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AS/NZS 3500.4:2003

Plumbing and drainage - Heated water services

This Standard sets out the requirements for the design and installation of heated water services. It includes aspects of the installation from, and including, the valve(s) on the cold water inlet to any cold water storage tank or water heater and the downstream fixtures and fittings.

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Reprinted to append Amendment 1:2005

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Standards NZ References:

• 1167.2:1999(AS/NZS)
• 1260:2002(AS/NZS)
• 1477:1999(AS/NZS)
• 21:1985(NZS/BS)
• 2280:1999(AS/NZS)
• 2494:1990(NZS/BS)
• 2544:1995(AS/NZS)
• 2642.2:1994(AS/NZS)
• 2642.3:1994(AS/NZS)
• 2712:2002(AS/NZS)
• 2878:2000(AS/NZS)
• 3000:2000SOFTBOUND(AS/NZS)
• 3109:1997(NZS)
• 3121:1986(NZS)
• 3122:1995(NZS)
• 3124:1987(NZS)
• 3500.0:2003(AS/NZS)
• 3500.1:2003(AS/NZS)
• 3501:1976(NZS)
• 3601:1987(NZS/BS)
• 3604:1999(NZS)
• 3631:1988(NZS)
• 3640:2003(NZS)
• 3666.2:2002(AS/NZS)
• 4020:2002(AS/NZS)
• 4121:2001(NZS)
• 4129:2000(AS/NZS)
• 4305:1996(NZS)
• 4331.1:1995(AS/NZS)
• 4331.2:1995(AS/NZS)
• 4331.3:1995(AS/NZS)
• 4602:1988(NZS)
• 4603:1985(NZS)
• 4607:1989(NZS)
• 4608:1992(NZS)
• 4613:1986(NZS)
• 4614:1986(NZS)
• 4671:2001(AS/NZS)
• 5261:2003(NZS)
• 5807:1980(NZS)
• 7641:1978(NZS)

Non Standards NZ References:

• AS 1074 Steel tubes and tubulars for ordinary service


• AS 1167.1 Welding and brazing—Filler metals - Part 1: Filler metal for brazing and braze welding


• AS 1170.2 Structural design actions - Part 2: Wind actions


• AS 1345 Identification of the contents of pipes, conduits and ducts


• AS 1357.1 Water supply—Valves for use with unvented water heaters - Part 1: Protection valves


• AS 1357.2 Water supply—Valves for use with unvented water heaters - Part 2: Control valves


• AS 1361 Electric heat-exchange water heaters—For domestic applications


• AS 1379 Specification and supply of concrete


• AS 1397 Steel sheet and strip—Hot-dipped zinc-coated or aluminium/zinc-coated


• AS 1432 Copper tubes for plumbing, gasfitting and drainage applications


• AS 1478.1 Chemical admixtures for concrete - Part 1: Admixtures for concrete


• AS 1528.1 Tubes (stainless steel) and tube fittings for the food industry - Part 1: Tubes


• AS 1566 Copper and copper alloys—Rolled flat products


• AS 1604.1 Specifications for preservative treatment - Part 1: Sawn and round timber


• AS 1646 Elastomeric seals for water works purposes (all parts)


• AS 1684 National timber framing code (All parts)


• AS 1691 Domestic oil-fired appliance—Installation


• AS 1722.1 Pipe threads of Whitworth form - Part 1: Sealing pipe threads


• AS 1910 Water supply—Float control valves for use in hot and cold water


• AS 2129 Flanges for pipes, valves and fittings


• AS 2239 Galvanic (sacrificial) anodes for cathodic protection


• AS 2492 Cross-linked polyethylene (PE-X) pipe for hot and cold water applications


• AS 2537 Mechanical jointing fittings for use with cross-linked polyethylene (PE-X) fittings for hot and cold water applications


• AS 2758.1 Aggregate and rock for engineering purposes - Part 1: Concrete aggregates


• AS 2813 Solar water heaters—Methods of test for thermal performance—Simulator method


• AS 2984 Solar water heaters—Methods of test for thermal performance—Outdoor test method


• AS 3498 Authorization requirements for plumbing products—Water heaters and hot-water storage tanks


• AS 3518.1 Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) pipes and fittings for pressure applications - Part 1: Pipes


• AS 3600 Concrete structures


• AS 3688 Water supply—Copper and copper alloy body compression and capillary fittings and threaded-end connectors


• AS 3795 Copper alloy tubes for plumbing and drainage applications


• AS 3972 Portland and blended cements


• AS 4032.1 Water supply—Valves for the control of hot water supply temperatures - Part 1: Thermostatic mixing valves—Materials design and performance requirements


• AS 4032.2 Water supply—Valves for the control of hot water supply temperatures - Part 2: Tempering valves and end of line temperature actuated devices


• AS 4087 Metallic flanges for waterworks purposes


• AS 4176 Polyethylene/aluminium and cross-linked polyethylene/aluminium macro-composite pipe systems for pressure applications


• AS 4234 Solar water heaters—Domestic and heat pump—Calculation of energy consumption


• AS 4552 Gas water heaters


• AS 5601/AG 601 Gas installations


• ASTM A240 Standard specification for chromium and chromium-nickel stainless steel plate, sheet, and strip for pressure vessels and for general applications


• ASTM A268/A268M Standard specification for seamless and welded ferritic and martensitic stainless steel tubing for general service


• ASTM D2846 Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride plastic hot and cold water distribution systems


• BS 5422 Specification for the use of thermal insulating materials


• DIN 8077 Polypropylene (PP) pipes: dimensions


• DIN 8078 Type 1 and Type 2 polypropylene (PP) pipes, general quality requirements and testing


• SAA MP52 Manual of authorization procedures for plumbing and drainage products

Other References:

• BCA Building Code of Australia


• New Zealand Building Code G1 Personnel hygiene


• New Zealand Building Code H1/ASI Energy efficiency


• NZECP New Zealand Electrical Codes of Practice


• PCA Plumbing Code of Australia

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