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Stainless Wire Balustrade Regulations For Stainless Wire Balustrading - All Things Stainless Steel
Stainless Wire Balustrade Regulations For Stainless Wire Balustrading - All Things Stainless Steel
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Home BalustradeRecommendations
BalustradeRegulationsforWireRopeBalustrades
Thisshouldonlybeusedasaguideandwerecommendspeakingtoyourlocalcouncilbeforeinstallingyourbalustrade.
TherehavebeenseveralrevisionstotheBuildingCodeofAustralia(BCA)regulationsonwirebalustradesinthepastfewyearswithrevisions
madein2005,2007,2008andagainin2009.Otherwebsitesarestillrecommendingspacinganddistancesbasedontheoldregulationssoplease
becarefulbeforeinstallingyourownbalustrade.
BasedonthemostrecentlyreleasedregulationsinMAY2009ourunderstandingandrecommendationsareasfollows.
Scenario1.Balustradeswithafalloflessthan1metertotheareabelow(iethefurthest
someonecouldfalliftheyfellofftheedgeofyourdeck).
Inthiscaseabalustradeisnotrequiredsoyoucanspacethewireatyourowndiscretionandplaceyourpostsatanydistanceyoulike.Wewould
recommendspacingyourwiresatbetween100mmand200mmandyourpostsataround2metersapart.
Scenario2.Balustradeswithafallofbetween1and4meters.
Thetopofyourhandrailonyourbalustrademustbeatleast1mfromthefloorofyourdeckandwerecommendusingatoprailofatleast40mm
thick(eithertimberorsteel).
WhenusingHydraulicSwaged(PreswagedKits)with1x19wireorHandswagedwith7x7wirethespacingbetweenwiresneedstobe80mm
andwerecommendthedistancebetweenpostsnomorethan1.5meters.Usingatoprailat1moffthegroundandatleast40mmthickyouwould
needtouse11wires.
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Runsofwirecanonlybeinstalledinstraightlinesandmustbeterminatedateachcorner.
Werecommendamaximumlengthofanyruntobe10meters.Ifyouhaveastraightlineofover10metersyoushouldterminateononesideofa
centrepostandstartanewrunontheother.
BCA2009TABLED2.16aWIREBALUSTRADECONSTRUCTIONREQUIREDTENSIONFOR
STAINLESSSTEELHORIZONTALWIRES
Cleardistancebetweenposts(mm)
600
Wire
dia.
(mm)
2.5
Lay
7x7
Wirespacing(mm)
800
900
2000
2500
MinimumrequiredtensioninNewtons(N)
60
55
190
263
415
478
80
382
630
730
824
1025 1288
100
869
1218 1368
60
35
218
310
823
1080
1139
402
585
810
1125
1325
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2.5
3.0
3.0
1x19
7x7
1x19
4.0
4.0
4.0
7x7
1x19
7x19
80
420
630
100
1140 1565
735
840
60
15
178
270
314
506
660
965
1168
1491
80
250
413
500
741
818
1083 1370
1565
100
865
60
25
183
261
80
325
555
670
100
340
520
790
1025
1180
785
1980
60
73
97
122
235
440
664
813
1178
80
196
422
480
524
760
1100 1358
1530
2130
100
835
3098
60
10
15
20
147
593
890
1280
80
30
192
300
415
593
1105 1303
1435
1844
100
853
3418
3849
60
155
290
358
425
599
1080
1285
1540
80
394
654
785
915
2105
2615
100
860
Notes:
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Lay=numberofstrandsbythenumberofindividualwiresineachstrand.Forexamplealayof
7x19consistsof7strandswith19individualwiresineachstrand.
Whereachangeofdirectionismadeinarunofwire,thetensioningdeviceistobeplacedatthe
endofthelongestspan.
Ifa3.2mmwireisusedthetensionfiguresfor3.0mmwireareapplied.
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Thistablemayalsobeusedforasetofnoncontinuous(single)verticalwiresforminga
balustradeusingtheappropriatecleardistancebetweenpostsastheverticalcleardistancebetween
therails.
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X=Notallowedbecausetherequiredtensionwouldexceedthesafeloadofthewire.
Tensionmeasuredwithastrainindicator.
Scenario3.Balustradeswithafallofover4meters.
Horizontalwirescannotbeused.Youwouldthenneedtouseverticalwires.
ClickheretoviewtheBCAWireSpacingRegulationsonBalustrades
ClickheretoviewtheBCAWireDeflectionRegulationsonBalustrades
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