Wow sounds like its going to be an even dryer year this year.
Given a lot of Auck is based on Clay and clay when it dries produces some subsidence, what are the best ways to deal with it?
What is an acceptable up keep of plaster cracks etc, 3 per year? 10?
If you level now, when the clay water table is wet again, it will likely raise it too high?
Is it worth repairing if cracks only appear in major droughts?
Obviously a flat patch with solid concrete is ideal. But a LOT of NZ homes are built via under floor to joist to pilings, concreted into the clay. So Im expecting this to impact lot of people.
Do you legally have to report you suspect subsidence during droughts or is this just commonly accepted as part of the deal with such builds?
Me personally Id much rather have a wood clad house, like the one I grew up in (~1910) than the monolithic rendered houses that were in trend during the 80s then some how developed a poor technique in the 2000s, I cant comment too much as not an expert.
But most plaster interiors I see have been repainted here and there. Is it normal given we set for 2 epic drought periods in a row?
Given a lot of Auck is based on Clay and clay when it dries produces some subsidence, what are the best ways to deal with it?
What is an acceptable up keep of plaster cracks etc, 3 per year? 10?
If you level now, when the clay water table is wet again, it will likely raise it too high?
Is it worth repairing if cracks only appear in major droughts?
Obviously a flat patch with solid concrete is ideal. But a LOT of NZ homes are built via under floor to joist to pilings, concreted into the clay. So Im expecting this to impact lot of people.
Do you legally have to report you suspect subsidence during droughts or is this just commonly accepted as part of the deal with such builds?
Me personally Id much rather have a wood clad house, like the one I grew up in (~1910) than the monolithic rendered houses that were in trend during the 80s then some how developed a poor technique in the 2000s, I cant comment too much as not an expert.
But most plaster interiors I see have been repainted here and there. Is it normal given we set for 2 epic drought periods in a row?
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