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Domestic Online is for building designers specifying site and building works for residential projects. It also includes worksections for mechanical, hydraulic and electrical services design and installation.
Project types
- New detached dwellings
- Alterations and additions to existing dwellings
Size and complexity
Less complex single dwellings of standard residential construction
Typical users
Architects and building designers
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Create a specification for a project
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$90.00 + GST Each
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Create an unlimited number of specifications during the subscription period
$340.00 + GST P.A.
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What you can do for free
- Create a project
- Select items to be included in your specification from the selection tree
- Preview your specification online
- Complete the schedules selected
Additional things you can do after payment
- Annual Subscription: Download and print an editable Word document of your specification
- Single Project Subscription: Download and print a non-editable Word document of your specification
Inclusions
Single Project subscription:
- Online access for 6 months from the date of payment to create a project specification for a single address. Unlimited amendments to the specification can be made within the 6 month subscription period.
- Downloadable, NON-EDITABLE Word documents watermarked with the project address. All editing has to be done online.
Annual Subscription:
- Online access for the duration of the subscription period (2 year minimum) to create an unlimited number of specifications.
- Downloadable, fully editable Word documents of all specifications created online.
- Fully searchable pdf version of BUILDING Domestic with highlighted updates.
- Package USB for backup.
- Domestic Online is included in the BUILDING Domestic package. See full product details
All Domestic Online subscriptions:
- Guidance text to assist specification decision making (in online preview only; not in downloaded Word document).
- The content of the online specification preview automatically updates to reflect the latest BUILDING Domestic Update.
- Instructional guides and technical resources including TECHnotes.
- Branded worksections.
Upgrading from a Single Project Subscription to an Annual Subscription
After upgrading your subscription, specifications created under the Single Project Subscription will behave the same way as those created under an Annual Subscription. That is, you will be able to create editable Word documents. Note though, for a document created under a Single Project Subscription to become editiable, it will need to be downloaded from Domestic Online again.
Worksections included
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0453 Doors and access panels |
- 0131 Preliminaries
- 0171 General requirements
- 0184 Termite management
- 0201 Demolition
- 0221 Site preparation
- 0222 Earthwork
- 0223 Service trenching
- 0241 Landscape - walling and edging
- 0242 Landscape - fences and barriers
- 0250 Landscape - gardening
- 0271 Pavement base and subbase
- 0274 Concrete pavement
- 0276 Segmental pavers - sand bed
- 0310 Concrete - combined
- 0331 Brick and block construction
- 0342 Light steel framing
- 0382 Light timber framing
- 0383 Sheet flooring and decking
- 0411 Waterproofing - external and tanking
- 0421 Roofing - combined
- 0431 Cladding – combined
- 0451 Windows and glazed doors
- 0453 Doors and access panels
- 0454 Overhead doors
- 0455 Door hardware
- 0467 Glass components
- 0471 Thermal insulation and pliable membranes
- 0511 Lining
- 0551 Joinery
- 0572 Miscellaneous furniture
- 0574 Window coverings
- 0611 Rendering and plastering
- 0612 Cementitious toppings
- 0621 Waterproofing - wet areas
- 0631 Ceramic tiling
- 0651 Resilient finishes
- 0652 Carpets
- 0654 Engineered panel flooring
- 0655 Timber flooring
- 0656 Floor sanding and finishing
- 0671 Painting
- 0702 Mechanical design and install
- 0802 Hydraulic design and install
- 0902 Electrical design and install
0131 Preliminaries
This worksection Template is applicable to the site requirements of the owner and allows for the selection of a contract. The project specific version may include site security arrangements, occupancy constraints, adjoining properties constraints, owner's site office and other temporary facilities, project signage, provisional sums, requirements for progress photographs, authority requirements, survey requirements, owner-supplied items, separate contracts, some aspects of payment for the works, and pest eradication.
0171 General requirements
This worksection Template draws together administrative material which is common to the technical worksections for new work, interiors and for alterations and additions, including services. It should therefore be brought to the attention of subcontractors and others using that material. Each technical worksection includes a cross reference to that effect. General requirements cover topics such as referenced documents, interpretation, inspection and tests, samples and contractor’s submissions, materials and components, bushfire resistance, installation, marking and completion.
0184 Termite management
This worksection Template is applicable to various chemical and non-chemical systems which may be used, alone or in combination, for termite management. The various systems are located together in the one worksection as their effectiveness relies on the integration of the chosen systems. They may have impact on the Earthwork, Concrete in situ, Brick and block construction and other worksections. The core standard is AS 3660.1.
0201 Demolition
This worksection Template is applicable to demolition of existing buildings, structures and services. It includes planning and execution of the work, protection and support of adjacent structures and removal of demolished material.
0221 Site preparation
This worksection Template is applicable to site preparation requirements including existing services, site clearing, stormwater and sediment control, tree removal/protection/transplanting/maintenance, and temporary landscape fencing.
