- Author
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Collier, P.
- Title
- Design of Light Timber Framed Walls and Floors for Fire Resistance. T echnical Recommendation.
- Coporate
- Building Research Association of New Zealand, Judgeford
- Report
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BRANZ Technical Recomm. 9
August 1991
19 p.
- Keywords
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timber
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walls
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floors
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fire resistance testing
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construction
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building codes
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specifications
- Abstract
- Walls and floors are required in some buildings to comply with New Zealand building code requirements for fire resistance. Sometimes these can be of light timber framed construction. Fire resistance of an element of construction is usually established by testing on a full sized prototype of the element. However, due to limitations on size and loading capacity of the testing equipment, and the cost of testing all possible combinations, it is often impractical to test the desired construction. The methods of extrapolation described here relate to light timber framed wall and floor constructions respectively which are similar to a tested wll or floor prototype. It is recommended that elements of construction designed in accordance with the extrapolation methods specified in this document be accepted as a means of compliance with New Zealand building code requirements.