Concrete Threshold with Strip Drain Building Codes & Rules


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Sealant to Drain Perimeter

Roller Shutter

Strip Drain

to Stormwater

Fall

Concrete Pavement to

Structural Engineer's Details

Class 1 & 10

Class 2 - 9

Tools™ Best Practice

160 - 200Tools™ Best Practice

Industry Recommendation

≥ 150Industry Recommendation

Sliding Dowel chemset

into Building Slab

Extend Drain beyond Door

Tools™ Best Practice

≥ 450Tools™ Best Practice

Industry Recommendation

≥ Pavement ThicknessIndustry Recommendation

Non-slip eg. Broom finished

Confirm to Structural

Engineer's Details

Finished Floor Level

Fall

To capture wind driven rain

Kerb or Step Ramp

AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (b)

≤ 280 AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (b)

AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (c)

≤ 1:8 AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (c)

AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (a)

≤ 35 AS 1428.1:2009, 10.5 (a)

AS 1428.1:2009, 7.2 (a)

r 5 AS 1428.1:2009, 7.2 (a)

AS 1428.1:2009, 7.5

Grating AS 1428.1:2009, 7.5

  • ≤ 13mm Ø perforations, or
  • ≤ 13mm crosswise to travel path, or
  • ≤ 8mm in any direction

Concrete Benchmark

Swing Door

Timber Leaf & Frame Install

Industry Recommendation

≥ 50Industry Recommendation

Tools™ Best Practice

Additional Weather ProtectionTools™ Best Practice

  • Awning or Eaves Overhang
  • Aluminium Rainguard at Door Head

Tools™ Best Practice

≥ 100Tools™ Best Practice

Tools™ Best Practice

120Tools™ Best Practice

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