0222 Earthwork
This worksection Template is applicable to topsoil removal, excavation, filling and compaction as required for building operations. The worksection contains technical content which must be customised by a professional engineer for inclusion in a project specification.
0223 Service trenching
This worksection Template is applicable to trenching for underground services within a building site. It covers fill materials, existing services, existing surfaces, excavating, trench back fill and surface restoration.
0241 Landscape - walling and edging
This worksection Template is applicable to retaining and free standing walls subject to height criteria conforming to local authority requirements.
0242 Landscape - fences and barriers
This worksection Template is applicable to basic fencing including picket and paling (plain paling and lap and cap) fencing, generally for domestic use; chainwire and welded mesh fencing for industrial, commercial and institutional use.
0250 Landscape - gardening
This worksection Template is applicable to simple ‘soft’ landscaping. It has been prepared for and is suitable only for work of a scale or size which does not warrant the use of separate worksections for each of the different aspects of landscaping work. As such, it combines relevant clauses from the following stand-alone landscape worksections of Earthwork, Landscape – soils, Landscape – soft surfaces, Landscape – planting and Landscape – plant procurement.
0271 Pavement base and subbase
This worksection Template is applicable to the supply, spreading, compaction and trimming of base and subbase courses of flexible pavements for access or car parking.
0274 Concrete pavement
This worksection Template is applicable to the supply and placement of concrete for concrete pavements such as loading docks, carparks, landscape hard paving within site boundaries. It includes residential streets, paths and driveways.
0276 Segmental pavers - sand bed
This worksection Template is applicable to the supply, placement and compaction of proprietary clay and concrete segmental paving on sand bedding for use in vehicular pavements, cycleways, footpaths and landscaped areas, over unbound base and/or subbase layer/s. This worksection does not apply to public roads and streets.
0310 Concrete - combined
This worksection Template is applicable to the use of concrete for building and associated structures. It is suitable for work of a scale or size which does not need a separate worksection for each of the different parts of the concrete work. It combines relevant clauses from the following worksections: Concrete formwork, Concrete reinforcement, Concrete post-tensioned, Concrete in situ and Concrete finishes. For large projects and for projects which include precast and tilt-up concrete, use separate worksections.
0331 Brick and block construction
This worksection Template is applicable to internal and external, load bearing and non-load bearing brick and block construction in buildings and associated structures using manufactured units comprising clay, calcium silicate, concrete or autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) used in buildings and associated structures. It includes details on mortar, reinforcement, ties and other accessories, lintels, damp proofing and flashings.
0342 Light steel framing
This worksection Template is applicable to framing for structures generally comprising cold formed metallic-coated or aluminium/zinc-coated steel sections where particular project specific requirements need to be met. It covers residential and low-rise floor, wall, roofing and truss framing.
0382 Light timber framing
This worksection Template is built around the AS 1684 series, as appropriate. It is applicable to light timber framing, bracing and timber trusses in Class 1 and Class 10 buildings as defined by the BCA.
0383 Sheet flooring and decking
This worksection Template is applicable to external timber, composite or compressed fibre cement decking, and to internal sheet flooring of plywood, particleboard or compressed fibre cement as either platform floors or fitted floors. It assumes the provision of a supporting structure.
0411 Waterproofing - external and tanking
This worksection Template is applicable to tanking and membrane applications to roofing, balconies, concrete slabs over below ground spaces and planter boxes and tanking. It relies on AS 4654.1 and AS 4654.2. It does not include concrete mixtures, penetrant sealers or decorative coatings.
0421 Roofing - combined
This worksection Template is applicable to the provision of roof coverings of profiled sheet metal, tiles, slate, fibre cement, shingles and shakes, seamed sheet metal, and roof plumbing.
0431 Cladding – combined
This worksection Template is applicable to lightweight external wall cladding for work of a scale or size which does not warrant the use of separate worksections for each selected cladding type. It combines relevant clauses from the Cladding – panels, Cladding – planks, Cladding – profiled sheet metal and Cladding – sheet and pre-assembled systems worksections.
0451 Windows and glazed doors
This worksection Template is applicable to windows and glazed doors consisting of proprietary lines (or suites) of manufactured products, supplied as complete systems, fabricated and assembled to the standard designs of specialist firms in documented materials such as aluminium, steel, timber and plastics. It includes glazing, hardware and associated integral blinds, louvres, and grilles as well as installation accessories, such as fixings, flashings, sealants and seals, caulking and weather-stripping, necessary for the satisfactory functioning of the whole system.
0453 Doors and access panels
This worksection Template is applicable to conventional door frames of metal and timber with door leaves of timber and various timber and plastic products. This worksection only covers some key generic requirements as the range of available products, performance requirements and design choices is so wide.
