<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_bf463061-ceb4-43cb-93dd-6cd4e2b1d050" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/></meta><sptc>7.5.7</sptc><title id="_d5cf60cd-2ef0-4ddc-bada-ad54a6a0c8a1">Clearance between cladding and ground</title><archive-num>2019: 3.5.4.7</archive-num><subclause id="_bcbd151e-fd93-40c5-a42f-ebf9a93139a0" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_66738b7c-fb86-47d0-b9d4-f5f4ccd41fd6">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>The minimum clearance from the bottom of the wall cladding to the adjoining <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1274_0.10.0.xml#_8a0dd7f5-e2b1-4d63-8041-541e9efbf108" id="_48e27a9e-dd64-45d4-9e3d-55133ff3b0df" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">finished ground level</xref> must be—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_d55b7036-d7a2-46c9-a2cb-56c54f3629fe">100 mm in <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1364_3.8.0.xml#_6ff52a3c-f661-4540-bc88-52b7597794a9" id="_4b6063e9-7f8c-4602-855b-2483fa0ae496" inv:access="external" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">low rainfall intensity areas</xref> or sandy, well-drained areas; or</li><li id="_6eb3cc5f-5177-4fa6-9a54-156847d6117a">50 mm above impermeable (paved or concreted) areas that slope away from the building in accordance with <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/982_1.17.0.xml#_d35409cd-8e51-49cc-b148-1e2a2f2ae8ae" id="_47df3906-1ddd-4025-9b50-4793c798a23c" inv:access="external" scope="local" type="clause">3.3.3(a)</xref>; or</li><li id="_601b3d44-72f1-48d0-8842-011763b219f5">150 mm in any other case.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_cb72f882-fbd1-42ca-86b4-b738ce1bf394" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_76a2c9ce-cfdd-4d73-92c8-d95a6cbc6e19">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Wall cladding must extend a minimum of 50 mm below the bearer or lowest horizontal part of the suspended floor framing.</p></subclause><callout id="_84098c8e-4d77-425f-8191-919ad1fe193c"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>The required clearances under 7.5.7 may also be subject to other requirements for drainage in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4178_0.5.0.xml#_2dafcf8a-44e7-430a-b1eb-93c69d395394" id="_e591a074-82d8-456e-be50-90acf911e127" scope="local" type="part">Part 3.3</xref>, clearances for inspection zones for termite management in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4179_0.3.0.xml#_4ab1b514-28a7-4799-a8fe-75d9fcbc3f19" id="_ebbf6d90-17ee-49a8-8689-22449d076c51" scope="local" type="part">Part 3.4</xref> and screening and sealing of gap requirements for construction in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1243_0.6.0.xml#_2c223137-7ce5-4993-bd69-503e243c9453" id="_192e2e23-0b5f-44a0-85af-a704ae4fca34" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">designated bushfire prone areas</xref> in <xref format="dita" href="qpp://assets/2010#_245da0bb-a00c-46bb-93bf-151274f798fb" id="_113bdfa5-d4e6-4136-9feb-8995cbed9e28" publishing-id="vol2" scope="external" type="clause">H7D4</xref>, where appropriate.</p></callout></clause>