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Strata flooring approval checklist

Use this checklist to prepare for a flooring project, then keep it with your approval paperwork. Your scheme documents and the proposed work determine which steps apply. Start with the strata rules guide for your state.

Before you choose a floor

• Get your scheme’s registered by-laws, rules or articles. Check whether model provisions apply, and identify the flooring and noise requirements.
• Note the acoustic requirement in the by-law, if any: the scheme (AAAC stars, L’nT,w, Ln,w, IIC or FIIC), the number, and whether it is a laboratory or a field figure.
• Find out what is below your floor: another dwelling, a car park, a commercial tenancy, or nothing. The rule and the risk change with each.
• Check whether the scheme has a standard approval form or a list of conditions it always applies.
• Ask the strata or body corporate manager how long approvals usually take and whether the committee can decide or a general meeting is needed.

Choosing a system

• Ask the supplier for the test report for the covering and underlay tested together, not the underlay alone.
• Check the report names the test method, laboratory or on-site tester, floor construction, any ceiling and the complete result. Identify whether its metric and test basis match your building’s requirement.
• Confirm the underlay is one the floor manufacturer allows under its warranty, and that the total thickness is within the manufacturer’s limit for floating floors.
• If an on-site result is required, ask an acoustic consultant whether the proposed system and supporting evidence are relevant to your building. A prediction is not a finished-floor test.

Applying

• Confirm who can decide the application, then submit the required documents through your scheme’s process.
• Attach the product data sheets, the test report, the installer’s details and the installation method.
• Ask for the decision, and any conditions, in writing.
• If a post-installation test is required, settle the tester, access and response to an unsatisfactory result before work starts. Ask your strata adviser how testing costs may lawfully be allocated.

After installation

• Keep the approval, product and installation records, invoices and any post-installation report together.
• If a neighbour complains, respond in writing and offer the paperwork before the matter goes further.

This checklist is general information, not legal advice. Your scheme’s registered by-laws and your state’s legislation prevail.

Your notes

Building and lot

Committee or manager contact

Rating required, and scheme

Documents sent

Decision and date

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