Leaky Homes Exposed 

BRANZ stood watch over, and actively participated in the changes that lead to the Leaky Homes Scandal. This is a compelling and detailed review of peer reviewed reports, submissions and changes, collated by Ian Holyoake demonstrating BRANZ's involvement, actions and lack of actions.

Leaky, rotting Harditex clad homes are the builder's fault, or so the lawyers claimed. However, the Harditex instructions were defective, did not follow NZ Standards, and this doomed these houses to fail - no matter what the builders did. Read the unbelievable facts here.

When your nearly new house is leaking and rotting, who do you blame first? The builder of course. After all, they built the house, and your contract was with them, so that’s fair enough. However, the big timber processors successful lobbying for widespread use of untreated timber was to blame. This article shows how this happened and why.

How did we ever end up with houses that rotted as soon as they leaked? Standards New Zealand are to blame because they changed the standards, reducing our well treated framing timber to timber treated with fly spray and then with nothing at all. Even when it became obvious that these changes were wrong, it tooks years to change them back.

James Hardie’s lawyers have blamed faulty building work for the leaks in houses clad with their Harditex product. But even the house their experts used to train a leading housing developer leaked like a sieve. Read here for more on this unbelievable story that smashes the argument that the builders were to bame.

What happens when the only trusted organisation, relied on by NZ architects, builders, and councils, approves faulty products and systems? Leaky, rotting homes and lots of them. Without the flawed BRANZ Appraisals of defective products, the leaky home scandal couldn’t have happened.

The Watchdogs were those organisations with the responsibility and authority to watch over our homes being built. Standards New Zealand, BRANZ, Building Industry Authority, the Councils. They all failed us, then conspired to cover up and blame the builders for their negligence.

How can James Hardies claim to not be responsible for the thousands of houses clad with their products that are now leaky and rotten? In this two-part article, we reveal an overseas court decision that could blow the James Hardie Class Action Lawsuit wide open.

It's time to cut through all of the legal jargon and get to grips with the real story behind the James Hardie Class Action Lawsuit. Leaky Homes Exposed cuts through and tells you what you want to know, and who is really to blame. This article is an easy to understand summary of what the court case is all about, and who is involved. Below we outline all the relevant details that make up this case, to date.

The complicated web of deceit, negligence, and incompetence behind the leaky homes scandal will be released in a series of articles. These are supported by actual documentation, sourced from an industry expert with over 30 years of experience in the building field. We can finally reveal the truths behind who’s to blame and why.