Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Apr 24, 2017 10:59 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Australian Standards 3Apr 24, 2017 7:50 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Australian Standards 7Aug 02, 2017 12:32 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Australian Standards 8Aug 02, 2017 12:43 am SaveH2O A Performance Solution can also be chosen instead of a DTS provided the Performance Solution has been certified to meet the Performance Guidelines of the NCC. I do understand that, but how is your average joe owner builder supposed to provide a certified performance solution for every aspect of the build? It doesn't seem very practical. For example I want to design and frame the house myself using AS1684 and the various supplements required to determine the framing member type and size. I just think it's total BS and typical of this country that we monopolised the sole rights to the standards (thanks Howard) to a private corporation and now that corporation have reneged on even providing free access via libraries. Re: Australian Standards 9Aug 02, 2017 3:27 pm chode1984 I do understand that, but how is your average joe owner builder supposed to provide a certified performance solution for every aspect of the build? It doesn't seem very practical. I wasn't suggesting that they have to, I was trying to say that before anyone starts researching Australian Standards in the belief that they are the yardstick for compliance, they need to make sure that they apply to their build's situation because there could be hierarchy, certified Performance Solutions or State variations that are recognised as having met the Performance Requirement of the NCC. It must be understood that the NCC states the performance requirements and the Australian Standards are referenced within the NCC as one way of meeting those requirements. As long as a NCC Performance Requirement has been accepted as having been met, the solution does not have to meet the Australian Standards. Sorry that I didn't make it clearer. I see a lot of references and 'advice' given about Australian Standards in the threads when the Standards haven't necessarily applied which is why I started this thread. Standards Australia is a non profit private organisation that produce and own the Australian Standards and SAI Global handles the sales of the Standard's booklets. A big problem is the cost of the Standards, the booklets are expensive and consequently many building practitioners who should have them don't buy them. The price doesn't come down because of the low sales and sales don't increase because of the high prices and so a positive feedback loop is reinforced. The huge problem is then having building practitioners without access to the current Standards and the public financially discouraged from checking applicable Standards. Until recently, people also had to pay for the then expensive NCC which was also updated annually but finally (I believe) because of the poor sales (I think of around 14,000 copies per annum) and the realisation that there were a lot of uninformed building practicioners working in the industry. the NCC was made available online free of charge to everyone. This was made possible due to increased funding by the Commonwealth and State governments to the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and making the updates biannual. The ABCB manages the NCC. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7004 I believe this is correct. From the picture you can see the power was put in last so the electrician knew where the water was. Really it's a common sense issue more… 4 5152 2 8644 |