{"id":4743,"date":"2025-12-14T05:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1430380-5481055.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:45:49","slug":"nzs-3631-1988-new-zealand-timber-grading-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzbuilders.org\/en\/nzs-3631-1988-new-zealand-timber-grading-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"NZS 3631: 1988 New Zealand Timber Grading Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4743\" class=\"elementor elementor-4743\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa8add e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0aa8add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9000bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9000bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h-auto\"><div class=\"px-4 py-4 border-0 border-solid border-solid border-0 border-primary-lighter border-b-2\"><div class=\"flex justify-between\"><div class=\"flex-auto\"><div><div class=\"text-sm flex flex-wrap\"><div class=\"flex w-1\/2 \"><p class=\"pr-4\">Construction Type\u00a0:<\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex w-1\/2\"><p class=\"pr-4\">Profession Type :\u00a0<span class=\"text-base\">Carpenter<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex w-1\/2\"><p class=\"pr-4\">Building Standard :\u00a0<span class=\"text-base\">NZS 3631: 1988<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex w-1\/2\"><p class=\"pr-4\">Published At : 01\/07\/1988<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex-auto h-full overflow-hidden \"><div class=\"p-4 h-full \"><div class=\"h-full\"><div><h4>NZS 3631: 1988 New Zealand Timber Grading Rules<\/h4><p>Establishes visual grading rules for the selection of timber into quality classes. Four types of grades have been specified. Provision has also been made for new crop radiata pine.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction Type\u00a0: Profession Type :\u00a0Carpenter Building Standard :\u00a0NZS 3631: 1988 Published At : 01\/07\/1988 NZS 3631: 1988 New Zealand Timber Grading Rules Establishes visual grading rules for the selection of timber into quality classes. Four types of grades have been specified. 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