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AS 1604.1-2005/Amdt 1-2006 Specification for preservative treatment - Sawn and round timber
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AS 1604.1—2005/Amdt 1/2006-07-24
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Amendment No. 1
to
AS 1604.1—2005
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REVISED TEXT
The 2005 edition of AS 1604.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate
places.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clauses 1 and 8.2.2, Tables H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and C1, and
Appendix B.
Published on 24 July 2006.
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Page 7 Clause 1
No. 1 Insert a new paragraph as follows:
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The preservatives referred to in this Standard are intended for application only in approved
industrial treatment plants that comply with AS/NZS 2843 series.
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Page 15 Table H1
No. 1 First row, third column, delete ‘Ammoniacal’, and replace with ‘Alkaline’.
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Page 18 Table H2
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Delete Table H2, and replace with the following:
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MINIMUM PRESERVATIVE RETENTION IN THE PENETRATION ZONE—
HAZARD CLASS H2—CLAUSE 3.2.1
(Individual piece; percent mass/mass based on the oven-dried mass of the test sample)
Copper Alkaline
Boron
chromium copper
compounds
arsenic quaternary Permethrin Cypermethrin Deltamethrin Bifenthrin
(elemental
(see Note)
(Cu + Cr + As) (Cu + DDAC) boron)*
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Page 18 Table H2.1
No. 1 Insert new Note to Table H2.1, as follows:
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NOTE: See also Clause 8.2.2(b).
(Individual piece; percent mass/mass based on the oven-dried mass of the test sample)
Waterborne Oil Light organic solvent preservatives(1)
TBTN(5)
Copper or
Alkaline copper Propiconazole
chromium
quaternary(2)
Copper
Creosote(4) TBTO (5) +
Copper Synthetic
arsenic azole(3) naphthenate (7)
pyrethroids
(Cu + DDAC) (see also Tebuconazole(6)
(Cu + Cr + As)
Clause 4.4)
0.020 permethrin
Softwood: 0.350 0.080 Softwood: 0.06 0.030 cypermethrin
0.380 0.229 8.00 0.100
Hardwood: 0.390 0.160 Hardwood: — 0.0020 deltamethrin
0.0047 bifenthrin
NOTES:
1 Light organic solvent preservatives shall be formulated to include both fungicides and insecticides. They may also be
formulated to include water repellents.
2 Based on ACQ compounds of the same formulation given in Table B3, Appendix B. Treated timber shall contain not less
than 45% of the nominated minimum retention as Cu and 30% as DDAC (didecyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride).
3 Based on copper azole compound of the same formulation given in Table B4, Appendix B. Treated timber shall contain
not less than 86% of the nominated minimum retention of total actives as Cu and 3.4% as tebuconazole.
4 Creosote may be in the undiluted form or as the active component of pigment-emulsified creosote (PEC).
5 Elemental tin.
6 This preservative formulation shall contain the active ingredients propiconazole and tebuconazole in a 1:1 proportion.
Treated timber shall contain not less than 45% of the nominated retention as propiconazole and 45% as tebuconazole.
7 Elemental copper.
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Page 22 Table H4
No. 1 Second row, third column, delete ‘Ammoniacal’, and replace with ‘Alkaline’.
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Page 24 Table H5
No. 1 Second row, third column, delete ‘Ammoniacal’, and replace with ‘Alkaline’.
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Page 27 Clause 8.2.2
No. 1 Insert new Item (c) as follows:
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(c) The timber treated with boron compounds, for use only south of the Tropic of
Capricorn to the requirements of Clause 3.2.1(b) and Table H2, shall be branded with
a brand as specified in Clause 8.2.1, and with the letter ‘S’ following the hazard class,
i.e., ‘H2 S’.
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Page 32 Paragraph B4(b), Appendix B
No. 1 Delete ‘Ammoniacal’, and replace with ‘Alkaline’
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Page 33 Paragraph B5, Appendix B
No. 1
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(v) Propiconazole and tebuconazole in a 1:1 ratio.
2 Item (b)(iii), insert ‘(75% trans-isomer, 25% cis-isomer)’ after ‘Permethrin’.
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Page 33 Paragraph B6, Appendix B
No. 1 Insert ‘, for instance,’ before ‘imidacloprid’.
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Page 35 Table C1
No. 1
JUL 1 Insert new rows (cells) for preservative code numbers 09, 63, 64 and 65, as follows:
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2 For preservative code number 11, insert ‘for H1’ after ‘Boron compounds’.
3 For preservative code number 74, insert ‘for H2 F’ after ‘Permethrin’.
4 For preservative code number 75, delete ‘in-line spray’ and replace with ‘for H2 F’.
5 For preservative code number 90, delete ‘Ammoniacal’, and replace with ‘Alkaline’.
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Page 37 Table D1
No. 1
JUL 1 First column, eighteen row (for decking, patio), insert ‘(see Note)’ after ‘Patio’.
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2 First column, second last row, insert ‘(see Note)’ after ‘Garden’.
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Page 38, Table D1
No. 1
JUL 1 First column, fourth row, insert ‘(see Note)’ after ‘Exterior’.
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2 Insert a new Note as follows: