...some good general info in this publication
The updated ONLINE (Free) and printed versions of the "Your Home" Guide (modest cost) are now available.
Answers many questions commonly asked by renovators or those looking at new home to build or older ones to buy.
https://www.yourhome.gov.au
Your Home is Australia’s independent guide to designing, building or renovating homes to ensure they are energy efficient, comfortable, affordable and adaptable for the future.
Your Home was first published in 2001 as a technical manual and website, providing expert advice on sustainable building practices for the building and design industries. Now in its 6th edition, Your Home has been regularly reviewed and improved to ensure the content remains comprehensive, accurate and up to date with current best practice.
Advice from me on this forum is general and for guidance based on information given by the member posing the question. Not to be used in place of professional advice from people appropriately qualified in the relevant field. All structural work must be approved and constructed to the BCA or other relevant standards by suitably licensed persons. The person doing the work and reading my advice accepts responsibility for ensuring the work done accords with the applicable law.
...some good general info in this publication
Great - one of my favorite publications!