WEBVTT - Full Show Podcast: 29 June 2025 0:00:06.815 --> 0:00:10.415 You're listening to the Resident Builder podcast with Peter wolf 0:00:10.415 --> 0:00:14.255 Camp from News Talks it by helping you get those 0:00:14.335 --> 0:00:18.655 DIY projects done right. The Resident Builder with Peter Wolfcamp 0:00:18.775 --> 0:00:21.415 Call eight hundred eighteen eighty Youth Talk said. 0:00:21.295 --> 0:00:27.855 Bizz, even when it's dark, even in the grass is 0:00:27.935 --> 0:00:33.455 overgrown in the yard, even when it doug is too 0:00:33.535 --> 0:00:37.855 old to bar, and when we're sitting at the table 0:00:38.135 --> 0:00:39.815 trying not to starve. 0:00:41.415 --> 0:01:04.375 Sissor even when we are ben even when you're therell. 0:01:00.775 --> 0:01:02.975 Well, very very good morning, and welcome along to the show. 0:01:03.095 --> 0:01:05.375 My name is Pete wolf Camp. This is the Resident 0:01:05.415 --> 0:01:08.535 Builder on and we are here to talk about all 0:01:08.535 --> 0:01:12.535 things building construction, the rules, the regulations, the practical, the 0:01:12.735 --> 0:01:17.055 know how, the tips and tricks let's say, generated in 0:01:17.255 --> 0:01:21.175 part from you as the listener, because people do learn 0:01:21.175 --> 0:01:24.375 from you when you're talking about the dilemmas that you have. 0:01:25.135 --> 0:01:27.615 I had a couple of conversations during the course of 0:01:27.615 --> 0:01:29.735 the week and people are going, actually I enjoy the 0:01:29.735 --> 0:01:33.375 show because I learned something. When if you've got an 0:01:33.375 --> 0:01:36.775 issue with waterproofing, you've got an issue with straightening the 0:01:36.815 --> 0:01:40.495 boundary fence, if whatever, people will learn from that. So 0:01:41.695 --> 0:01:43.735 thank you. For your contribution, and I look forward to 0:01:43.815 --> 0:01:46.695 hearing from you today on the show, we can talk 0:01:46.775 --> 0:01:50.935 all things building, construction, renovating, home maintenance. You know, we've 0:01:50.975 --> 0:01:55.335 had another bout of heavy weather, and certainly not a 0:01:55.375 --> 0:01:58.175 lot is going to prepare you if you know the 0:01:58.215 --> 0:02:02.015 stream nearby floods and inundates the house. But there are 0:02:02.055 --> 0:02:04.655 also and inevitably when you go and look at houses 0:02:04.695 --> 0:02:07.575 perhaps that have had and talking to someone today again 0:02:07.695 --> 0:02:10.535 or the other day, had that heavy range during the 0:02:10.535 --> 0:02:12.735 course of the week, discovered a leak, You go and 0:02:12.815 --> 0:02:15.815 investigate a little bit and find that actually the flashing 0:02:15.895 --> 0:02:21.175 wasn't securely fastened down, or perhaps the catchpit hadn't been 0:02:21.415 --> 0:02:23.495 cleaned out for a period of time. So as soon 0:02:23.535 --> 0:02:26.455 as that more than a little bit of rain arrives, 0:02:26.735 --> 0:02:30.175 the catch pit overwhelms, sends the water down the driveway, 0:02:30.415 --> 0:02:33.335 that pushes it underneath the house, and suddenly the back 0:02:33.375 --> 0:02:36.015 door jams because the piles got wet. You know, these 0:02:36.055 --> 0:02:39.655 things are all connected. So we're joining the dots on 0:02:39.735 --> 0:02:44.495 the show in a sense today, taking your calls, your questions, 0:02:44.535 --> 0:02:47.615 your queries, and I wouldn't mind putting out there just 0:02:47.655 --> 0:02:52.095 a bit of a public service announcement, but also something 0:02:52.135 --> 0:02:54.775 that we've talked about. If I think about our theme 0:02:54.975 --> 0:02:57.375 of the show over the last four or five years, 0:02:58.295 --> 0:03:01.655 the Healthy Home Standards has been part of it. I 0:03:01.695 --> 0:03:05.375 mean the legislation was announced. Gosh, it would have to 0:03:05.415 --> 0:03:10.615 be like two ty seventeen twenty eighteen initially that this 0:03:10.855 --> 0:03:13.375 was going to come in. When I say Healthy Home