Tolerances associated with Bamboo Flooring
A summary of tolerances contained within Problems, Causes and Remedial Measures 2022, ATFA Industry Standards, ATFA information sheets and other applicable standards.
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ATFA’s new tolerance guides make it quick and easy to view essential tolerances on work across all timber flooring disciplines. These documents provide an insight to the more detailed industry standard for each element.
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Tolerances associated with Engineered Timber Flooring
A summary of tolerances contained within Problems, Causes and Remedial Measures 2022, ATFA Industry Standards, ATFA information sheets and other applicable standards.
Tolerances associated with Residential Timber Decking
A summary of tolerances contained within the ATFA manual Residential Timber Decks Industry Standard 2022, ATFA information sheets and other applicable standards.
Tolerances associated with Hybrid Flooring
For Hybrid/Vinyl Flooring, the Classification is determined by a ‘basket’ of test results in accordance with EN16511. These include Taber, impact resistance, static indentation, castor chair resistance and joint strength.
Tolerances associated with Laminate Flooring
Concerning manufacture, the European standard EN 13329 is more often referred to, as product manufacturers in Asia also infer compliance to the European standard with the pictogram from that standard as provided below.
Tolerances associated with Solid Timber Flooring
If not covered by another standard (e.g. NOFMA for Maple sports floors) then it is expected that hardwood flooring meets AS 2796 requirements at the time of manufacture (post manufacturing conditions in the supply chain must be assessed at each point):