Laundry dimensions

Every New Zealand regulation's sizes for a laundry, side by side. Millimetres unless marked.

  • G2/AS1First Edition Amendment 31 Jan 2017
  • NZS 4121:2001
  • Kāinga Ora v2.1
  • Lifemark v2
ABCDPlanEElevation
Code and standardsClient and rating
G2/AS1NZS 4121Kāinga OraLifemark
Tub
ATub width≥600
studio to three bedrooms≥350
four to six bedrooms≥560
its space, depth≥600
Tub capacity≥35 L
Tub holds, across≥400
and deep≥200
Washing machine
BMachine space, width≥650
studio to four bedrooms≥650
five or six bedrooms≥1400
CMachine space, depth≥600≥700
Clear floor
DClear in front of fittings≥800≥1000≥1050
standard features list≥1050
wider option≥1200
with a turning circle≥1500≥1500
accessible, square≥1500
front of a front loader≥1500
Shelf and rail
EShelf over the tub, height≥1200
its width≥700
its depth≥200
Hanging rail, highest≤1350

Each figure is its document's, its paragraph on hover, and holds where its column and row say. Kāinga Ora's are for the homes it builds and Lifemark's for a home seeking its rating: neither is the Building Code. This compares documents; it is not the whole of any of them.

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