Standards, 0:03:13.375 --> 0:03:16.775 we're talking about the rules and regulations. I was about 0:03:16.775 --> 0:03:19.015 to say new, but they're raally not that new, given 0:03:19.095 --> 0:03:21.935 how long we've been talking about them. That ensure that 0:03:22.215 --> 0:03:28.895 rental properties for people who are renters are of a 0:03:28.975 --> 0:03:32.695 suitable standard that they keep you warm. So you need 0:03:32.695 --> 0:03:35.895 to fixed form of heating that they if you heat it, 0:03:36.015 --> 0:03:39.815 the heat stays in. So where possible, insulation needed to 0:03:39.855 --> 0:03:42.855 be installed in the underfloor and in the roof space. 0:03:43.735 --> 0:03:46.055 If you've got some heat and you've got some insulation, 0:03:46.175 --> 0:03:48.455 then you want to make sure that the drafts don't 0:03:48.495 --> 0:03:52.295 diminish the performance of that. So draft proofing, we've got 0:03:52.455 --> 0:03:56.375 rules around weather tightness and science. There's a whole bunch 0:03:56.375 --> 0:04:00.175 of legislation there to ensure that rental properties are of 0:04:00.215 --> 0:04:03.775 a reasonable standard. Funny thing is, of course that many 0:04:03.935 --> 0:04:08.015 new homes wouldn't actually comply with the Healthy Home standards. 0:04:08.055 --> 0:04:10.655 So we've talked about it for a long time. We've 0:04:10.695 --> 0:04:14.495 had various experts on the show. We've discussed it all 0:04:14.535 --> 0:04:17.895 with a view that one day it'll be law and 0:04:17.975 --> 0:04:21.135 there will be no exceptions, there will be no extensions, 0:04:21.175 --> 0:04:24.655 there will be no more time to get properties up 0:04:24.695 --> 0:04:28.095 to scratch. And as it happens, that day is Tuesday. 0:04:29.015 --> 0:04:32.255 So on Tuesday, the first of July, all New Zealand 0:04:32.335 --> 0:04:36.255 rental properties will need to comply with the Healthy Homes legislation. 0:04:36.815 --> 0:04:38.895 So in the past and the last couple of years, 0:04:39.375 --> 0:04:42.215 if it didn't comply, as a landlord, you had ninety 0:04:42.295 --> 0:04:44.615 days from the beginning of a new tenancy, so if 0:04:44.655 --> 0:04:47.295 you had a long term sitting tenant, you were kind 0:04:47.335 --> 0:04:49.335 of off the hook for a little while. Well, all 0:04:49.375 --> 0:04:51.655 of those exceptions, as to the best of my knowledge, 0:04:51.695 --> 0:04:56.335 have all gone, So Tuesday is the day. A little 0:04:56.375 --> 0:04:58.535 later on, I want to just share with you a 0:04:58.535 --> 0:05:02.375 bit of a story and a it sounds a bit extravagant, 0:05:02.415 --> 0:05:05.375 but an investigation, I guess or a piece of research, no, 0:05:05.575 --> 0:05:08.775 not even research, an investigation that I've been part of 0:05:10.295 --> 0:05:14.495 which has raised some real issues around the tool that 0:05:14.575 --> 0:05:19.655 we might use to determine the heating standards. The online tool. 0:05:19.655 --> 0:05:25.415 It's available through the Tendency website. When it comes to apartments. Anyway, 0:05:25.415 --> 0:05:27.495 we'll go into that a little bit later on. Right now, 0:05:27.615 --> 0:05:29.935 i'd like to hear from you if you've got a question, 0:05:30.055 --> 0:05:36.215 if you've got a ponderance, a musing an inquiry about 0:05:36.215 --> 0:05:39.015 anything to do with your place, whether you own it, 0:05:39.375 --> 0:05:42.175 whether you rent it, whether you've been there for a 0:05:42.215 --> 0:05:45.335 long time, or perhaps you've just moved in and discovered that, oh, 0:05:45.375 --> 0:05:48.095 actually it's not performing quite as well as I thought 0:05:48.095 --> 0:05:50.655 it was going to. Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty 0:05:50.775 --> 0:05:53.375 is the number to call. You can text as well, 0:05:53.375 --> 0:05:57.055 that's nine two nine two or zbzb from your mobile phone, 0:05:57.215 --> 0:05:59.855 and of course you can email me. It's Pete at 0:05:59.855 --> 0:06:03.295 Newstooksib dot co dot nz so Pete p E t 0:06:03.495 --> 0:06:07.135 E at newstook Sib dot Co dot e so. As 0:06:07.135 --> 0:06:10.215 we approach craiky the middle of the year, first of 0:06:10.295 --> 0:06:14.775 July is also halfway through the year. If you're like me, 0:06:14.975 --> 0:06:16.895 you're probably thinking, I thought I would have got a 0:06:16.935 --> 0:06:19.735 lot more done this year in terms of those projects 0:06:19.815 --> 0:06:22.575 that I wanted to get done around the house where 0:06:22.615 --> 0:06:25.175 it's not helping at the moment for those exterior jobs. 0:06:25.255 --> 0:06:27.295 Other stuff kind of gets in the way. But if 0:06:27.335 --> 0:06:29.735 you're working away on some projects, you want to talk 0:06:29.735 --> 0:06:31.895 about them, you want to ask some questions, you want 0:06:31.895 --> 0:06:33.735 to check that you're heading in the right direction. We 0:06:33.815 --> 0:06:37.615 can talk about all these things and we'll probably end 0:06:37.735 --> 0:06:40.095 up talking about something that I wouldn't have expected on 0:06:40.135 --> 0:06:42.615 the show today. So if you've got a tricky question, 0:06:43.055 --> 0:06:45.855 a dilemma that's been rumbling around the back of the 0:06:45.935 --> 0:06:48.015 head going I don't know how I'm going to fix that, 0:06:48.135 --> 0:06:50.735 give me a call. Oh, eight hundred eighty ten eighty 0:06:50.775 --> 0:06:53.695 call now. Inevitably we get busy later on in the show, 0:06:53.735 --> 0:06:55.695 so now it's a great time to call. The lines 0:06:55.695 --> 0:06:59.415 are free. I'm still fresh and enthusiastic when out last 0:06:59.495 --> 0:07:03.215 night to a great play musical on at the ALTAA Center, 0:07:03.255 --> 0:07:06.655 which was awesome. So feeling good, looking forward to your calls. 0:07:06.895 --> 0:07:09.735 Eight hundred eighty ten eighty Call me out meat. 0:07:09.735 --> 0:07:13.695 Twice God was but maybe called Pete first. D you Walcab, 0:07:13.895 --> 0:07:16.015 the resident builder. News Talk said be. 0:07:16.655 --> 0:07:19.375 Yeah, News Talk, sa'd be coming up. It is actually 0:07:19.375 --> 0:07:21.975 sixteen minutes after six, so the lines are open. The 0:07:22.055 --> 0:07:25.815 number to call eight hundred eighty ten eighty quick text 0:07:25.855 --> 0:07:28.855 before we go to Richie, what's your opinion? Says due 0:07:29.775 --> 0:07:32.615 of using ground screws to build a new deck on 0:07:32.655 --> 0:07:36.095 a flat site instead of the traditional method for foundations 0:07:36.375 --> 0:07:38.695 will be a lot cheaper. And I'm not sure if 0:07:38.695 --> 0:07:43.935 that's a question or a statement on your parts due 0:07:44.135 --> 0:07:46.535 opinion of using ground scows. I actually think it's a 0:07:46.575 --> 0:07:50.295 really really useful suggestion and a and a really useful 0:07:50.495 --> 0:07:53.535 sort of solution to what has been the conventional manner, 0:07:53.575 --> 0:07:55.775 which is, you know, you go out to build a deck, 0:07:56.575 --> 0:07:59.095 you figure out where your piles need to do need 0:07:59.135 --> 0:08:02.895 to be. You then dig down minimum sort of four hundred, 0:08:03.175 --> 0:08:06.575 four hundred and fifty square down until you hit well 0:08:06.615 --> 0:08:08.255 into the clay. So you want to be a minimum 0:08:08.255 --> 0:08:10.895 of four hundred and fifty in the ground. You've got 0:08:10.935 --> 0:08:13.735 to then take that spoil which doubles in size when 0:08:13.735 --> 0:08:15.175 you dig it out. You've got to get rid of 0:08:15.175 --> 0:08:18.095 that somewhere. Then you're going to get the posts. You 0:08:18.135 --> 0:08:20.975 can stand the post up. You're going to either if 0:08:21.015 --> 0:08:23.815 you've got a big enough job, you might phone up 0:08:23.815 --> 0:08:26.335 and get some Readymax otherwise you're going to buy some bags, 0:08:26.415 --> 0:08:29.535 or you're going to buy some builders mix some BM 0:08:29.575 --> 0:08:32.775 twenty and