Building report found rot? We're who you call.

The job

A building report on this Papamoa home flagged rot in the exterior. That is the moment a lot of owners feel stuck: the report tells you there is a problem, but not how deep it goes or what it takes to fix. The owner brought us in to find the full extent and put it right, funding the work themselves rather than through a claim.

Once we opened up the cladding, the picture was clear. Water had tracked in and rotted a boundary joist, with damage carrying through to the conservatory and the upper-storey cladding around the joinery. Surface patching would have hidden it, not solved it.

How we delivered it

We scaffolded the elevation and stripped the affected cladding back until we reached sound, dry timber. The rotten boundary joist was cut out and replaced, structural framing made good, and the conservatory reclad. Around the windows, we remediated the cladding and repaired the joinery details where water had been getting in.

New building underlay, flashings and trims went back in as we closed everything up, so the wall is genuinely weathertight rather than just looking tidy. The owner got straight answers, photos as we went, and a home that is sorted from the framing out.

Tracing the rot back: damaged cladding and framing cut out around the upper-storey joinery until only sound timber was left.

Underside opened up with insulation pulled back, exposing the framing so nothing damaged was left buried.