sch.2-sec-oc.4Building alterations (new external windows, glazed areas and doors)—residential premises

sch.2-sec-oc.4 Building alterations (new external windows, glazed areas and doors)—residential premises

Building alterations (new external windows, glazed areas and doors)—residential premises

(1) Must comply with the following—

(a) AS 1288—2006, Glass in buildings—Selection and installation,

(b) AS/NZS 2208—1996, Safety glazing materials in buildings.

(2) Structural support members must not be removed.

(3) Must not reduce the area provided for light and ventilation.

(4) Must not compromise swimming pool barrier.

(5) Privacy and security—if a proposed window is in a habitable room and will allow an outlook to a window of a habitable room in a neighbouring dwelling house and the distance between the two windows is less than 9m, the proposed window—

(a) must be offset from its edge to the edge of the other window by a distance of 1m, and

(b) must have a sill height of 1.5m above ground level (existing), and

(c) must have fixed obscure glazing in any part of the window below 1.5m above ground level (existing).

(6) Must not be on a heritage item.

(7) Does not include replacement of windows, glazed areas and doors.