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AS/NZS 2918:2026
[Current]Domestic solid fuel burning appliances - Installation
AS/NZS 2918:2026 specifies requirements for the correct and safe installation of domestic solid fuel burning appliances (and their associated floor protectors and flue systems) that can be fully assembled prior to being transported to the installation site
Published: 06/03/2026
Pages: 88
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
2 Materials
2.1 Material service temperature
2.2 Floor protector materials
2.3 Flue system
2.4 Flue-pipe casings
3 Appliance installation
3.1 General
3.2 Clearances and heat shielding
3.2.1 Access clearances
3.2.2 Safety clearance
3.2.3 Shielding for appliances
3.2.4 Heat tolerant and non-continuous materials
3.3 Floor protector
3.3.1 General requirements
3.3.2 Performance and construction requirements for a floor protector where a sample installation has been tested
3.3.3 Construction requirements for a floor protector where a sample appliance installation (or prototype appliance installation) has not been tested
3.3.4 Decorative finishing
3.3.5 Design load capacity
3.4 Requirements for fireplace insert and built-in appliances
3.4.1 Fireplace insert appliances
3.4.1.1 Fireplace inserts in fireplaces
3.4.1.2 Fireplace inserts in masonry enclosures
3.4.1.3 Safety clearances for fireplace inserts
3.4.1.4 Heat shield
3.4.1.5 Mantelshelf heat shield
3.4.2 Built-in appliance installations
3.4.2.1 General
3.4.2.2 Ventilation requirement for chimney chase/facade or false chimney
3.4.2.3 Flue systems for built-in appliance installation
3.4.2.4 Built-in appliance mantelshelves
3.4.3 Freestanding installations installed in fireplaces or masonry enclosures
3.5 Stability
3.6 Water connections
3.7 Electrical connections
3.8 Seismic restraint
3.9 Requirements for pellet stoves
4 Flue system installation
4.1 General requirements
4.2 Flue pipes
4.3 Flue-pipe casings
4.4 Wall penetration
4.5 Flues within rooms and similar areas
4.5.1 Safety clearance
4.5.1.1 Sample flue system that has been tested
4.5.1.2 Sample flue system that has not been tested
4.5.2 Shielding for flues
4.5.2.1 General
4.5.2.2 Wall mounted heat shielding
4.5.2.3 Flue mounted heat shielding
4.5.3 Guarding
4.6 Flues penetrating ceilings, floors and walls
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Tested penetrations
4.6.3 Untested penetrations
4.6.4 Shielding plate clearance
4.7 Flues within attic spaces
4.8 Roof penetration
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Flashing
4.9 External requirements
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Additional requirements for flue systems adjacent to external walls
4.9.2.1 General
4.9.2.2 Safety clearance where a sample flue system (or prototype flue system) has been tested
4.9.2.3 Safety clearance where a sample flue system has not been tested
4.10 Fixing
4.11 Flue pipes in chimneys
4.12 Flue dampers
4.13 Flue cowls
5 Modifications and variations
5.1 Appliance modifications
5.2 Appliance variation
6 Additional requirements
6.1 Ventilation
6.2 Water heating equipment
6.3 Emission and efficiency limits
6.4 Testing laboratory
Appendix A
A.1 Scope
A.2 Principle
A.3 Apparatus
A.4 Preparation
A.5 Procedure
A.6 Report
Appendix B
B.1 Scope
B.2 Principle
B.3 Test room
B.4 Appliance specification
B.5 Apparatus
B.6 Test enclosure
B.7 Test fuel
B.8 Preparation
B.9 Procedure
B.9.1 High fire procedure
B.9.2 Flash fire procedure
B.10 Maximum allowable temperature rises
B.11 Report
Appendix C
C.1 Scope
C.2 Principle
C.3 Apparatus
C.4 Preparation
C.5 Procedure
C.6 Pass criteria
C.7 Report
Appendix D
D.1 Scope
D.2 Principle
D.3 Test room
D.4 Floor protector
D.5 Apparatus
D.6 Test floor
D.7 Procedure
D.7.1 Test 1
D.7.2 Test 2
D.8 Pass criteria
D.9 Report
Appendix E
E.1 Scope
E.2 Principle
E.3 Test room
E.4 Appliance specification
E.5 Apparatus
E.6 Test structure
E.7 Test fuel
E.8 Temperature measurements
E.9 Maximum temperature
E.10 Allowable temperature
E.11 Preparation
E.12 Appliance installation
E.13 Test procedure
E.13.1 High fire procedure
E.13.2 Flash fire procedure
E.14 Report
Appendix F
F.1 Scope
F.2 Principle
F.3 Test room
F.4 Flue system specification
F.5 Apparatus
F.6 Test structure
F.7 Preparation
F.8 Procedure
F.8.1 Hot flue test
F.8.2 Flue fire test
F.8.3 Structural integrity test
F.9 Maximum allowable temperature rises
F.10 Report
Appendix G
G.1 General
G.2 Installation instructions
G.3 Operating and maintenance instructions
G.3.1 General
G.3.2 Operating and maintenance instructions
G.3 Additional operating instructions for appliances utilizing catalytic combustors
G.4 Replacement of combustor kit
Appendix H
H.1 General
H.2 Common causes of downdraught and smoke spillage
H.3 Reducing downdraught and smoke spillage
Appendix I
I.1 Scope
I.2 Principle
I.3 Methods
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
[Current]
Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 3: Simultaneous determination of ignitability, flame propagation, heat release and smoke release
[Current]
Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)
[Current]
Approval and test specification - General requirements for electrical equipment
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