Compliance Statement
Scope of Use
The SRP Staggered stud wall system is commonly used to provide effective resistance to sound transmission and acoustic impact. Staggered stud walls are constructed with the SRP steel studs being alternately positioned to each leg of a wider SRP track, where only every second stud is positioned on the same side of the SRP track leg providing support for the plasterboard.
Max. recommended Max. Wall height = 2700mm.
Two-way FRR, Acoustic and Inter-tenancy walls.
New Zealand Building Code (NZBC)
The product will, if employed in accordance with the supplier's installation and maintenance requirements, assist with meeting the following provisions of the building code:
- Clause B1 Structure: Performance B1.3.3(a), B1.3.3(d), B1.3.3(h)
B1/ VM1
An
Engineered design is required - this needs to be done by a suitably qualified
Engineer, who can also provide a PS-1.
- Clause B2 Durability: Performance B2.3.1(a)
SRP uses GALVSTEEL® manufactured by New Zealand
Steel. The continuous hot-dip galvanized Zinc coating conforms to the industry
standard required for this application; Z275 (275 g/m2 total). New Zealand
Steel made GALVSTEEL® for framing is backed by a 50-year Durability Statement
to demonstrate compliance with NZBC Clause B2-Durability, when used and
maintained as referred to in the current New Zealand Steel’s Durability
Statement.
- Clause G6 Airborne and impact sound: Performance G6.3.1
G6/ AS1
Notes
SRP Products are manufactured from Z275 Galvanised, G250 Steel - which is non-combustible.
Evidence
The product meets the requirements set out in the following documents, or relevant parts of cited standards within the documents:
1. ASNZ4600 (Steel chemical composition, gauge grade tolerance,
galvanised coating, testing statistics, yield point etc).
2.
NZS4129 (seismic)
3.
NZS3404 (fabrication)
4.
AS1397 (sheet and strip)
5.
AS1538 (cold formed structures)
6.
ASZNZ1170 (steel structures)
7.
AS/NZS2785 (Suspended Ceilings)