Infonews
Ruth and her husband are two of hundreds, possibly tens of thousands of property owners in Christchurch and Canterbury who have non-compliant steel mesh in their new houses and properties.
They had to wait five years, living in a cold, damp, mouldy central city flat while their home which was destroyed by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, was rebuilt.
Sometime in the lead up to moving back in, the couple rescued a steel mesh offcut from the builder’s bin to use in the garden. That offcut came complete with its supplier and certification tags which confirms they have allegedly non-compliant steel mesh underpinning their home and in their driveway.