Provides minimum performance requirements and specifications for appearance and non-appearance grades of plywood and blockboard acceptable for use in fully protected interior applications in Australia and New Zealand. Describes the basic interior plywood and blockboard product. Particular end uses may require additional processing, immunization or surface finishing.

This Standard specifies requirements for the manufacture, grading and finishing of plywood and blockboard used in non-structural interior applications where the product is fully protected from the weather, or wet or damp conditions. It also specifies veneer and core strip qualities, bond quality, joints, panel construction, dimensional tolerances, moisture content, finishing and branding.Two bond types are specified, i.e., types C and D, which are suitable for interior applications only.NOTES:1 Exposure conditions are defined in AS 2754.1.2 Requirements for the Type C and D bond durability tests are specified in AS/NZS 2098.2.3 Appendix A provides the information to be supplied with inquiries and orders.

First published in Australia in part as part of AS O6-1938.Second edition 1954.Revised and redesignated AS O88-1963.AS O105 first published 1969.AS O88-1963 and part of AS O105-1969 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 2270-1979.First published in New Zealand as NZS E.160:1946.Revised and redesignated NZSS 985:1952.Revised and redesignated NZS 3612:1970.AS 2270-1979 and part of NZS 3612:1970 jointly revised, amalgamated and designated AS/NZS 2270:1999.Second edition 2006.Reconfirmed 2016. Originated in Australia as AS O6-1938 and part of AS O105-1969. Originated in New Zealand as NZS E.160:1946. AS 2270-1979 and part of NZS 3612:1970 jointly revised, amalgamated and designated AS/NZS 2270:1999. Second edition 2006. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (October 2007).