<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_9ce245fd-3d33-423e-855d-986c75d14286" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>F1D<xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-03-28T09:31:00" xt:id="a7be8411-83d8-4335-8a83-176f9b6fc017"/>9<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="a7be8411-83d8-4335-8a83-176f9b6fc017"/><xt:delText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-03-28T09:31:00" xt:id="992b2e34-8cc2-46de-82a6-35446779d4b3"/>7<xt:delText xt:action="end" xt:id="992b2e34-8cc2-46de-82a6-35446779d4b3"/></sptc><title id="_c5328e7c-5e65-41f6-9754-6ddc49dcadfa">Damp-proofing of floors on the ground</title><archive-num>2019: F1.10</archive-num><clause-variation href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4279_2.8.0.xml" variation="SA" variation-type="REPLACE">SA REPLACE Clause</clause-variation><subclause id="_81252c17-1bd2-49bd-83be-d167881a29b4" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_24c3c15c-aa62-4850-bbda-880255cfa195"/><num>1</num><p>If a floor of a room is laid on the ground or on fill, moisture from the ground must be prevented from reaching the upper surface of the floor and adjacent walls by the insertion of a vapour barrier in accordance with AS 2870.</p></subclause><subclause id="_d4a0e6b8-7bcc-405d-b9a6-80beb8edefdf" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_e3bb7540-605e-4ecb-8d05-f72bd3c6556b">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The requirements of (1) do not apply where—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_15c2c881-a04b-45c0-a13e-f3556aa51fbf">weatherproofing is not <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_009300c1-ce3a-4607-8719-261b519904c7" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref>; or</li><li id="_099cb9d5-414b-4de3-ae99-dbd187937667">the floor is the base of a stair, lift or similar <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1459_26.0.0.xml#_99391afe-5794-47e4-94ab-7e9e7a83740a" id="_64889854-26de-4fcd-8a7a-7f17fd9e7ecf" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shaft</xref> which is adequately drained by gravitation or mechanical means.</li></ol></subclause></clause>