<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause author="Kieran O'Donnell" dateTime="2021-02-24T14:54:39" id="_3bac6aac-f717-48a0-bdd8-06fa884c335f" outputclass="ncc-clause" type="insert"><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 climate="Climate zone 8"/></meta><sptc>4.2.18</sptc><title id="_ce7f53c4-439b-416b-b146-902f05505332">Footings for fireplaces on Class A and S sites</title><archive-num>2019: 3.2.5.5</archive-num><subclause id="_0664f8c0-049b-47ea-8071-51a5c8ecf0ac" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_74fa3381-5d44-40c9-8afe-488128c63b6b">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Fireplaces on Class A and S <xref xmlns:inv="urn:xpressauthor:xpressdocument" format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1463_0.4.0.xml#_fb3536f6-7ee5-4a29-a4da-402a8e1168dc" id="_dab00b39-3eb0-45fc-aa0c-2f9a190e07a5" inv:access="external" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">sites</xref> must be supported on a pad footing—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3f698fc1-26ac-483e-bda3-eedf2438dc78">150 mm thick for single storey (one trafficable floor and a wall height not more than 4.2 m) construction; and</li><li id="_abc23f39-57ef-4ae4-a65b-4c77cb508833">200 mm thick for 2 storey (two trafficable floors and a wall height not more than 8 m) construction; and</li><li id="_8df02bfc-c86c-4c51-a19d-d9b68813d960">reinforced top and bottom with SL72 mesh; and</li><li id="_e6a9c621-6a42-488d-a829-c68e43ec7633">extending 300 mm past the edges of the masonry except for any edge flush with the outer wall.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_84b3081b-6140-45a5-b422-7da1f8fc8adf" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_ee710864-aeeb-4aaa-bd16-898b1685de46">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The pad footing must form an integral part of the slab.</p></subclause></clause>