Leaky-home owner Mark Swayne says the Government's latest building industry package is like reaching for a sledgehammer to kill an ant.
Monday, March 17th 2003, 1:17PM
by The Landlord
"The three reasons these places leak are quite identifiable and quite fixable, without going through all this sort of palaver,"...
"It's lack of flashings, use of untreated timber and taking external walls down too far ... If you address those issues and you have a [wall] cavity as well, you ain't going to have a problem...
However, he predicted that councils could be next in the firing line for approving leaky buildings in the past. His assessor from the Government's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service had recommended extensive recladding for his house and told him that other assessors were reaching the same conclusions across the country.
