<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_ebde716f-3a46-418e-886b-58bf766c9d98" 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>S13C4</sptc><title id="_ca236d62-c729-4591-b1bf-1a608ed78ba5">Pipes penetrating sanitary compartments</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C3.15: 4</archive-num><subclause id="_34d78333-0e20-4aae-95b3-f32ab7eff90d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_753db85f-3c7c-4952-acb7-cead3992f2e3">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>If a pipe of metal or UPVC penetrates the floor of a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1445_0.13.0.xml#_b30a308f-eb9f-4549-a6c1-19d5f32a5272" id="_395ab98c-e8b3-4222-aeb4-5bc77a0da8ba" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sanitary compartment</xref> in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1444_1.13.0.xml#_45cba654-ac1c-4025-bdf2-f47c1d985955" id="_3f8fe55c-3806-418d-8efb-a32c48e6d7e2" scope="local" type="subclause">C4D15(2)(c)(ii)</xref>—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_ef7dd62a-f8ee-43e1-af84-f03d40d735e2">the opening must be neatly formed and no larger than is necessary to accommodate the pipe or fitting; and</li><li id="_5fe86c33-9fd2-4b31-9767-b8bb17c9df9b">the gap between pipe and floor must be fire-stopped in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/575_5.2.0.xml#_86c5cb34-f4d4-4211-9fe4-042c05ad5c50" id="_d95e1124-e008-484c-8589-8fab373f51a5" scope="local" type="clause">S13C7</xref>.</li></ol></subclause></clause>