{"id":4752,"date":"2025-12-14T05:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1430380-5481055.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:57:06","slug":"nzs-3604-2011-timber-framed-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzbuilders.org\/en\/nzs-3604-2011-timber-framed-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"NZS 3604: 2011 Timber-Framed Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4752\" class=\"elementor elementor-4752\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0faccc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0faccc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666ac7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"666ac7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be69623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be69623\" 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 3604: 2011<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex w-1\/2\"><p class=\"pr-4\">Published At : 14\/02\/2011<\/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><p><strong>NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings<\/strong><\/p><p>NZS 3604 is New Zealand\u2019s most sought-after standard. It provides methods and details that are used to design many NZ timber-framed houses and small buildings, including many residential decks. Builders, architects, engineers, designers and students will find it useful. NZS 3604 can be used for timber-framed buildings with one, two or certain configurations of three storeys. It provides a way of complying with the New Zealand Building Code requirements for the structure of those buildings, including their foundations, framing layout, member sizes, bracing systems, fixings and connectors when read along with the Acceptable Solution B1\/AS1.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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 3604: 2011 Published At : 14\/02\/2011 NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings NZS 3604 is New Zealand\u2019s most sought-after standard. 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