Australian Standards For Glass Balustrades. For balconies with a fall height of more than 4m there must not be any horizontal or near horizontal elements between 150mm and 760mm above the floor that facilitate climbing. For decks more than one metre above the ground openings in balustrades including decorative balustrades cannot be greater than 125 millimetres.
Australian Standards AS28201993 Gate units for private swimming pools As a general guideline the minimum thickness is 10mm toughened safety glass. This effectively outlaws the installation of fully frameless toughened glass panels as a balustrade on balconies that are more than 1 metre off the ground. Glass in Buildings Selection and Installation.
The gap between the balcony surface to the bottom rail must be no more than 100mm.
Specifically BCA 2012 Parts 391 stairs and 392 balustrades and Australian Standard 11701 cover regulations to enable people to move safely between levels of. Where a balustrade is provided along the inside edge of a landing the height shall be 865mm above the floor of a landing to a ramp or stair and is not more than 500mm long. Any access way or landing area where there is a fall distance of 1 metre or more above the surrounding ground level re- quires a barrier alustrading to protect people from falling over the edge. All safety glass used in Australia must be compliant to ASNZS 2208 Safety Glazing Materials in Buildings which sets out the test requirements and procedures for testing glazing material safety after breakage.
