<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_e8e6ef98-88b5-4742-8159-22321330004f" outputclass="ncc-clause" variation="NSW"><sptc>13.2.3</sptc><title id="_1c8d92c9-632b-42fe-b2dd-152a04bdef97">Roofs and ceilings</title><archive-num>2019: NSW 3.12.1.1</archive-num><subclause id="_e23d1f7d-fc3a-42fb-b33e-ed55082a4d5a" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_e1f66206-77e8-4390-84ed-729752212382">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A roof that—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_659a3bb0-b2f7-438a-b22c-45ec4537d0f9">has metal sheet roofing directly fixed to metal purlins, metal rafters or metal battens; and</li><li id="_1b057564-13f3-42b7-bf17-af1d26f85c24">does not have a ceiling lining or has a ceiling lining fixed directly to those metal purlins, metal rafters or metal battens,</li></ol><p>must have a thermal break, consisting of a material with an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1420_0.4.0.xml#_e5acb40f-3d3d-4a3d-8987-f09f7eaadf77" id="_9ca1dd64-004b-4cf8-a4c1-39443f9e6b37" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">R-Value</xref> of greater than or equal to 0.2, installed between the metal sheet roofing and its supporting metal purlins, metal rafters or metal battens.</p></subclause><subclause id="_d7b9b86f-8806-40e2-88dd-476bf170919b" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_257dc008-ef85-4890-808e-6921ae0ffa61">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>(1) does not apply to roofs constructed using insulated sandwich panels.</p></subclause></clause>