some cement and mix that either in a 0:08:32.775 --> 0:08:36.375 mixer or in a wheelbarrow, et cetera, et cetera, versus 0:08:36.615 --> 0:08:40.575 someone coming and putting those piles, those screw piles in 0:08:40.655 --> 0:08:43.415 place for you, setting them up neatly to the right 0:08:43.455 --> 0:08:45.775 height that you can simply bolt the bearer straight to 0:08:45.855 --> 0:08:47.895 the top of it, and then you're building. So you've 0:08:47.895 --> 0:08:51.055 got nothing to take away, nothing to bring in, just 0:08:51.175 --> 0:08:54.215 the screw piles. So yeah, I would seriously consider it. 0:08:54.895 --> 0:08:57.255 I've been watching a renovation that a made of mine's 0:08:57.255 --> 0:09:00.255 doing around the corner. He's the chippy acting for the 0:09:00.255 --> 0:09:04.415 owners and an existing sort of nineteen fifties house with 0:09:05.615 --> 0:09:08.215 a lot of work happening on the nineteen fifties part 0:09:08.215 --> 0:09:11.735 of the building, but a new extension at the back 0:09:11.775 --> 0:09:14.575 of probably about i don't know, five by five, so 0:09:14.655 --> 0:09:20.455 not massive two story, all on screw piles. The benefit 0:09:20.535 --> 0:09:22.535 there was probably would have been quite difficult to get 0:09:22.575 --> 0:09:26.855 a digger in, quite difficult to get equipment in, quite 0:09:26.895 --> 0:09:32.215 difficult to get spoil out, and then getting concrete pump. 0:09:32.415 --> 0:09:35.135 I mean you can pump to almost anywhere that's that's doable, 0:09:35.175 --> 0:09:37.975 but again tricky driveway. So yeah, depending on the site, 0:09:38.295 --> 0:09:41.575 I'd certainly consider it absolutely. Oh eight hundred eighty ten 0:09:41.655 --> 0:09:43.895 eighty is the number to call. Let me grab the 0:09:44.015 --> 0:09:47.055 mouse and Richie, what's going on? How can I help? 0:09:48.775 --> 0:09:49.655 How you going, kay, Richie? 0:09:49.695 --> 0:09:52.255 I'm well, yeah, great. 0:09:52.455 --> 0:09:56.815 We recently moved into a sort of renovated bungalow at 0:09:57.015 --> 0:10:00.815 christ Church and where there was an extension room put 0:10:00.855 --> 0:10:04.455 on years ago. There was a leak in through the roof, 0:10:04.535 --> 0:10:07.015 like quite a flat roof surface and in behind one 0:10:07.055 --> 0:10:10.735 of the walls. Now we pretty confident we've got to 0:10:10.775 --> 0:10:13.415 the bottom of it. We've had a few people expert 0:10:13.495 --> 0:10:16.855 in to sort it. There was a wee bit of damage, 0:10:16.895 --> 0:10:19.495 you know, just from the moisture and mold and things 0:10:19.495 --> 0:10:24.135 like that, which I feel cleaned probably eighty nine looking great. 0:10:24.695 --> 0:10:27.575 It's just how long before we put the jib wall 0:10:27.655 --> 0:10:31.735 back on. I'm a bit nervous to cover it up. 0:10:31.775 --> 0:10:35.535 Obviously right, perfectly dry, but how dry is dry? And 0:10:35.575 --> 0:10:37.895 how long would you suggest we wait to be sure 0:10:37.895 --> 0:10:38.935 we've got on top of the leak. 0:10:40.215 --> 0:10:42.735 Well, I suppose until the next big storm. So you 0:10:42.735 --> 0:10:44.535 know if you were, well, if you're top of the 0:10:44.575 --> 0:10:47.095 South Island in Auckland, that sort of thing. Actually, most 0:10:47.135 --> 0:10:49.175 of the country got lashed over the last few days, 0:10:50.295 --> 0:10:52.095 chances are if it didn't leak now, And in fact, 0:10:52.175 --> 0:10:55.135 I was out yesterday having coffee and the person I 0:10:55.175 --> 0:10:57.575 was with went, you know, you know that flat roof 0:10:57.575 --> 0:11:00.175 at my place, Well, it started leaking during the week. 0:11:00.295 --> 0:11:03.735 So I think if you had a decent amount of 0:11:03.815 --> 0:11:07.295 rain over the last week or so and leak, then 0:11:07.455 --> 0:11:10.095 I think you can be reasonably assured that it'll be 0:11:10.175 --> 0:11:14.975 okay in terms of moisture content. So if you're doing 0:11:14.975 --> 0:11:17.375 a new build or any work with a building content, 0:11:17.495 --> 0:11:21.455 the councilor will come and inspect the moisture content of 0:11:21.495 --> 0:11:24.735 the framing prior to lining, and typically they're looking for 0:11:24.775 --> 0:11:30.575 about eighteen percent. Now, not many people have moisture testers. 