Design Principles Pod

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How Much Wood Would Chuck, Chuck?: NZ's Treated Timber Trouble

How Much Wood Would Chuck, Chuck?: NZ's Treated Timber Trouble27 Jul43 min

Send us Fan Mail A pile of treated timber offcuts looks harmless until you ask the awkward question: where does it actually go, and what does it do once it gets there? We get interviewed by Toby, a University of Otago Master’s student researching timber circularity, and we go straight at the uncomfortable parts of New Zealand construction. We talk about how NZS 3604 and stick framing shape almost everything we build, and how a quiet “fear of liability” can lead to over-spec framing, more ther...