01.215 --> 0:14:04.135 emphasizes the fact that you can do it properly. They 0:14:04.135 --> 0:14:07.535 don't have to fail. They shouldn't fail if you read 0:14:07.575 --> 0:14:11.135 the instructions, do what's on the instructions, and you suitably 0:14:11.215 --> 0:14:15.015 qualified and experienced trades people to undertake the work. They'll 0:14:15.055 --> 0:14:19.335 be absolutely fine, right Raywn, let us know where you're 0:14:19.335 --> 0:14:22.735 at now, this is your place in a retirement village. 0:14:22.735 --> 0:14:25.575 We've chatted a few times about this. Finally they're going 0:14:25.615 --> 0:14:26.055 to fix it. 0:14:26.095 --> 0:14:29.175 How are you going, Well, I've ripped it all a part. 0:14:29.295 --> 0:14:31.655 I'm staying with a friend. It was rotten all the 0:14:31.655 --> 0:14:35.295 way round. Part of it was rotten, mulled all the 0:14:35.295 --> 0:14:37.775 way around. It was had been leaking and apart it 0:14:37.935 --> 0:14:41.495 in two places in the shower, so it's been a 0:14:41.495 --> 0:14:44.695 part the heat to put in to dry it all out, 0:14:45.335 --> 0:14:47.295 and then they sprayed it with ganola and now the 0:14:47.375 --> 0:14:49.575 jib's back on. So it's I just wanted to give 0:14:49.575 --> 0:14:53.015 you a quick update. I was right and it was 0:14:53.095 --> 0:14:57.575 leaking them underneath the tiles and so all of being 0:14:57.695 --> 0:15:02.655 done to fix it, and the waterproofing was minimal underneath it, right, Yeah, 0:15:02.135 --> 0:15:06.535 So yes, I'm glad that I've picked it up. It 0:15:06.575 --> 0:15:08.455 took four months to get them to do something about it, 0:15:08.495 --> 0:15:10.695 but that's on the way. 0:15:10.935 --> 0:15:15.535 Yeah, fantastic, And so you'll have a fully functioning and 0:15:16.055 --> 0:15:19.135 water proof shower in what a couple of weeks time, maybe. 0:15:20.775 --> 0:15:23.535 Seen four days now, so it'll be it'll be a 0:15:23.535 --> 0:15:26.415 little while. So yeah, So that thanks for listening to me, 0:15:26.455 --> 0:15:28.335 and I just wanted to give you enough to say 0:15:28.375 --> 0:15:32.055 that it's being discovered and the need and underway. 0:15:32.055 --> 0:15:36.575 Fantastic. That's great, Really appreciate the update. Just in terms 0:15:36.615 --> 0:15:39.175 of making mistakes is a phrase that we use on 0:15:39.295 --> 0:15:42.095 site quite a lot, but I just can't repeat it 0:15:42.135 --> 0:15:45.495 on the air. But it's along the lines of it's 0:15:45.535 --> 0:15:50.375 not if you can fix it right, And the reality 0:15:50.415 --> 0:15:53.935 of actually making things is that sometimes you do make mistakes, 0:15:53.935 --> 0:15:56.055 and then at that point where you do make mistakes, 0:15:56.375 --> 0:16:02.255 it's really just all about the fixing thereof mistakes. Not inevitable, 0:16:02.295 --> 0:16:04.895 but they do happen. This is the nature of life, 0:16:04.935 --> 0:16:07.775 I guess. So once you have made a mistake, then 0:16:07.895 --> 0:16:10.415 what's really important is putting it right. Oh, eight hundred 0:16:10.455 --> 0:16:14.535 eighty ten eighty number to call. Yes, just to that 0:16:14.655 --> 0:16:17.295 email or to the text you'd like to email. It's 0:16:17.335 --> 0:16:21.695 Pete ATNEWSTALKZB dot co dot NZ. This is an interesting 0:16:21.735 --> 0:16:28.015 one too, sh I'll come back to that one. That's 0:16:28.015 --> 0:16:31.615 all but technical at this stage. This one got my attention. 0:16:31.735 --> 0:16:35.135 It came in pretty soon after the show started what 0:16:35.295 --> 0:16:39.095 triggers a resource consent for a retaining wall adding it 0:16:39.135 --> 0:16:41.495 into a building consent. In a situation where I need 0:16:41.535 --> 0:16:44.895 to retain a three meter high slope, which is fairly 0:16:44.935 --> 0:16:48.015 extensive looking at a series of terraces, to reduce the 0:16:48.015 --> 0:16:51.135 height of each one to say six hundred high, I'm 0:16:51.175 --> 0:16:54.215 going to use these large pre made concrete blocks six 0:16:54.335 --> 0:16:56.535 hundred by six hundred by fifteen hundred, so they are 0:16:56.535 --> 0:17:01.895 about twelve hundred kilos each. Criky. So do the terraces 0:17:01.935 --> 0:17:05.535 and is there a distance between each retaining wall soils 0:17:05.655 --> 0:17:10.175 