0:11:30.575 --> 0:11:36.175 They're actually quite cheap. Funnily enough, years ago, I tell 0:11:36.215 --> 0:11:38.935 you I bought one off trade me right, and I 0:11:39.015 --> 0:11:41.855 think it cost me the grand total of about nineteen 0:11:41.935 --> 0:11:45.615 dollars fifty for this moisture tester. You know, two prongs 0:11:45.655 --> 0:11:47.615 on it. You just poke it into the timber, press 0:11:47.655 --> 0:11:49.935 the button and it tells you what the moisture content is, 0:11:50.415 --> 0:11:54.295 and I thought, just as an indicative tool, that could 0:11:54.375 --> 0:11:57.335 be quite useful, right, so ahead, because typically the building 0:11:57.335 --> 0:12:02.015 inspector comes out, they've got very you know, high quality 0:12:02.655 --> 0:12:06.055 equipment that they need to get calibrated, I believe every 0:12:06.055 --> 0:12:09.615 three to six months to keep up to date. And 0:12:10.055 --> 0:12:14.335 those tools cost about twelve hundred bucks, right, so I'm thinking, actually, 0:12:14.335 --> 0:12:16.415 this will be interesting. So I get my nineteen dollars 0:12:16.455 --> 0:12:21.095 fifty trade me moisture tester, go round and test record 0:12:21.135 --> 0:12:23.735 the readings and then followed the inspector around afterwards. And 0:12:23.775 --> 0:12:27.295 I was within zero point five of a percent. So anyway, 0:12:27.335 --> 0:12:29.775 if you had one of those and you tested the 0:12:29.815 --> 0:12:32.895 timber and the timber was somewhere around the eighteen percent 0:12:33.215 --> 0:12:36.295 moisture content, then you're happy. I'd be happy with that. 0:12:37.415 --> 0:12:40.735 And the idea is that that below that it's unlikely 0:12:40.895 --> 0:12:44.415 to have the conditions to generate mold growth. Right, so 0:12:44.455 --> 0:12:46.495 you need a certain amount of dampness in the timber. 0:12:46.575 --> 0:12:49.375 Once you encapsulate that it's less likely to dry out. 0:12:49.615 --> 0:12:51.735 So we want the timber to be really dry when 0:12:51.775 --> 0:12:55.415 we're lining. So if you've got a mate who's got 0:12:55.415 --> 0:12:57.775 one test it if it's about eighteen percent. You're fine, 0:12:59.655 --> 0:13:04.295 all right. In that area that was exposed and that 0:13:04.295 --> 0:13:10.295 that got wet, did you notice some mold growth? Yes, okay, 0:13:10.335 --> 0:13:12.695 and you've treated that with something. 0:13:13.655 --> 0:13:18.295 Yeah, clean, that treated it. Yeah, yes, it's almost all gone. 0:13:18.775 --> 0:13:22.295 You like, it's to a point where, yeah, you can 0:13:22.295 --> 0:13:23.975 see you can sort of see signs of it, but 0:13:24.095 --> 0:13:26.575 it's it's clean and dry in my mind. 0:13:26.815 --> 0:13:28.695 Yeah, okay. I mean, if you want to take a 0:13:28.695 --> 0:13:31.495 real belt embracest approach, the other thing to do, because 0:13:31.695 --> 0:13:35.015 is that timber the old original timber so nineteen thirties 0:13:35.015 --> 0:13:37.495 for bungalow, or is it more modern timber. 0:13:39.255 --> 0:13:42.815 It's no, most of the timber there's new. I can redone, 0:13:43.775 --> 0:13:47.935 and it's more mold on the back of lining of 0:13:47.935 --> 0:13:50.015 a wall behind the shore. It was sort of like 0:13:50.055 --> 0:13:52.455 the backside of some waterproof cub Yeah. 0:13:52.855 --> 0:13:54.975 Yeah. So again, if you were able to test it, 0:13:55.015 --> 0:13:58.215 you wouldn't test the face that you're lining. You try 0:13:58.215 --> 0:14:00.055 and get the tester in at the back and see 0:14:00.055 --> 0:14:03.055 whether that moisture content where the timber is touching the 0:14:03.135 --> 0:14:05.455 old lining has actually dropped out. 0:14:05.735 --> 0:14:08.455 Yes, yeah, all right, good. 0:14:08.375 --> 0:14:08.735 Luck with that. 0:14:08.815 --> 0:14:13.495 Hopefully it's sorted all the best. Take care Richie by 0:14:13.815 --> 0:14:17.855 oh eight one hundred eighty ten eighty the number to call. Hello, Susie, Well, 0:14:17.855 --> 0:14:20.415 good morning, How are you very well? 0:14:20.455 --> 0:14:24.455 Thank you and you good great early early Sunday morning. 