SR298 Rigid sheathing and pressure equalisation in New Zealand (2013)
- Abbreviation
- SR298
- Valid from
- 1/01/2013
- Information provider
- BRANZ Limited,
- Author
- G. E. Overton
- Information type
- Study report,
- Format
- PDF,
Description
The New Zealand standard for timber-framed construction, NZS 3604, was updated in 2010 and now includes an extra-high wind zone (Standards New Zealand, 2010). To accommodate this, the Ministry of Business and Innovation's compliance document for weathertightness, E2/AS1, states a rigid underlay (or rigid sheathing) must be used in the new wind zone (Department of Building and Housing, 2011).