Building & Project Guides

WESTERN ITM HAS A RANGE OF BUILDING GUIDES TO HELP WITH 3 OF THE MOST POPULAR HOME IMPROVEMENT AND DIY PROJECTS: DECKING, FENCING, AND RETAINING WALLS.

You can download a copy by clicking on your preferred guide or you can pick up a hard copy from your local Western ITM store. We know the right products for the job and how to use these products - so if it's real advice you need from people you can trust - talk to Western ITM.

Sustainable building, green building or eco-building is simply using resources (materials, energy, water, and air) in smarter, more efficient ways so we can build homes that are affordable, warmer, healthier, cheaper to run, and better for the environment and future generations.

Below you will find a number of useful resources on sustainable building to assist both building professionals and homeowners. We highly recommend you obtain a copy of our building guides on Sustainable Building and How to Minimise Construction Waste available from your local ITM store.

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING

Produced in association with BRANZ to provide builders and homeowners with practical, common-sense information on energy and water efficiency, air quality and selecting more sustainable building materials. Hard copies are available from your local ITM store.

HOW TO MINIMISE CONSTRUCTION WASTE GUIDE

Produced in association with BRANZ, Recyclers of NZ and the Waste Management Institute of NZ. This guide provides builders with simple, cost-effective and practical ways to minimise construction waste. Hard copies are available from your local ITM store.

MAINTAINING MY HOME

BRANZ has produced a Maintaining my Home website that provides homeowners with free practical advice on how to maintain different parts of your home and on related issues such as Building Controls, Health & Safety, Earthquakes, Weather tightness, and Painting.

visit www.maintainingmyhome.org.nz to view the most common issues of a home and how to maintain them.