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AS/NZS 1604.1:2021
[Current]Preservative-treated wood-based products, Part 1: Products and treatment
Sets out requirements for preservative-treated wood-based products that require protection against decay, insect or marine borer attack. Keywords: Wood-based products; Wood-based product treatment; Wood-based product protection
Published: 16/04/2021
Pages: 66
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Terms and definitions
1.5 Product performance requirements
1.5.1 General
1.5.2 Hazard class applications
1.5.3 Traceability and marking
1.5.3.1 General
1.5.3.2 Marking for all hazard classes
1.5.3.3 Additional marking requirements
1.5.3.3.1 Hazard class H1
1.5.3.3.2 Hazard class H2
1.5.3.3.3 Hazard class H3
1.5.3.3.4 Hazard class H6
1.5.3.3.5 Penetration pattern codes — Plywood and LVL
1.5.3.3.6 Penetration pattern codes — Reconstituted wood-based products
1.5.3.3.7 Warning label — Envelope treatment
1.5.3.4 Colouring
1.5.3.5 Exemptions from marking
1.5.3.6 Certificate of treatment
1.6 Other product requirements
1.6.1 Wood-based products
1.6.2 Preservative treatment formulations
1.6.2.1 General
1.6.2.2 Formulations
1.7 Product treatment specifications
1.8 Verification
1.8.1 General
1.8.2 Sampling
1.8.2.1 Preservative liquid
1.8.2.2 Wood-based products
1.8.3 Testing and evaluation
1.8.3.1 General
1.8.3.2 Penetration
1.8.3.3 Retention
1.8.3.4 Preservative balance in treated wood-based products
2 Treatment specifications for hazard class H1
2.1 Scope of section
2.2 Hazard class H1
2.2.1 Penetration zone
2.2.1.1 Non-envelope-treated sawn, round and glued laminated timber
2.2.1.2 Envelope-treated sawn seasoned hardwood timber
2.2.1.3 Plywood
2.2.1.4 LVL
2.2.2 Retention requirement
2.3 Hazard class H1.2 (for use in New Zealand only)
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Penetration requirement
2.3.3 Retention requirement
3 Treatment specifications for hazard class H2
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 Penetration zone
3.2.1 General use, hardwood and softwood sawn timber and round wood
3.2.2 Envelope-treated, seasoned framing to be used south of the Tropic of Capricorn (H2 F)
3.2.3 Plywood
3.2.4 Outer veneer treated plywood to be used south of the Tropic of Capricorn
3.2.5 LVL — General
3.2.6 Outer surfaces treated laminated veneer lumber (LVL) to be used south of the Tropic of Capricorn
3.2.7 Glued laminated timber
3.3 Retention requirement
4 Treatment specifications for hazard class H3
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 Penetration zone
4.2.1 Sawn timber and round wood
4.2.1.1 Non-structural members — Hazard class H3 Fencing
4.2.1.2 Structural members — Hazard class H3
4.2.2 Plywood — Hazard class H3
4.2.3 LVL — Hazard class H3
4.2.4 Glued laminated timber
4.2.4.1 Non-structural members — Hazard class H3 A
4.2.4.2 Structural members — Hazard class H3
4.3 Retention requirement
5 Treatment specifications for hazard class H4
5.1 Scope of section
5.2 Penetration zone
5.2.1 Sawn timber and round wood
5.2.2 Plywood
5.2.3 LVL
5.2.4 Glued laminated timber
5.3 Retention requirement
6 Treatment specifications for hazard class H5
6.1 Scope of section
6.2 Penetration zone
6.2.1 Sawn timber and round wood
6.2.2 Plywood
6.2.3 LVL
6.3 Retention requirement
7 Treatment specifications for hazard class H6
7.1 Scope of section
7.2 Penetration zone
7.2.1 Sawn and round timber
7.2.2 Plywood
7.3 Retention requirement
8 Treatment specifications for reconstituted wood-based products — Hazard classes H1, H2, and H3
8.1 Scope of section
8.2 Penetration zone
8.3 Retention requirement
Appendix A
A.1 General
A.2 Deterioration agents
A.2.1 Borers
A.2.2 Termites
A.2.3 Fungi
A.2.4 Marine organisms
A.2.5 Other agents
Appendix B
B.1 Scope
B.2 Durability — Natural and preservative-treated
B.2.1 Heartwood
B.2.2 Sapwood
B.2.3 Heartwood and sapwood combinations
B.3 Natural durability ratings
B.4 Wood-based products
B.4.1 General
B.4.2 Reconstituted wood-based products
B.4.3 Plywood
B.4.4 Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
B.4.5 Glued laminated timber products (glulam)
Appendix C
C.1 Scope
C.2 Detection of starch
C.2.1 Preparation of specimens
C.2.2 Reagent (iodine in potassium iodide)
C.2.3 Procedure
Appendix D
D.1 Scope
D.2 Categories
D.3 Oil-borne preservatives
D.4 Waterborne preservatives
D.5 Light organic solvent-borne preservatives
D.6 Miscellaneous preservatives
D.6.1 Zinc borate
D.6.2 Triadimefon and cyproconazole
D.7 Other constituents
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
H.1 Scope
H.2 General
H.3 Procedure
H.4 Efficacy data
Appendix I
I.1 General
I.2 Examples of penetration of copper-based preservatives
I.3 Examples of penetration of zinc preservative tracers
I.4 Further examples
Appendix J
J.1
Bibliography
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Preservative-treated wood-based products, Part 2: Verification requirements
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