All in Expert Advice
Updates to the New Zealand Building Code's E3/AS1 Internal Moisture Clause may have an impact on your flooring choices for your upcoming home project, build, or development. The team at Flooring Centre has explored these new requirements and shares their insights on how to meet them.
Building supplier Carters and Knauf Insulation have teamed up to provide a sustainable and innovative solution for meeting the H1 regulations for new home insulation.
Solid timber is the most enduring of all building materials. Lockwood tells us how this naturally energy-efficient, sustainably grown local resource has inspired its high-performance building system.
Dean McGuigan from Golden Homes shows us how the H1 Energy Efficiency changes present an exciting opportunity to design a home to suit your needs.
From its natural origins in the earth to its superior durability, clay brick is back in architectural fashion. The Brickery tells us why this high-performing building material is better than ever.
Benjy Simmons, from window system supplier STÄRKE, explores ways to comply with the new H1 standards in the Building Code and explains why windows are the most powerful lever to use.
Building legislation changes to improve insulation standards are now in force. Damien McGill from the Healthy Home Cooperation explores the H1 Energy Efficiency changes and how they will impact your next project.
If energy efficiency and healthy living are part of your new home plan, why not factor in lower carbon emissions, too? With Premium Homes, you can build a better future for your family and our planet.
Healthy home construction was once considered an expensive alternative. Health Based Building and Murchison Homes have combined to bring high performance, affordable healthy homes into the mainstream.
The passion for creating a truly authentic natural lounging range made from 100 per cent New Zealand-strong wool led Amanda Dorset from Wilson and Dorset to form a wise co-lab.
With so many ways to refresh your home, settling on a colour scheme and style can seem like a mystifying process. Three talented interior designers from McKenzie & Willis shed some light on the key interior themes coming through this year.
Tony Milne from Rough Milne Mitchell wrote this latest column on a recent trip to Paris, where he enjoyed the magnificence of some of the city’s most famous parks.
With PlaceMakers, picturing how you want walls and ceilings to look is easy. From kitchen to bathroom and living, you’ll find everything needed to get you started in the latest PlaceMakers Interior Linings catalogue.
Having a patchy, untidy lawn is a real deterrent to making the most of this season’s golden days. Retrofit with natural look SmartGrass and enjoy a beautiful autumn in your outdoor space.
With efficient, natural warmth that’s easy on the eye and the environment, Herschel sheds some light on the benefits of low-carbon, sustainable far-infrared heating.
There’s nothing like the golden leaves and autumn sunshine to make you fall in love with a home at first sight. Rachael Cone from Total Realty shares her insights on selling a home this season.
Rich, warm and reassuring – the grounding influence and earthy appeal of brown can warm up any room. Resene shows us how to bring this anchoring colour into our homes.
Using a wood burner doesn’t have to mean compromising on air quality. Heatstore tells us how ultra-low emission burners bring the natural warmth of fire without the environmental impact.
Adding gorgeous handcrafted natural textures and tones to your next bathroom project is made easy at The Custom Creative design studio in Nelson, offering many inspiring options.
Dean McGuigan from Golden Homes tells us which areas to focus on when bringing design trends into your home and how to create a visual impact that can be easily updated.
