3 Facts About Recladding Auckland
The team at Style Plus Renovations look at 3 facts about recladding and the Style Plus recladding process. These cover advantages of house recladding and council requirements
8 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RECLADDING
ABOUT RECLADDING PROCESS
About recladding, well, the recladding renovation process is not as complicated as some people think. In this second article, the Style Plus Renovation team takes a holistic view of the process and looks at 8 things you should know about recladding:
- Reclad Planning
- Quality Assurance Programme
- Protecting Your Home
- Removal & Exposure
- Inspection of Timber Framing
- Building Repair
- Recladding
- Completion
If you missed part 1, check out 3 Facts About Recladding | Auckland.
1. Reclad Planning
2. Quality Assurance
Programme
Programme
3. Protecting Your
Home
Home
4. Removal & Exposure
5. Inspection of
Timber Framing
Timber Framing
6. Building Repair
7. Recladding
8. Completion
1. Reclad Planning
ABOUT RECLADDING RENOVATION PLANNING
Its all in the planning!
- The first step is to obtain the council files with particular attention to the original architect drawings and the record of council inspections during the original build.
- The next stage of the process is to have full working drawings created of the remedial work required and submit them to council for consent.
- From the working drawings a quote and building contract can be provided.
2. Quality Assurance
Programme
Programme
QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME
A pre-construction site meeting is held with the owner, council inspector, project manager and specialist consultant to discuss the proposed works.
A quality assurance programme will be submitted as part of the building consent application and its acceptance will mean that it forms part of the building consent documentation.
The purpose of a quality assurance programme is to confirm that all building work has been carried out in accordance with the consented plans and most importantly a high standard of re-cladding work is carried out.
There are a number of specialist inspections that are required and are additional to the standard council inspections. The inspection schedule is:
- Pre-construction site meeting.
- Strip-off inspection.
- Remedial works inspection.
- Pre-wrap, nib, wall/cavity, substrate, insulation, fire-rating and painting inspections.
- Cladding inspection.
- Final inspection.
The inspection schedule must take place in order for the home owner to receive their code compliance certificate (CCC).
3. Protecting Your
Home
Home
PROTECTING YOUR HOME
Preparing the site for a recladding project involves setting up the scaffold and if required getting the shrink-wrap fitted to protect your home from the elements. Protective covering over carpets or wooden flooring would be fitted.
As a general rule, it is recommended that the owners of the property do not live in their home during recladding. As with full reclads the building will be without cladding, insulation and windows for a period during the work. Additionally, the building work required is very noisy, dusty and disruptive to the living environment within a home. Other types of reclads would be judged on a case-by-case basis.
4. Removal & Exposure
REMOVAL & EXPOSURE
The external cladding is removed and disposed off-site. In general the existence or extent of any decay is unknown until timber is exposed. The extent of the removal of cladding is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Determining the exact extent of damage as early as possible allows project budget implications and design clarifications to be dealt at the beginning of the project. This is especially important if the damage is worse than initially assessed.
In order to meet the new requirements of the Building Act, joinery will need to be removed to provide appropriate sustainable weathering. This will allow for the building wrap to be installed into the window openings and an efficient flashing system to be installed.
5. Inspection of
Timber Framing
Timber Framing
INSPECTION OF TIMBER FRAMING
Once the outer cladding is removed a site visit is organised to enable a ‘strip-off inspection’ to be undertaken. This inspection will then determine what steps are required to ensure the timber framing is fit for purpose.
Inspectors look for the level of treatment to the existing timber framing, moisture levels and any rot or decay present.
6. Building Repair
BUILDING REPAIR
The removal and replacement of any rotten timber and other building materials that are damaged is undertaken. If any design flaws have been identified, these are also corrected at this time. Council inspections will also be undertaken such as remedial work inspection, pre-wrap, nib, wall/cavity, substrate and insulation.7. Recladding
RECLADDING
New cladding is installed as per the new design and Building Code requirements. Once completed, a cladding inspection by the council then takes place.8. Completion
COMPLETION
Once the new cladding system and joinery is installed, painting can be undertaken.
Once the painter has finished, all that is left outside once the shrink-wrap and scaffolding is dismantled is for ground works to be completed – in some cases the ground levels will need to be lowered to maintain a safe distance from the ground floor level.
When these final building tasks are completed, a final council inspection is undertaken.
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