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Clearance under particleboard floor - Build 174(2019)

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Abbreviation
Clearance under particleboard floor
Valid from
1/10/2019
Information provider
BRANZ Limited,
Information type
BUILD article,
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Website, PDF,
Description

Calls to the BRANZ helplines have revealed confusion created by differing advice in NZS 3604:2011 on the ground clearance needed for particleboard flooring. What is the ground clearance needed?

When the flooring of a suspended timber-framed floor is particleboard, NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings specifies a minimum clearance of 550 mm between the underside of the particleboard and the ground (paragraph 2.3.7).

However, paragraph 6.4.1.1 in NZS 3604:2011 allows a minimum pile height above finished ground level of 150 mm. So, in what situations may minimum pile heights apply?

Scope

This article includes:

  • Particleboard needs larger clearance
    • Timber strip and H3 CCA-treated plywood flooring
    • Particleboard flooring
  • Add more protection, use polythene sheet

 

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Description

Calls to the BRANZ helplines have revealed confusion created by differing advice in NZS 3604:2011 on the ground clearance needed for particleboard flooring. What is the ground clearance needed?

When the flooring of a suspended timber-framed floor is particleboard, NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings specifies a minimum clearance of 550 mm between the underside of the particleboard and the ground (paragraph 2.3.7).

However, paragraph 6.4.1.1 in NZS 3604:2011 allows a minimum pile height above finished ground level of 150 mm. So, in what situations may minimum pile heights apply?

View on Information Provider website Download this resource (PDF, 1.1MB)
Clearance under particleboard floor - Build 174(2019)
Description

Calls to the BRANZ helplines have revealed confusion created by differing advice in NZS 3604:2011 on the ground clearance needed for particleboard flooring. What is the ground clearance needed?

When the flooring of a suspended timber-framed floor is particleboard, NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings specifies a minimum clearance of 550 mm between the underside of the particleboard and the ground (paragraph 2.3.7).

However, paragraph 6.4.1.1 in NZS 3604:2011 allows a minimum pile height above finished ground level of 150 mm. So, in what situations may minimum pile heights apply?

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Clearance under particleboard floor - Build 174(2019)

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