This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (December 2010). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure, or part thereof affected.

The objective of this Standard is to set out the minimum performance requirements for the installation of particleboard flooring, which are acceptable to building authorities in Australia.

The objective of this revision is to provide a series of Standard series that deals with particleboard flooring, as follows:

AS/NZS 1860 Particleboard flooring AS/NZS
1860.1 Part 1: Specifications AS
1860.2 Part 2: Installation (this Standard)

An informative Appendix D has been incorporated to provide guidelines for flooring installation in wet areas.

During the course of preparation of this Standard, consideration was given to research and testing information from resources in Australia, New Zealand and overseas.

This Standard will be referenced in the Building Code of Australia 2007, thereby superseding the previous edition, AS 1860—1998, which will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of publication of this edition.

The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.

Reconfirmed: 2016-06-17

Originated as AS 1860-1974. Previous edition AS 1860-1991. Fourth edition 1998. Revised and redesignated as AS 1860.2-2006.Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (December 2010).