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9781877330124

BRANZ Plumbing & Drainage Guide

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NZ$ 75.00 each

Paperback

Author: ed

Published by: BRANZ

This Guide explains, using graphics and simple explanations, the general principles and requirements of the building codes and standards applicable to sanitary plumbing and drainage in Australia and New Zealand. The Guide is intended as an aid and quick reference for designers, builders, students, plumbers and drainlayers and building officials or surveyors.

The information it contains will meet the overall requirements of AS/NZS 3500 for both Australia and New Zealand and the requirements of New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) Clause G13 Foul water. Where individual states have modified AS/NZS 3500, these modifications should be referred to. The original standards or code clauses also need to be referred to, but this guide is invaluable as a quick reference and aid to understanding these documents. The easy to follow diagrams, with minimal but clear text, are an essential tool for understanding the complexity of plumbing systems and ... more

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9781877330001

Landscape Construction

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NZ$ 70.00 each

Author: Trevor Pringle

Published by: BRANZ

Landscaping is most commonly thought of as the aesthetic arrangement of gardens, plants, lawns, courtyards and paths. But it also incorporates structures such as stairs, pergolas, retaining walls, fences and decks.

Landscape Construction covers the building and planning rules as they apply to landscape construction, to ensure that design does not adversely affect the durability, structure or amenity of adjacent buildings.

It also gives guidance on design and construction parameters for this work to ensure good practices are followed.

This book is designed as the primary reference tool for students and recent graduates of landscape design and construction.

It is also an essential reference for those already practising in the field of landscape design and architecture, given that the rules and regulations applying to buildings changed significantly in 1992 with the introduction of the Building Act and the New Zealand Building ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780811727754

Building Your Own Greenhouse

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NZ$ 65.00 each

Paperback

Author: Mark Freeman

Published by: Stackpole Books

The fundamentals of assembling a greenhouse and custom designing it to the gardener's needs, from simple cold frames to large free-standing and attached-to-the-house structures.

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9781877330063

Maintaining Your Home (2nd edition 2006)

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NZ$ 67.00 each

Paperback

Author: Anna Smith (ed Helen McDonald)

Published by: BRANZ

Maintaining Your Home's 358 full-colour pages are crammed with practical advice on common problems and their causes, what needs to be done about them and whether you should do-it-yourself or call for expert advice. It covers every part of your home, from subfloor to roof space and beyond, and includes charts for you to fill in to keep track of your maintenance over the years.
For most of us, our home is our biggest asset and if you value the investment you have made, you need a copy of this book. It explains how your house works and how to keep it in top condition. It's a bit like an owner's manual for a car, computer or home appliance.
This is not just a book for do-it-yourselfers either. It aims to give you the information to identify common problems, to explain their likely causes, and to tell you what should be done about them. The important thing is caring for your home - not who actually does the work.
There's general ... more

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9781877330056

BRANZ Good Practice Guide: Stucco

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NZ$ 55.00 each

Hardback

Author: BK032

Published by: BRANZ

This updated Good Practice Guide covers all aspects of stucco cladding, from design through to problem-solving. It still concentrates on plastering, backing, reinforcing, number of coats, sand quality, mxiing, additives, plaster application, curing and painting, but now includes new sections on performance requirements and design and specification. It is an essential reference tool for designers and specifiers, building cotnractors, stucco applicators, building officials, tutors and students of construction-related disciplines. It should be read in conjunction with BRANZ Weathertight Solutions Volume Two: Stucco

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877330018

BRANZ Good Practice Guide: Membrane Roofing

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NZ$ 50.00 each

Hardback

Author: BK015

Published by: BRANZ

Membrane roofing systems come in a varierty of types, each with their own substrate and installation requirements.

Achieving a durable membrane roofing system depends heavily on using the correct approach to the design of the substrate supporting the membrane and the membrane roofing itself.

Using the correct membrane roofing system for the substrate, the slope, the use the roof will be put to and the aesthetic requirements of the building owner, are also key requirements.

The Membrane Roofing Good Practice Guide covers the issues that need to be considered when selecting, designing, detailing and installing membrane roofing systems. Following the procedures that are outlined should sigificantly reduce the risk of problems occurring with a membrane roofing system.

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9780958368728

Good Concrete Floors and Basements Practice

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NZ$ 49.95 each

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Author: Bulleyment

Published by: BRANZ

Good Concrete Floors and Basements Practice is a guide to the planning, design, detailing, specification and construction of ground floor slabs and basements for residential-type buildings.

It offers guidance on the initial decisions to be made, and the subsequent steps to be taken, to complete the design and construction of concrete slab floors and basements suitable for a wide range of situations.

