<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_5bad42cb-376c-4971-849e-6cbe9b1d8422" 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"/><facet building="Class 10b"/></meta><sptc>5.7.6</sptc><title id="_8ae5d505-d625-4bec-b515-7900bb94b1ec">Weatherproofing for single leaf masonry walls</title><archive-num>New for 2022</archive-num><subclause id="_c39d185c-0777-49d5-b774-3619ccfd0cf2" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_abe05140-1934-4074-9ea4-858bd2f0db3e">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_c172fd6b-fc7e-4687-bfd7-d579bf145d22" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref> coating material must be applied to all external single skin masonry walls in accordance with the following:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_d634694c-eba5-4b5d-89ff-20ef2a6ac322">The coating must extend from the uppermost exposed part of the wall—<ol><li id="_bc87714f-06eb-476b-9f17-a2abf2edfbe7">to a level adjacent to the internal finished floor level, if the external masonry wall leaf overhangs the edge of the slab by not less than 10 mm; or</li><li>50 mm below the internal floor level if no edge overhang is provided.</li></ol></li><li id="_fbcda5e0-1305-4897-ace7-1c94c0e8a19c">Acceptable external <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_99a6ffcf-46c0-4ec9-b7bb-6ece312eb9ef" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref> finishes are—<ol><li id="_f4a69fb3-7590-4886-8dc7-bccbfdd6c555">three coats of 100% acrylic based exterior quality gloss paint; or</li><li>one complete coat of cement based paint and two coats of 100% acrylic based exterior quality gloss paint; or</li><li>clear water repellent, provided the wall is protected by a roof overhang of not less than 1500 mm.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_95618f0f-b9a0-45c6-86f1-afd8364de55a" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_4e4cd4bf-d523-4e52-a863-28baefaef763">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1525_29.1.0.xml#_48631093-d96b-4a40-a86d-7ffae028f24d" id="_e9b4f076-1851-4d15-9665-9421d337d0ee" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Windows</xref> must be installed in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4859_0.9.0.xml#_2425b15f-0748-43d7-9e1b-4f072670895c" id="_1b300b06-4ee5-4886-b28e-e790dbd7599c" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 5.7.6</xref>.</p></subclause><image-reference author="Kieran O'Donnell" conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4859_0.9.0.xml" dateTime="2021-03-05T16:01:32" id="_2425b15f-0748-43d7-9e1b-4f072670895c" type="insert"><num xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" inv:access="external">5.7.6</num><title xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" id="_ac0795af-fb6e-44eb-982d-e86762709015" inv:access="external">Typical window installation for unreinforced single skin masonry</title><image xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" href="ERROR_IN_RESOLVING_URI:5-7-6-typical-window-installation-for-single-skin-masonry.eps" inv:access="external"/><image xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" alt="Typical window installation for single skin masonry" height="1724" heightdpi="192" href="ERROR_IN_RESOLVING_URI:5-7-6a-typical-window-installation-for-single-skin-masonry.eps" inv:access="external" longdescref="(a) head fixing. (b) fixing. (c) sill fixing - 1. (d) sill fixing - 2. (e) sill fixing - 3" width="1152" widthdpi="192"/></image-reference></clause>