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Specifies requirements for the installation of domestic solid fuel burning appliances that can be fully assembled prior to being transported to the installation site; does not cover the installation of appliances that have to be assembled in situ, or appliances with electrically driven fuel stoker systems.
Sets out test procedures and criteria for the determination of fire-resistance of elements of building construction.
Provides design values of snow and ice actions for use in structural design; it is intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 1170.0, which gives the procedure for structural design; snow regions are defined and ground snow loads are provided for a range of annual probabilities of exceedance; other factors cover the environment around the structure, the geometry of the structure and the effect of winds on snow distribution.
Sets out requirements for the installation of pliable building membranes (also known as ‘sarking’ or ‘underlay’), when used either independently or as a facing to other materials, such as insulation materials, for water control, thermal control, vapour control or air control, or a combination of these control functions.
Sets out requirements for materials, construction, installation and glazing for external windows, sliding and swinging glazed doors, including French and bi-fold doors, adjustable louvres, shopfronts and window walls with one-piece framing elements.
Home Building Regulation 2014. (NSW legislation.)
Sets out minimum requirements for the design, detailing and construction of simply supported composite beams composed of a steel beam interconnected to a concrete slab by shear connectors, including applications in which the slab incorporates profiled steel sheeting.
Sets out minimum requirements for the design and construction of structures incorporating Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Reinforced AAC) members.
The 2015 edition of AS 5146.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate places.