High front guttering advisory committee report - NSW Fair Trading ...
High front guttering advisory committee report - NSW Fair Trading ... High front guttering advisory committee report - NSW Fair Trading ...
These reforms will not affect the regulation of roof plumbing in practice, which will continue to be regulated as building work under the Home Building Act. The reforms, as already noted will also clarify and harmonise the various definitions of plumbing and drainage work in legislation generally. 45
Appendix D – Chronology of changes to the BCA provided to the Committee by the Australian Building Codes Board BCA Date of adoption in NSW Performance Requirement BCA 96 1 Jul 1997 3500.3: 1990 BCA 96 Amdt 2 27 Feb 1998 ACM (Standard) Acceptable Construction Practice (ACP) 46 Explanatory information Comments - - Changed - See Note below: The ACP changed in BCA 96 Amdt 2. Reference to overflow boxes was removed and “or the like” was inserted. Original (BCA 96 Amdt 0): Where high fronted gutters are installed, provision must be made to avoid any overflow from overflowing back into the roof or building structure (i.e. install slotted gutters, overflow boxes with a mid-section size of 150x150 mm at not more that 2 m centres). BCA Amdt 2: Where high fronted gutters are installed, provision must be made to avoid any overflow from flowing back into the roof or building structure by installing slotted gutters or the like. BCA 96 Amdt 3 BCA 96 Amdt 4 1 July 1998 1 Feb 1999 - Changed to 3500.3.2: 1998 - 3500.3.2: 1998 New Amdt 1: 1998 Changed - ACM changed to AS 3500.3.2 and ACP Table 3.5.2.2b ‘Gutter sizes for various rainfall intensities’ altered – Type F gutters (required in large roof catchment areas with high rainfall density) were previously to be designed in accordance with AS 2180, now to use AS 3500.3.2 Changed Changed Include Amdt 1 to 3500.3.2; ACP explanatory info changed (See below); ACP Table 3.5.2.1 changed to correct Broken Hill rainfall intensity.
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Appendix D – Chronology of changes to the BCA provided to the Committee by the Australian Building Codes<br />
Board<br />
BCA Date of<br />
adoption<br />
in <strong>NSW</strong><br />
Performance<br />
Requirement<br />
BCA 96 1 Jul 1997 3500.3: 1990<br />
BCA 96<br />
Amdt 2<br />
27 Feb<br />
1998<br />
ACM (Standard) Acceptable<br />
Construction<br />
Practice<br />
(ACP)<br />
46<br />
Explanatory<br />
information<br />
Comments<br />
- - Changed - See Note below: The ACP changed in BCA 96<br />
Amdt 2. Reference to overflow boxes was<br />
removed and “or the like” was inserted.<br />
Original (BCA 96 Amdt 0): Where high <strong>front</strong>ed gutters are installed, provision must be made to avoid any overflow from overflowing back into the roof or<br />
building structure (i.e. install slotted gutters, overflow boxes with a mid-section size of 150x150 mm at not more that 2 m centres).<br />
BCA Amdt 2: Where high <strong>front</strong>ed gutters are installed, provision must be made to avoid any overflow from flowing back into the roof or building structure by<br />
installing slotted gutters or the like.<br />
BCA 96<br />
Amdt 3<br />
BCA 96<br />
Amdt 4<br />
1 July<br />
1998<br />
1 Feb<br />
1999<br />
- Changed to<br />
3500.3.2: 1998<br />
- 3500.3.2: 1998<br />
New Amdt 1: 1998<br />
Changed - ACM changed to AS 3500.3.2 and ACP Table<br />
3.5.2.2b ‘Gutter sizes for various rainfall<br />
intensities’ altered – Type F gutters (required in<br />
large roof catchment areas with high rainfall<br />
density) were previously to be designed in<br />
accordance with AS 2180, now to use AS 3500.3.2<br />
Changed Changed Include Amdt 1 to 3500.3.2; ACP explanatory info<br />
changed (See below); ACP Table 3.5.2.1 changed<br />
to correct Broken Hill rainfall intensity.
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