<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><table-reference graph="None" id="_e905902b-0ed5-4a25-a4ba-84c754882b89"><num>5.6.5c</num><title id="_071624fc-b87f-498b-b08c-93588f845269">Placement of wall ties</title><table id="_7d46728f-d6be-46c4-8339-62ad798707ef" keycol="1"><tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="001" colnum="1" colwidth="216.10*"/><colspec colname="002" colnum="2" colwidth="215.90*"/><thead><row><entry>Location</entry><entry>Placement of wall ties</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry>Unsupported panel sides and edges of openings</entry><entry>Within 300 mm of panel side or edge</entry></row><row><entry>Top of veneer panels and top of panels under openings</entry><entry>Within 300 mm or two courses (whichever is the lesser) of the top of veneer</entry></row><row><entry>Bottom of veneer panel in masonry rebate sealed with liquid applied <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1235_0.7.0.xml#_0d21b1c5-7e4f-446c-99a0-4c7564ed7952" id="_54faa52c-dae4-477c-81ce-cb7d008b9eef" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">damp-proof course</xref></entry><entry morerows="1">Within 300 mm or two courses (whichever is the lesser) from the bottom of the veneer</entry></row><row><entry>Bottom of veneer panel supported on steel lintel</entry></row><row><entry>Bottom of veneer panel in masonry rebate with membrane <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1235_0.7.0.xml#_0d21b1c5-7e4f-446c-99a0-4c7564ed7952" id="_89f81741-07b5-409a-85ba-a2ecd9ba2e7a" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">damp-proof course</xref></entry><entry>In each of the first two courses</entry></row><row><entry>Intersection of <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1352_4.2.0.xml#_dcefb5ef-fe53-4a58-8f5d-62e87b269706" id="_7e5fc775-10bf-4468-b9bd-b2e5787f3d8e" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">internal walls</xref> and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_d931235f-c410-451c-9131-f536ce5cf4a6" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">external walls</xref></entry><entry>350 mm vertically or 3-4 courses</entry></row><row><entry>Where articulation joints occur</entry><entry>At both sides of the articulation joint within 300 mm from the joint</entry></row><row><entry>Engaged piers</entry><entry>Within 200 mm of the top of the pier</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><desc-note id="_3596eba0-509c-4db9-8df5-3d0addf0855b"><ol outputclass="numbered"><li id="_5f53a5fb-1642-4a39-aab0-811f7df07956">Ties to be embedded a minimum of 50 mm into each masonry leaf.</li><li id="_b8c18832-c31d-4210-9e5f-a6abb6f6cde0">Masonry wall ties must be installed in such a manner as to prevent moisture travelling along the tie to the inner leaf of masonry or the frame.</li></ol></desc-note></table-reference>