Specifies requirements for appliance and flue installation for solid fuel burning appliances in dwellings. Sets out alternative means of compliance via performance testing of a prototype installation or the use of prescriptive criteria (dimension, materials, etc) based on a worst case situation.

First published in Australia as AS 2918-1987. Second edition 1990. First published in New Zealand AS NZS 7421:1972. Second edition 1985. Third edition 1990. AS 2918-1990 and NZS 7421:1990 jointly revised, amalgamated and designated AS/NZS 2918:2001.