Installing insulation in residential buildings – Standard amended
Energy efficiency – Installing insulation in residential buildings NZS 4246:2006 provides a step-by-step guide to ensure insulation is installed effectively and achieves its designed thermal performance in situ. NZS 4246:2006 has recently been amended to make it more up to date.
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AS/NZS 1254:2010 PVC-U pipes and fittings for stormwater and surface water applications
Outlines minimum requirements for the manufacture and performance of PVC-U pipes and fittings for stormwater applications for use by manufacturers, specifiers, and purchasers of such products.
Supersedes AS/NZS 1254:2002
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NZS 4246:2006 Energy efficiency – Installing insulation in residential buildings
NZS 4246 has been amended to clarify the existing requirements and incorporate information on new products, in particular semi-rigid underfloor insulation. Wording has also been amended throughout the Standard, together with updated comments, notes, figures, and tables and to align with other Standards and the New Zealand Building Code. Extra information, new definitions, and special considerations have also been included. The Standard no longer includes guidance on installing reflective pliable membranes.
Reprinted to incorporate Amendment 1:2010. Amendment is not available separately.
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NEW AMENDMENT
Free to download from our website: www.standards.co.nz
Or hard copy available at $29.95+GST (Members), $37.44+GST (Retail)
Amendment 2 to AS/NZS 3500.3:2003 Plumbing and drainage – Stormwater drainage
Amendment 2 applies to Clause 5.4.9(c), Equation 5.4.9 and Figure 7.3.
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DRAFT STANDARD FOR COMMENT
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DR AS/NZS 7671 CP Plastics piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) inside buildings – Polypropylene (ISO 7671:2003, MOD)
To specify the requirements for solid-wall polypropylene (PP) pipes and fittings for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) inside buildings, as well as the system itself. It does not include buried pipework. Minor variations to the ISO Standard have been included in this document, which relate to normative references (some EN test methods have been replaced by current ISO or AS/NZS Standards) and marking requirements and do not change its technical content. These modifications and variations are listed in Appendix ZZ.
Public comment on this draft closes on 18 May 2010.
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STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT
Amendment 2 to NZS 4229:1999 Concrete masonry buildings not requiring specific engineering design
Committee: P4229
Project Manager: Jono East
Estimated Publication Date: To be confirmed
Comments: Standards New Zealand is reviving an amendment project which originally commenced in 2006. The project was put on hold until a full revision of NZS 3604 commenced as any changes to the seismic zones in NZS 4229 needed to be considered in conjunction with NZS 3604.
WS-013 Review of domestic wastewater systems
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