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- Safety when dealing with mould | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Mould and leaking buildings Stachybotrys chartarum Testing for Stachybotrys Removing and cleaning up procedures for toxic moulds Moulds are a type of fungi that require moisture and a food source to grow. They reproduce by releasing vast numbers of tiny spores into the air which can be inhaled. If inhaled...
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- Lead paint and safety | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Lead poisoning Lead-based paint removal The removal of lead-based paint can result in harm to both the person removing the paint and people in the vicinity. Young children are particularly at risk from lead poisoning. Until the mid-1960s when the health hazard of lead became more fully understood, lead pigments...
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- Electrical safety rules | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Homeowners doing their own electrical work Licensed Electrical Workers For safety using electrical tools: use an isolating transformer or residual current device (RCD) when using electrical tools outside. An RCD monitors the electric current flowing through a circuit. If you touch a live wire or faulty equipment and electricity flows...
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- How to use chemicals safely | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Many chemicals such as bleach and paint strippers are used in maintenance around the home. For safe storage: keep chemicals in a dry, locked cupboard label all containers to identify their contents do not store chemicals in containers that have been used for food storage do not store large quantities...
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- Safety with asbestos | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Health risks from asbestos Testing for asbestos Licensing for asbestos removal Working with asbestos Cleaning up Asbestos-based products were widely used in construction from the 1920s to the mid-1980s. Commonly used products that contained asbestos included roof and wall claddings, vinyl floor coverings, sprayed fire protection, decorative ceilings, roofing membranes,...
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- Health and safety | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Home maintenance comes with some health and safety risks that you need to deal with. You can suffer injury or illness through: falls from a ladder, scaffolding or elevated space such as a roof inhaling fumes from certain chemicals or paint removing devices inhaling harmful dust, mould spores or fibres...
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- Cladding leaks | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Water leaks through wall claddings are often not seen from the outside, as has been found in the case of many leaky buildings. Common locations where leaks occur include: around doors and windows at the base of walls (in particular where the outside ground level has been raised) at junctions...
- https://www.maintainingmyhome.org.nz/maintenance-guides/exterior-wall-maintenance-guide/leaks/
- Common maintenance needs of exterior walls | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Exterior walls (including doors and windows) should be carefully inspected at least once a year. If sea spray sometimes reaches your home, or you live in a geothermal area, more frequent inspection is a good idea. Regular inspections are especially important for high-risk buildings such as those that are very...
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- Exterior wall maintenance guide | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Some house styles and wall claddings require less maintenance than others, but there is no such thing as a 'maintenance-free house'. All homeowners should inspect their homes regularly. To guide you in what you are looking for, refer to our Inspection checklist. The maintenance you need to carry out on...
- https://www.maintainingmyhome.org.nz/maintenance-guides/exterior-wall-maintenance-guide/
- Insurance for maintenance work | BRANZ Maintaining My Home
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- Before starting any significant maintenance work, check that your insurance policy will cover any accidents that may occur while the work is being carried out. Do not assume that coverage will be automatic. For large repairs or maintenance projects such as replacing the roof cladding, give your insurance company details...
- https://www.maintainingmyhome.org.nz/maintenance-guides/employing-others-and-insurance/insurance/
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