Straightforward procedures are set out which, if followed, will avoid the unnecessary faults, problems, increased initial costs and remedial costs that can occur if good practices are not followed.

The text is liberally interspersed with explanatory sketches and photographs. It is written for:

* building owners
* building designers and specifiers
* builders
* concrete placers.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877330025

BRANZ Good Practice Guide: Exterior Coating

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NZ$ 49.95 each

Hardback

Author: BK011

Published by: BRANZ

Exterior Coating Good Practice Guide covers the steps that need to be carried out when preparing most common building materials for painting, staining, clear finishing, coating or texturing.

Its aim is to explain the procedures involved and the reasons for them, and to ensure the performance of the coating will not be compromised by poor preparation and application conditions and practices.

The book outlines the different types of coating systems available and the factors that can affect their durability.

Twenty chapters cover the coating and recoating for a range of common building materials, general rules for coating application and the removal of existing coatings (including lead-based paints), as well as an outline of common performance problems and how to treat them.

This book is intended for designers and specifiers, painting contractors, building contractors, building owners, and tertiary tutors and students in a ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877330117

BRANZ House Building Guide

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NZ$ 75.00 each

Paperback

Author: BRANZ

Published by: BRANZ

With over 400 pages, this comprehensive, practical, step-by-step guide is the ideal reference tool for anyone involved in house building. The easy-to-read format is packed with 100's of diagrams and follows through all the key steps involved in house construction right from setting out the site to lining-out.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780953800223

Kennel Design

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NZ$ 215.00 each

Hardback

Author: David Key

Published by: David Key Kennel and Cattery Design

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781898049272

Windpower Workshop

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NZ$ 52.00 each

Paperback

Author: Hugh Piggott

Published by: Centre for Alternative Technology

As one of civilisation's oldest forms of mechanical energy, windpower has long provided the closest thing to being able to 'magic' clean energy from thin air. As the true costs of fossil fuel use have been unmasked, the ancient art of windpower has made a steady comeback. A growing number of countries are now promoting wind energy generation as part of a drive towards a sustainable future. Yet many environmental and 'gadget' enthusiasts prefer a far more DIY approach. What Windpower Workshop provides is essential information for the individual wanting to build and maintain a windpower system for their own energy needs.

ISBN / ISSN:

9780764329166

The Ultimate Wood-fired Oven Book

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NZ$ 79.00 each

Paperback

Author: Anna Carpenter

Published by: Schiffer Publishing

ISBN / ISSN:

9780477013321

Plumbing and Gasfitting Vol 1 : Trade practice and skills

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NZ$ 95.00 each

Paperback

Author: Ken Doyle

Published by: Plumbing, Gasfitting & Drainlaying ITO Ltd

ISBN / ISSN:

9780473009090

Plumbing and Gasfitting Vol 2 : Services and roofing

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NZ$ 95.00 each

Paperback

Author: Ken Doyle

Published by: Plumbing, Gasfitting & Drainlaying ITO Ltd

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780731647033

Roof Cuts and Rafter Lengths

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NZ$ 35.00 each

Hardback

Author: HANCOCK

Published by: McGills Authorised Newsagency Pty Ltd

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781844006991

Kevin McCloud's Colour Now

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NZ$ 30.00 each

Paperback

Author: Kevin McCloud

Published by: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Want to add some colour to your home but just don't know where to start? Love blue but don't know which shade to choose? In this dazzling new book, Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has taken all the hard work out of home decorating by researching, selecting and combining over 120 particular colours into 70 tried-and-tested palettes that are guaranteed to transform your home. A stunningly produced sourcebook, it has been put together by an acknowledged expert in the field of paint and colour and printed by the astonishingly accurate hexachromatic ( six colour) process. Each palette provides a blueprint for a decorative scheme that you can transfer to your own home confident in the knowledge that it has been sourced by a renowned authority on colour, while every swatch in Kevin McCloud's Cool Colours can also be individually matched to a commercially available paint to help you effortlessly achieve your chosen look.A short ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781561589661

Building A Shed (Building Like A Pro)

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NZ$ 49.00 each

Paperback

Author: Joseph Truini

Published by: Taunton Press Inc.,U.S.

This book shows how to build five complete sheds, but its real value to the would-be shed builder is the detailed coverage of materials options and construction techniques. It can be used in two ways, as a handbook of shed building techniques or a set of instructions to build one of the sheds in the book. Because a wide variety of options are shown, the reader can mix and match them to build a truly custom shed. Like all the books in this series, Building A Shed, offers advice from a true, experienced professional and delivers on the promise of 'expert advice from start to finish'.