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A guide to internal wet areas waterproofing.
A guide to waterproofing of balconies and decks.
A guide to waterproofing of planter boxes.
Specifies requirements for the design, construction, and installation of garage doors and other large access doors in external walls of buildings.
The 2018 edition of AS 3959 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate places.
Specifies product requirements for wet process fibreboard, including hardboard, medium board and softboard.
The objective of this Standard is to provide a method for determining the fire resistance for structural adequacy and insulation of sawn timber, timber in pole form, plywood, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), and glued-laminated structural timber elements as an alternative to the test method specified in AS 1530.4.
Sets out requirements for the design of nailplated timber roof trusses for residential and similar building applications in accordance with AS1720.1, AS4055 and the AS(/NZS)1170 series.
Part of the AS 1684 series, sets out the design methods, assumptions and other criteria, including uplift forces and racking pressures, suitable for the design of timber-framed buildings constructed within the limitations and parameters of, and using the building practice described in, AS 1684.2, AS 1684.3 and AS 1684.4.