0454 Overhead doors
This worksection Template is applicable to sectional and tilting overhead doors, roller shutters (including fire shutters), grilles and garage doors. Manual and motorised operation are covered.
0455 Door hardware
This worksection Template is applicable to hardware items such as hinges, keys, locks, latches, furniture and door controllers and provides two alternative types of schedules for specifying these items – selection schedules and door-by-door schedules.
0467 Glass components
This worksection Template is applicable to glass products such as shower screens, balustrades and mirrors.
0471 Thermal insulation and pliable membranes
This worksection Template is applicable to insulation and pliable membranes for floors, walls, ceilings and roofs. It generally relies on AS 3999, AS/NZS 4200.1, AS/NZS 4200.2 and AS/NZS 4859.1. A pliable building membrane may be installed to act as a sarking membrane, vapour barrier, thermal insulation or any combination of the three. This worksection does not cover insulation for services (e.g. for ductwork, use Ductwork insulation worksection).
0511 Lining
This worksection Template is applicable to the installation of internal lining systems permanently fixed to walls and ceilings. It deals with internal dry linings of timber boards, gypsum plasterboard and cellulose fibre reinforced cement.
0551 Joinery
This worksection Template is applicable to the shop fabrication and site installation of custom made joinery fixtures and trim to walls and openings.
0572 Miscellaneous furniture
This worksection Template is applicable to the supply and installation of loose furniture and fixed items that are capable of retrofit.
0574 Window coverings
This worksection Template is applicable to window coverings for interior use, both decorative and blockout comprising curtains and blinds, manual and power operated.
0611 Rendering and plastering
This worksection Template is applicable to traditional wet plastering and rendering, though proprietary and special systems may feature in the project specifications and drawings. It includes work on lath, and on panelling of various materials.
0612 Cementitious toppings
This worksection Template is applicable to cement-based toppings on floors and steps. There is no relevant standard in Australia but there are numerous guides available from BRANZ and the Cement and Concrete Association.
0621 Waterproofing - wet areas
This worksection Template is applicable to waterproof membrane applications to wet areas and is written with reference to AS 3740 and AS/NZS 4858. It includes wet area membranes that are polyester or polyurethane, bituminous, acrylic systems and fibreglass reinforcement.
0631 Ceramic tiling
This worksection Template is applicable to floor and wall ceramic tiling. Tiles may be specified by manufacturer’s brand name or by generic type, and essential characteristics such as size, colour, surface, edge type. Bedding, grouting, fixing and jointing requirements should also be specified.
0651 Resilient finishes
This worksection Template is applicable to resilient sheet and tile finishes with associated underlay including cork tiles, linoleum, corklinoleum, rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), flexible terrazzo tiles and static control flooring. It also includes synthetic sporting surfaces.
0652 Carpets
This worksection Template is applicable to carpet materials, including broadloom carpet, carpet tiles, mats and underlays, adhesives, tapes and accessories, their fixing methods and cleaning.
0654 Engineered panel flooring
This worksection Template is applicable to manufactured floating and adhesive fixed panel floor systems on various substrates. It assumes the provision of a substrate or a supporting structure for an underlay.
0655 Timber flooring
This worksection Template is applicable to fitted solid timber strip flooring, intermittently and continuously supported, adhesive fixed fitted timber block parquet and mosaic parquet flooring products and associated underlays. It assumes the provision of a substrate or a supporting structure for an underlay. There is no reference standard.
0656 Floor sanding and finishing
This worksection Template is applicable to basic floor sanding of timber substrates for other finishes, basic floor sanding as the first stage preparation for clear coating systems, finish sanding for clear coating systems and the selection and application of clear coating systems.
0671 Painting
This worksection Template is applicable to the in situ application of coating films to buildings and interior elements. The primary referenced standard is AS/NZS 2311, a guide to products and procedures for the painting of buildings for domestic, commercial and industrial use.
0702 Mechanical design and install
This worksection Template is applicable to simple mechanical installations for which the specification will be prepared by the architect because the principal has not engaged a specialist mechanical consultant; the mechanical design will be done by the contractor. It deals with packaged air conditioning systems (ducted and non-ducted) and straightforward mechanical ventilation.
0802 Hydraulic design and install
This worksection Template is applicable to simple hydraulic installations for which the specification will be prepared by the architect because the principal has not engaged a specialist hydraulic consultant, the hydraulic design will be done by the contractor. It deals with hot and cold water services, sanitary plumbing and drainage, stormwater, rainwater storage systems, grey water systems, natural gas, LP gas and fire services installations.
0902 Electrical design and install
This worksection Template is applicable to simple electrical services installations, in which the specification will be prepared by the architect, without the involvement of a specialist electrical consultant, and the electrical design will be undertaken by the contractor. It includes a summary of the systems and design parameters relating to the electrical installation.