expansive but stable as per the soil report, I think 0:17:10.415 --> 0:17:13.255 in a nutshell, you're probably going to have to have 0:17:13.735 --> 0:17:19.295 definitely need specific design by your engineer as to the 0:17:19.375 --> 0:17:22.815 construction of the wall. So there might be, for example, 0:17:22.855 --> 0:17:25.815 a minimum distance between the front face of each wall 0:17:25.855 --> 0:17:30.055 to ensure that the surcharge of the retaining block is 0:17:30.095 --> 0:17:33.535 not loading up on the block below. So that might 0:17:33.615 --> 0:17:35.735 mean that you've got to be let's say, from front 0:17:35.735 --> 0:17:39.495 face to front face of each of those terraces a 0:17:39.535 --> 0:17:43.015 meter and a half back. It won't necessarily be able 0:17:43.055 --> 0:17:45.135 to be done where they stack them on top of 0:17:45.175 --> 0:17:49.375 each other, or just with a minimal gap. It's specific design. Certainly, 0:17:49.415 --> 0:17:54.295 anything above one point five meters requires specific design for 0:17:54.335 --> 0:17:58.655 any type of retaining wall three meters definitely in terms 0:17:58.655 --> 0:18:04.215 of resource consent. Typically that would only be triggered if 0:18:04.255 --> 0:18:09.375 there was bulk excavations to do, or you're going to 0:18:09.695 --> 0:18:13.735 raise a building platform, which would then raise your entire 0:18:14.295 --> 0:18:19.375 building up above the heightened relation to boundary. Heightened relation 0:18:19.455 --> 0:18:22.975 to boundary is this sort of imaginary line that exists 0:18:23.015 --> 0:18:27.135 along a boundary where all buildings have to comply with. 0:18:28.015 --> 0:18:30.335 So you take a line at the boundary, you go 0:18:30.495 --> 0:18:33.135 up a required height. It might be anywhere from two 0:18:33.175 --> 0:18:35.575 point four to two point seven, possibly a bit higher, 0:18:35.895 --> 0:18:38.655 and then you imagine a recession plane, so an angle 0:18:39.015 --> 0:18:41.495 from there, depending on which side of the boundary on 0:18:41.655 --> 0:18:44.255 it might be forty five degrees, it might be thirty degrees. 0:18:45.215 --> 0:18:48.695 And then it's expected that your building sits within that line. 0:18:48.735 --> 0:18:53.015 There's an ability to infringe that, but then to infringe 0:18:53.455 --> 0:18:57.655 might require a building resource consent, either approval from the 0:18:57.695 --> 0:19:01.575 neighbors or in some cases the planners can say, look, 0:19:01.615 --> 0:19:04.655 the effects are less than minor, often for gable ends 0:19:04.695 --> 0:19:07.695 and dormers and those sorts of things. So I wonder 0:19:07.695 --> 0:19:10.415 whether it's that part of the building that requires the 0:19:10.535 --> 0:19:13.615 resource consent because of the height or the bulk of 0:19:13.615 --> 0:19:16.815 the excavation. The building consent will cover the rest of it. 0:19:16.975 --> 0:19:22.775 I would definitely get specific engineering advice and design for 0:19:22.855 --> 0:19:25.175 a retaining wall of that height, particularly if at the 0:19:25.215 --> 0:19:28.575 top of it you've either got your building platform sitting 0:19:28.575 --> 0:19:30.815 on it, or for example, if you've got a driveway, 0:19:31.135 --> 0:19:33.495 So if there's a surcharge of a driveway, no matter 0:19:33.535 --> 0:19:36.335 how high the retaining wall is, that also then triggers 0:19:36.335 --> 0:19:39.695 the requirement for specific design and especially a building consent. 0:19:40.055 --> 0:19:42.575 I hope that makes sense. Eight hundred eighty ten eighty 0:19:42.735 --> 0:19:44.855 is the number to call. If you've got a question 0:19:44.935 --> 0:19:47.215 of a building nature, you should call us right now. 0:19:47.655 --> 0:19:50.935 Eight hundred eighty ten eighty is the number to call 0:19:51.295 --> 0:19:53.815 a little bit later on. We've got our painting expert, 0:19:53.895 --> 0:19:57.375 Jay Sharples from Razine. He'll be with us at around 0:19:57.415 --> 0:19:59.975 seven twenty this morning. So if you've got any specific 0:20:00.015 --> 0:20:03.455 painting questions, it is nine two ninety two that you 0:20:03.455 --> 0:20:06.815 can send those questions through and will have a chat 0:20:06.815 --> 0:20:09.895 with Jay from Razine a little bit later on. Oh, 0:20:09.935 --> 0:20:12.095 eight hundred eighty ten eighty the number to call back 0:20:12.095 --> 0:20:12.735 in a moment. 