0:14:24.855 --> 0:14:26.015 Sure as how can I help? 0:14:27.575 --> 0:14:31.975 We had a we had a fence, a pung of 0:14:31.975 --> 0:14:35.975 fence that over when we when we had the very 0:14:35.975 --> 0:14:38.935 heavy rain a couple of days ago. It's fallen over 0:14:39.015 --> 0:14:43.375 onto outside of the property. We've had quite a few 0:14:43.375 --> 0:14:47.175 issues with the fence and the fence line with the neighbors, 0:14:47.695 --> 0:14:51.375 and we're just wondering whether this is a fence falling 0:14:51.415 --> 0:14:53.615 overnight that is something that we would be covered by 0:14:53.735 --> 0:14:54.695 insurance or not. 0:14:56.055 --> 0:14:58.055 Look, I have to say, I mean when you say 0:14:58.055 --> 0:15:02.255 a pung of fence is this it brings back memories. 0:15:02.615 --> 0:15:06.855 We had one at home. It was like, I don't 0:15:06.895 --> 0:15:08.975 know where we even got the pun of logs from, 0:15:09.015 --> 0:15:11.135 but the idea was that you kind of just dug 0:15:11.135 --> 0:15:13.975 a trench, stood them upright, and packed the soil around it, 0:15:14.015 --> 0:15:17.975 and hey, presto. These fence incredibly sustainable, you know, in 0:15:17.975 --> 0:15:20.375 the sense that you're harvesting something from the forest. There's 0:15:20.375 --> 0:15:28.015 no concrete there, but that by the by, yeah, but 0:15:28.255 --> 0:15:30.575 in terms of you know, is that a fence that 0:15:30.895 --> 0:15:33.215 would let's say, be part of the Fencing Act. No, 0:15:33.375 --> 0:15:38.975 it's not. And would they be particularly long lasting? Probably 0:15:39.015 --> 0:15:42.055 not either. I would have thought so if the yours 0:15:42.055 --> 0:15:45.415 has fallen over, maybe that's the end of its life span. 0:15:47.175 --> 0:15:49.495 And I wonder whether if you went to the insurance 0:15:49.535 --> 0:15:51.935 and explained what type of fence you had, the insurer 0:15:52.015 --> 0:15:55.575 might say, well, actually, you know what, it probably is 0:15:55.695 --> 0:15:57.375 at the end of its life and just got a 0:15:57.375 --> 0:15:58.775 helping hand by the recent rain. 0:15:59.975 --> 0:16:00.335 Probably. 0:16:00.815 --> 0:16:01.015 Well. 0:16:01.055 --> 0:16:03.615 The other thing is my husband is sort of wondering 0:16:03.655 --> 0:16:07.095 if the fence is on the boundary or is within 0:16:07.415 --> 0:16:11.735 the neighbors who's responsible for it. It's like, if it's 0:16:11.735 --> 0:16:14.895 on the boundary, we're both responsible. If it's actually within 0:16:14.935 --> 0:16:18.135 the neighbors section, is it their responsibility. 0:16:18.895 --> 0:16:21.135 That's how I would see it. You know, typically, if 0:16:21.135 --> 0:16:24.575 we're doing a fence, we determine the boundary first, and 0:16:24.615 --> 0:16:27.295 in some instances that's not that easy, right, if there's 0:16:27.335 --> 0:16:29.495 no boundary markets then how do you know without getting 0:16:29.495 --> 0:16:34.295 a survey? And then you know, conventional sort of wisdom 0:16:34.295 --> 0:16:36.775 would be, if we take the stringline, we make that 0:16:36.855 --> 0:16:38.535 the center of the post and then we build the 0:16:38.535 --> 0:16:41.615 fence there and then effectively it's shared. So if you 0:16:41.735 --> 0:16:43.855 do happen to know where the boundary is and you 0:16:43.895 --> 0:16:48.015 can determine that, and then if it's solely on your property, 0:16:48.055 --> 0:16:50.615 then I would say that that's solely your responsibility. If 0:16:50.655 --> 0:16:53.335 it's solely on the neighbors, then I think it becomes 0:16:53.375 --> 0:16:56.735 their responsibility. And hopefully that you would go to their 0:16:56.775 --> 0:16:59.215 insurer or they would go to their insuran in order 0:16:59.255 --> 0:17:00.055 to have it repaired. 