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Windows and Glazing Standards

These are the Windows and Glazing Standards

The Windows and Glazing set determines the use and installation of glazing throughout Australia and also clarify all the relevant technical details required for Glaziers to comply with these guidelines.

Available in the Windows and glazing set.

Name Publisher
AS 4055:2021 Wind loads for housing
Current
Standards Australia
Specifies site wind speed classes for determining design wind speeds and wind loads for NCC Class 1 and 10 buildings within the geometric limits given in Clause 1.2; the classes are for use in the design of housing and for design, manufacturing and specifying of building products and systems used for housing.
AS 4055:2021 Amd 1:2024 Wind loads for housing
Current
Standards Australia
AS 4055:2021 is amended as follows. The amendments should be inserted in the locations as instructed.
AS 3959:2018 Amd 2:2020 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
Current
Standards Australia
The 2018 edition of AS 3959 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate places.
AS 1288:2021 Glass in buildings - Selection and installation
Current
Standards Australia
Sets out procedures for the selection and installation of glass in buildings, subject to wind loading, human impact, and special applications. Glass strength is specified, based on the tensile stresses on the surface of the glass.
AS 1428.1:2021 Design for access and mobility, Part 1: General requirements for access - New building work
Current
Standards Australia
Specifies the design requirements for new building work, as required by the National Construction Code (NCC) and the Disability (Access to Premises—Buildings) Standards (Premises Standards), to provide access for people with disabilities.
AS 2047-2014 Windows and external glazed doors in buildings
Current
Standards Australia
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.
AS 3959:2018 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
Current
Standards Australia
Specifies requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack from burning embers, radiant heat, flame contact and combinations of the three attack forms.
AS 4666:2012 Insulating glass units
Current
Standards Australia
Sets out requirements and guidelines for the long term type testing, glazing, periodic manufacturing testing and other associated aspects to do with insulating glass units.
AS/NZS 4667:2000 Quality requirements for cut-to-size and processed glass
Current
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Sets out the quality requirements for cut sizes of flat, transparent, clear ordinary annealed, tinted heat-absorbing, patterned and wired glass for general glazing and/or further processing.
AS 1288 SUPP 1-2006 Glass in buildings - Selection and installation (Supplement to AS 1288-2006)
Current
Standards Australia
Provides users of AS 1288-2006 with tables for minimum glass thicknesses calculated for stress and deflection limit state wind pressures.