Ensuring compliance for under slab insulation: A specifier’s guide
Wall and ceiling linings in the updated National Construction Code (NCC) of 2016, some insulation products that were previously compliant, became non-compliant. Therefore it is imperative that specifiers check the compliance certifications of any product before specification. Download this whitepaper for a detailed look at the changes to testing requirements and the issues specifiers should be aware of when specifying under slab soffit insulation products.
Compliance breaches are not always driven by wilful negligence. All it takes is a mistake of fact or ignorance towards relevant standards to mistakenly specify and install non-compliant products in construction. Following changes to AS5637.1:2015 - Determination of fire hazard properties: Wall and ceiling linings in the updated National Construction Code (NCC) of 2016, some insulation products that were previously compliant, became non-compliant. Therefore it is imperative that specifiers check the compliance certifications of any product before specification.
Download this whitepaper for a detailed look at the changes to testing requirements and the issues specifiers should be aware of when specifying under slab soffit insulation products.