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This determination considers the authority’s refusal to issue a certificate of acceptance for plumbing and drainage work that was carried out without building consent.  The plumbing and drainage work was installed to convert the shipping container for use as a mortuary and connects to an existing foul water drainage system that services a dwelling on the property, which in turn connects to a septic tank and evapotranspiration bed. 

This determination considers the compliance of a tiled floor of an upper-level bathroom with Building Code clause E3 Internal moisture.

The determination discusses the tiled floor system, the shower enclosure and the compliance of the tiled floor with Building Code clause B2 Durability, in so far as it relates to clause E3. 

This determination discusses the Building Code obligations in Clauses B1.3.6(b) and E1.3.1 for the proposed building work in respect of the likelihood of damage to an adjacent property. The concerns raised were the effect of any additional load in relation to an underground water system, spring, or puna and an adjacent Māori reservation.