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      External Areas - General Principles

      Failure of waterproofing to external works such as decks, balconies, terraces and the various forms and locations of plant rooms is a significant defect that causes considerable (and commonly unrecoverable) costs due to the large numbers of these ar...

      1. Fundamental Waterproofing Principles of All Areas

      1.1 Waterproofing is required under Part F1 of the BCA/NCC and AS 4654.1 and AS 4654.2 (installation). It is an essential and genuine expectation of anybody involved in a building - the building owner, body corporate, consultant, BSA/regulatory au...

      2. Product Selection for Different Applications

      2.1 Waterproofing selection will be from the below suppliers unless authorised by the team leader • Chemind – 07 32555755 www.chemind.com.au • Sika – 07 36339222 https://aus.sika.com/ • Bayset 07 32195899 www.bayset.com.au • Parch...

      3. Design Approach for Different External Areas

      To understand specifically what areas we are referring to: 3.1 Balconies 3.1.1 A balcony is an external area (outside the façade of the building) accessible from the building and serves as an external usable/trafficable space (affected by we...

      4. Other Aspects for Consideration

      4.1 GENERAL 4.1.1 Flood test all membranes – bund the drainage outlets/spitters and fill the external area with water – observe leaks/loss of water or membrane bubbling. 4.1.2 Testing of waterproofing membranes prior to finishes such as be...

      References

      Books Australian Standard 4564.1 and 2 Building Code of Australia. Australian Standard AS1170.2 Australian Standard AS2047. Australian Standard AS3958.1