Wihelmus Hooft van Huijsduijnen v Woodley [2012] NZWHT Auckland 11 [pdf, 451 KB]
...rebate in figure 1 was different in kind to the capillary gap cut by the builder some experts said that the sheets were hard against the concrete even though there was a rebate. Dr Butt accepted that there was a capillary gap which would do the job. Mr Thurlow agreed that it formed a capillary gap but perhaps on ten occasions the cladding was still against the concrete slab. An overhang would be more reliable but it would still be variable depending on how it was fixed to the founda...