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E3/AS1 and wet area flooring

By Bruce Sedcole 1 October 2021, Build 186

From 4 November 2021, there will no longer be an Acceptable Solution in Building Code clause E3 Internal moisture for using timber or timber based products as linings and finishes to floors in wet areas. However, an Alternative Solution designed and specified to best practice is easy to do.

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Inter-tenancy floors in MDH

By Guy Marriage 1 December 2022, Build 193

Part 2 of this Build series on designing and building medium-density housing covers inter-tenancy floors. The most important consideration here is to eliminate penetrations into the inter-tenancy floor zone.

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Floor slabs with polystyrene pods

By Ian Cox-Smith 1 April 2011, Build 123

The BRANZ House insulation guide details the expected thermal performance for common construction options. It didn’t include the thermal performance of floor slab systems with polystyrene pods, but recent modelling means this data is now available.

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Suspended floors

By Tom Edhouse 1 December 2015, Build 151

The BRANZ Technical Helpline often receives queries for designing and building suspended timber floors and dealing with uplift. Nine of the most common questions are answered here.

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