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| Thread ID: 104863 | 2009-11-10 23:30:00 | Sheets of Polystyrene | johcar (6283) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 828959 | 2009-11-12 20:12:00 | Johcar leave it outside on your lawn on a windy day and let it blow away to the neighbours they all south africans over there anyway. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 828960 | 2009-11-12 20:32:00 | Why not leave as an addition to the new insulation. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 828961 | 2009-11-12 22:43:00 | If petrol dissolves it, that might be the answer (it's cheaper than acetone!). Then I could dig a hole and bury whatever's left after the chemistry experiment.... And Metla: keep away from my place if you're carrying matches! :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 828962 | 2009-11-14 01:46:00 | The weather boards underneath the horrible cladding are Douglas Fir. Are you sure it is Douglas Fir and not Cedar as I have never struck a house clad in DF. It was used a lot for support beams. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 828963 | 2009-11-14 01:48:00 | Hell yeah, have you priced up Rimu?? and the trees take hundreds of years to grow, hence their hardness and the difficulty in borer actually eating it. Borer love OB rimu but have more than a little difficulty with heart and the same goes for a few other native timbers. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 828964 | 2009-11-14 01:51:00 | We are lucky if our homes don't rot around us!!! What with the Leaky building saga and all. Central and Local Government are running for cover. The builders and contractors have all gone pretend broke to avoid their part in this scandal. Leaving the hapless home-owner to pay for their incompetence.:horrified I blame the architects for most of the problems then the dumb builders that used untreated timber where they should have used external treated (used to be tanalised) timber. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 828965 | 2009-11-14 02:01:00 | When nanny state proscribes everything, any faults arising must be the fault of those producing the flawed legislation. A public flogging along the length of every street with a leaky building for each and every member of the building council that drew up these ludicrous specifications should act as a deterrent to others passing shoddy requirements into statutes. Naturally, their entire income while on this pesky body should be forfeit under the profit from crimes procedure. They should also be taken off everybody's xmas card list. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 828966 | 2009-11-14 02:40:00 | Are you sure it is Douglas Fir and not Cedar as I have never struck a house clad in DF. It was used a lot for support beams. Pretty sure - IIRC the original plans that I saw called for DF and the timber is certainly too dark for pine - could be rimu, I suppose... House was built in 1965. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 828967 | 2009-11-14 04:41:00 | If it truly is polystyrene, when it immolates it gives off phosgene gas - the stuff they killed the entrenched infantry in WW-1 . Not a good idea to burn in the broad daylight or the darkness of night . Officials may find the immolatee dead on the ground in the light of the next day . It is banned as an insulating or moisture barrier in all US homes because the burning fumes are deadly and has been so banned for years now . It is considered HAZMAT and there is a premium charged in disposing of it . What you really need for a moisture barrier is Tyvec, as it is variably-permeable and takes the moisture OUT and won't let it pass INTO the structure . Polystyrene just collects condensate from lifeforms inside the home (you and other homosapiens or bipedal humanoids) and promotes wood rot , black mold and dry rot to the frame . I am sorry to hear that NZ building codes are so lax and unsafe . New Zealand building codes . . dbh . govt . nz/building-code-compliance-documents" target="_blank">www . dbh . govt . nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 828968 | 2009-11-14 07:59:00 | When nanny state proscribes everything, any faults arising must be the fault of those producing the flawed legislation. A public flogging along the length of every street with a leaky building for each and every member of the building council that drew up these ludicrous specifications should act as a deterrent to others passing shoddy requirements into statutes. Naturally, their entire income while on this pesky body should be forfeit under the profit from crimes procedure. Aye and there's the rub. :confused: Its actually the opposite to what you think. The leaky buildings are a result of the freeing up of proscriptive building regulations. In other words, from 1991 building had less rules, less red tape, less regulations. We now know the results. Interestingly the problems are mainly (but not exclusively) in Auckland where there was a lot of development pressure. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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