0:17:00.935 --> 0:17:02.975 And that information will be held with counsel. 0:17:03.535 --> 0:17:09.415 No, no, sorry to be so blunt. No, council unlikely 0:17:09.495 --> 0:17:12.495 to have any information at all about the fence. They 0:17:12.575 --> 0:17:18.535 will have information about the market section size. So in 0:17:18.575 --> 0:17:24.175 some cases and it as all of those files around 0:17:24.175 --> 0:17:27.015 surveying and so on get transferred across to a more 0:17:27.015 --> 0:17:31.215 digital format, the information held is much more precise. But 0:17:31.295 --> 0:17:33.735 you might find, for example, that at one end of 0:17:33.775 --> 0:17:36.375 your section you've actually got a boundary marker. You can 0:17:36.415 --> 0:17:40.535 go to the property file, find what the the distance 0:17:40.575 --> 0:17:44.175 of your property is from the file and then measure 0:17:44.215 --> 0:17:46.055 from there across and that will give you a good 0:17:46.095 --> 0:17:48.495 idea of where it is. But in the end, unless 0:17:48.535 --> 0:17:51.255 you've actually got a boundary marker or a survey peg. 0:17:52.735 --> 0:17:56.535 No one's ever completely sure like to the millimeter where 0:17:56.535 --> 0:17:58.375 the boundary actually is. The only way to get that 0:17:58.455 --> 0:18:00.295 done if it's not there is to get a surveyor. 0:18:01.855 --> 0:18:03.695 And what do the boundary markets actually look like? 0:18:04.855 --> 0:18:08.335 Typically there's two sorts of well two or three that 0:18:08.375 --> 0:18:10.735 I'm familiar with. One is a bit of three B two, 0:18:10.815 --> 0:18:14.055 so seventy five x fifty. It's white with a very 0:18:14.055 --> 0:18:16.375 sharp point in it. It'll be driven into the ground, 0:18:16.695 --> 0:18:18.375 and then on top of it it'll have a nail. 0:18:18.415 --> 0:18:20.335 That's what you're often looking for, and they're the ones 0:18:20.375 --> 0:18:23.415 that you see quite a bit. There is now, I 0:18:23.455 --> 0:18:27.815 think a PVC boundary marker, which can be put in 0:18:27.855 --> 0:18:30.615 as well. Not as common. The other thing is sometimes 0:18:30.695 --> 0:18:32.735 I like, you know, if you want to build a 0:18:32.775 --> 0:18:35.215 fence on the boundary and there's a boundary marker there, 0:18:36.015 --> 0:18:38.895 a surveyor might come remove that marker. You put the 0:18:38.935 --> 0:18:40.855 fence posts in the right place, and then they come 0:18:40.895 --> 0:18:44.055 back and put like a little aluminum disc that's about 0:18:44.055 --> 0:18:48.255 thirty millimeters in diameter, and they'll fix that to the ground, 0:18:48.335 --> 0:18:49.935 or they'll fix it to the top of a fence 0:18:49.975 --> 0:18:52.655 post or something. Like that to indicate where the boundary is. 0:18:52.695 --> 0:18:54.815 So that's what you're looking for, all. 0:18:54.815 --> 0:18:57.215 Right, great, okay, love, thank you, all right. 0:18:57.535 --> 0:19:00.015 Take care, Thank you very much. We might take a 0:19:00.015 --> 0:19:02.295 short break and we'll come back to Danny in a moment. 0:19:02.775 --> 0:19:04.975 I want to deal with this one after the break 0:19:04.975 --> 0:19:09.055 as well. Text that's come through Part one, Morning Pete, 0:19:09.095 --> 0:19:11.175 our house has an issue with heat. In summer it 0:19:11.175 --> 0:19:14.295 can be well over forty degrees and in winter we 0:19:14.335 --> 0:19:16.735 struggle to get it to twenty. It's a new build 0:19:17.215 --> 0:19:21.855 relocated to site in twenty nineteen. Part two. One side 0:19:21.895 --> 0:19:24.695 of the house is nearly all ranch sliders or big 0:19:24.735 --> 0:19:28.095 sliding windows. This side is we're facing short of moving 0:19:28.135 --> 0:19:30.535 the house. Is there any other solution to managing the 0:19:30.615 --> 0:19:34.535 heating and calling good news? Is there is? Stand by, folks. 0:19:34.535 --> 0:19:35.495 We'll be back after the. 0:19:35.415 --> 0:19:40.295 Break doing other house sorting the garden. Asked Pete for 0:19:40.335 --> 0:19:43.735 a hand. The resident builder with peta wolfcap call oh 0:19:43.775 --> 0:19:46.655 eight news dogs'd. 0:19:46.135 --> 0:19:49.735 Be indeed, newsbalks'd be. We're talking all things building construction. 0:19:50.215 --> 0:19:52.335 We will come to that tech shortly. But Danny, good 0:19:52.455 --> 0:19:53.175 morning to you. 0:19:53.975 --> 0:19:59.215 Yeah, morning peatoday, send a veluminium joinery, some external doors 0:19:59.255 --> 0:20:01.935 from a bedroom in sidelight, and we're just getting a 0:20:01.935 --> 0:20:05.015 teeny bit of water coming in onto the concrete pad 0:20:05.055 --> 0:20:08.335 on the inside down one corner. It was causing carpa 0:20:08.415 --> 0:20:10.655 to rot. Yes, I had a couple of alumnion people 0:20:10.695 --> 0:20:12.095 come up and they're sort of squirt a bit of 0:20:12.095 --> 0:20:16.695 oooken there, and yeah, doesn't do anything. Don't really want 0:20:16.735 --> 0:20:19.335 to have to pull the whole sort of shebang out 0:20:19.335 --> 0:20:23.095 because it's a concrete plastered house. That's a bit of 0:20:23.135 --> 0:20:25.895 a major Is there any other alternatives? 0:20:26.815 --> 0:20:29.975 No, I think if you've done you know, it's not 0:20:30.775 --> 0:20:32.775 it's not the wrong approach. Let's say to turn up 0:20:32.775 --> 0:20:37.855 with some silicon, you know, and try And sometimes what 0:20:37.895 --> 0:20:41.335 can happen with aluminium jowinery, particularly sort of slightly older 0:20:41.375 --> 0:20:45.095 aluminium jowinery, is there'll be some movement ten years old. Yeah, 0:20:45.135 --> 0:20:48.975 there'll be some movement in the frame right, and potentially, 0:20:49.495 --> 0:20:53.135 let's say the screws that often hold those sections together, 0:20:53.175 --> 0:20:56.855 those extrusions together, may move a little bit twenty odd 0:20:56.935 --> 0:21:00.055 years ago. We probably with the greatest respect, we're not 0:21:00.135 --> 0:21:04.415 that diligent around trying to seal those corners, and so 0:21:04.695 --> 0:21:07.735 sometimes they'll move and water will track in through there, 0:21:07.895 --> 0:21:11.455 in which case, applying some sealant to seal that is 0:21:11.495 --> 0:21:16.095 not necessarily the wrong thing to do. What you don't 0:21:16.135 --> 0:21:19.775 want to do necessarily is go putting lots of sealant 0:21:19.815 --> 0:21:24.135 around and then blocking up drainage paths which are required. 0:21:24.175 --> 0:21:27.215 And I've seen that sometimes every now and then. What 0:21:27.375 --> 0:21:30.495 is it a ranch slider, is it a bifold door? 0:21:30.535 --> 0:21:31.975 Is it a standard opening door? 0:21:32.655 --> 0:21:35.815 Standard opening doors? So we've poured a truckload of water 0:21:36.335 --> 0:21:38.295 through the drains on the bottom of it, and that's 0:21:38.295 --> 0:21:42.335 fine to put the hose on the outside, yeah, of 0:21:42.455 --> 0:21:45.735 the glass that it slowly starts seeping on on the inside. 0:21:45.855 --> 0:21:48.815 So when you're testing it, you're just putting the water 0:21:48.975 --> 0:21:51.695 onto the glass. You're not spraying the wall and the 0:21:51.775 --> 0:21:52.855 joinery at the same time. 0:21:56.135 --> 0:21:59.455 Well, the glass and near leminum jowinery, Donny step it 0:21:59.535 --> 0:22:00.895 back and isolate one from the other. 0:22:01.055 --> 0:22:04.095 Yeah, that will because essentially, if like if you direct 0:22:04.175 --> 0:22:06.775 some water just purely at the glass and the aluminum 0:22:06.815 --> 0:22:09.655 jewnery without going onto the cladding at all, and it leaks, 0:22:09.695 --> 0:22:11.695 then you know that you've probably got an issue with 0:22:11.735 --> 0:22:16.415