13 Manning Road, Double Bay

Laundry compliance

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In multi-residential (Class 2) buildings the National Construction Code, Volume One (BCA for Class 2 to Class 9 buildings) requires that all laundry facilities must have a floor waste to deal with flooding (clauses F1.7 and F1.11).

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In some units the laundry has been relocated into the kitchen which does not meet Class 2 requirements and has been detrimental. For example, the relocation of the laundry in Lot 3 occurred in 2002 and has since flooded the Lot below on 3 separate occasions.

 

As with a bathroom, a laundry floor also needs to be waterproofed and graded to permit drainage and the BCA refers to compliance with AS3740.