Flooring
Flooring
Raised flooring can help to differentiate your stand and hide cables. However it presents safety issues and you must ensure that your stand-builder complies with the Building Code of Australia.
Raised Floors under 115 mm in Height
- All raised floors with a height of less than 115 mm must have a clearly distinguishable ramped edge installed
- Ramped edging with a gradient no less than 1:3 is acceptable to prevent a trip hazard on standard 32 mm high raised floors; however please note that a 1:3 ramped edge does not constitute a disabled access ramp (see Disabled Access below)
- For raised floors above 32 mm and below 115 mm it is recommended that the gradient of the ramped edging is decreased to 1:8
Raised Floors over 115 mm in Height
- All raised floors with a height greater than 115 mm, but less than 190mm are considered a step and therefore do not require ramped edging
- Where the flooring height exceeds 190 mm, a series of steps should be constructed as per NCC requirements.
- When a step is installed, an approved stair-nosing must also be installed, as per NCC requirements for steps in public places
- Where two (2) or more steps (risers) are provided, a handrail is to be provided to at least one side of the steps, as per NCC.