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connector is deemed to be matched with (an interesting
view of the world….).
Offset pan connectors are generally sold in plumbing
merchants and major hardware retailers around the
country as a plumbing fitting purchased by plumbers to
help them out of an installation problem where a small
adjustment in alignment is required to fit the toilet pan
to the waste system. There are over 2300 water closets
models on the market at present. The cost to undertake
laboratory performance testing with each and every one of
these pans would be cost prohibitive and it is highly unlikely
that any manufacturer of offset pan connectors would invest
in the huge testing costs to ensure that their pan connectors
were performance tested to every model toilet pan on the
market!
“Needless to say, we voiced our objection to this
recommendation. It is our opinion, as well as our highly
respected European supplier that off-set pan connectors
need only be tested with one nominated pan model for
flushing performance testing. Our CAB also believes that
the selection of a single nominated pan model needs to be
established to ensure consistency in laboratory testing and
to keep testing costs to an acceptable level. And there are
already precedents for this in other areas. The Australian
Standard for performance testing of dishwashers AS/NZS
2007.1:2005 identifies a single model for testing comparison
purposes, so we can see no reason not to identify one toilet
pan model to conduct the offset pan connector performance
testing with,” say Geoff..
We believe the ABCB is seeking input from other
WaterMark CABs for the production of the WMTS. At the time
of writing, only one other CAB has agreed to participate, but
so to have some regulators.
With the importance of certification and regulation being
at the forefront of everyone’s minds in the industry, it
seems counter-productive to have out-of-date Standards
governing new products and technologies. Also of concern
is the time it takes to have those Standards amended to suit
these innovative products.
Is it any wonder Australia is so behind the likes of Europe
when it comes to building products and practices?
“Sounds easy all this, doesn’t it. Are there any contractors
out there who’d like to get into the product supply sector!”
says Geoff.
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