0:20:12.535 --> 0:20:15.455 Whether you're paity with ceiling, fixing with fans, or wondering 0:20:15.455 --> 0:20:17.215 how to fix that hole in the wall. Do you 0:20:17.215 --> 0:20:21.695 have Peter Wolf capit call on eighty the resident builder 0:20:21.815 --> 0:20:22.775 on youth dogs B. 0:20:23.495 --> 0:20:26.335 I was just thinking with the conversations around leaking showers 0:20:26.335 --> 0:20:30.655 and that I was involved in a situation or engage 0:20:30.695 --> 0:20:36.615 with a discussion dispute I guess around waterproofing, and in 0:20:36.655 --> 0:20:40.495 fact we're doing the opposite, proving that the leak didn't 0:20:40.535 --> 0:20:45.015 come from the shower in a particular situation this week. 0:20:46.775 --> 0:20:48.935 And look, really one of the really simple ways of 0:20:48.975 --> 0:20:51.055 doing that, and we often do it with testing of 0:20:51.215 --> 0:20:56.055 waterproofing integrity prior to tiling, is to do the waterproofing, 0:20:56.095 --> 0:20:59.335 allowed the time to cure properly so that it's actually 0:20:59.775 --> 0:21:03.735 ready to use, and then flood the basin. This is 0:21:04.495 --> 0:21:06.415 I suppose you can't really do it or can't do 0:21:06.495 --> 0:21:08.495 it easily on a level entry. But if there's a 0:21:08.535 --> 0:21:11.895 hob for example, around a tile shower enclosure and you 0:21:12.015 --> 0:21:16.695 fully waterproofed it, you can just use a balloon basically 0:21:16.775 --> 0:21:21.815 or something similar to plug the drain and then flood it. 0:21:21.935 --> 0:21:25.095 So just fill it with water and wait and if 0:21:25.415 --> 0:21:27.175 mark it on the wall or put a bit of 0:21:27.295 --> 0:21:29.095 masking tape on or something like that. And if you 0:21:29.135 --> 0:21:31.495 come back after twenty four hours and the levels drop, 0:21:31.575 --> 0:21:34.135 then hey, chances are you got a leak. Come back 0:21:34.175 --> 0:21:36.415 after twenty four hours and it has moved it all, well, 0:21:36.495 --> 0:21:40.655 then it's probably going to stay water tight and durable 0:21:40.935 --> 0:21:43.535 for many, many years to come. So there you go. 0:21:43.615 --> 0:21:45.775 There's a handy one. Always good to have a balloon 0:21:45.935 --> 0:21:47.855 in the back of the truck. I say, oh, eight 0:21:47.975 --> 0:21:49.935 hundred and eighty ten eighty is the number to call 0:21:50.455 --> 0:21:52.215 a couple of other techs that have come through. And 0:21:52.335 --> 0:21:54.175 now I think there's a bit more to this, retaining 0:21:54.175 --> 0:21:58.495 War one. It's thirty meters from boundary. It's about six 0:21:58.615 --> 0:22:00.775 or eight meters across. I need to cut a slope 0:22:00.775 --> 0:22:04.015 into provide a crane footing or crane access. So it's 0:22:04.055 --> 0:22:06.815 temporary only for a few months again, sure, or why 0:22:06.855 --> 0:22:10.335 then if it is temporary, it would still require I 0:22:10.335 --> 0:22:13.295 think you should still get specific design on it, particularly 0:22:13.335 --> 0:22:15.095 if and if you're like me and you spend a 0:22:15.135 --> 0:22:19.135 bit of time watching funny videos online. Crane's toppling over 0:22:19.215 --> 0:22:22.015 because the ground is unstable, is not a lot of 0:22:22.055 --> 0:22:24.535 fun for anyone involved. So if you are going to 0:22:24.615 --> 0:22:26.975 sit a crane on it and you definitely want to 0:22:27.015 --> 0:22:29.775 make sure that your retaining wall is up to the job, 0:22:30.055 --> 0:22:32.215 eight hundred and eighty ten eighty is the number to 0:22:32.255 --> 0:22:34.655 call if you've got some building questions. We can take 0:22:34.695 --> 0:22:40.855 those interesting. I had one of those weeks where a 0:22:40.895 --> 0:22:44.375 little bit of traveling chop went down to Hamilton to 0:22:44.375 --> 0:22:46.455 have a look at a show home of a three 0:22:46.575 --> 0:22:50.575 D printed house that's been completed and is available for 0:22:50.735 --> 0:22:52.455 people to have a look at, and I guess ultimately 0:22:52.495 --> 0:22:55.135 they're going to sell it as well. We'll talk a 0:22:55.175 --> 0:22:58.095 little bit more about that. But later on also went 0:22:58.175 --> 0:23:02.855