<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_a64acc42-9350-4c00-8940-d2ec771f8960" 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>S26C3</sptc><title id="_547b3ecd-a453-4ab9-91ad-6f5310880753">Shower area (enclosed and unenclosed)</title><archive-num>2019: Table F1.7</archive-num><subclause id="_776a20d2-6f4f-4e92-ab26-b891fd2a3e4c" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_39e3d386-8d39-4395-b5a7-c1c158243edc">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>For a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_27adb0d8-38ec-4fdd-8276-ef05800f93a4" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> with a hob, step-down or level threshold, the following applies:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_93074ea6-497d-4166-a3c9-555d1b31b785">The floor of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_a7d6d11c-f029-4865-b069-41e73c978f52" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> must be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_ee80af07-7344-45cb-a678-c08a8451bf69" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref>, including any hob or step-down; and</li><li id="_b7148667-385c-4f06-ac3e-4b3314f68341">The walls of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_de64b188-4477-4b90-9b57-13c66441b89c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> must be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_86f9e513-30dd-4e9e-a008-209b4b75866e" id="_33083042-353d-4a25-b029-e615f204ad3d" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">waterproof</xref> not less than 1800 mm above the floor substrate.</li><li id="_6131c573-f484-4252-96b1-7b521aba8b14">Wall junctions and joints within the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_467ccac2-d846-40c0-b057-7e986e6bb1c2" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> must be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_c58d9c4b-9c63-4d2a-a43a-bb429bf5d660" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref>.</li><li id="_311de327-811d-4a3e-aa1a-5887d291208d">Wall/floor junctions within the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_716bb007-b4c2-4698-9abc-787a2dd5db61" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> must be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_2b92c536-c233-4870-bfcd-b9ac18624351" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref>.</li><li id="_2e3f69fc-4a33-430f-a369-bf7833b6816d">Penetrations within the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1460_0.12.0.xml#_6aa99639-a955-4628-bc59-dabb3bfc8118" id="_713da5fa-acb4-4dfd-8cc9-a3e8dd563a3e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">shower area</xref> must be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1519_0.5.0.xml#_02296d09-c6a7-41f4-a398-1f059045818c" id="_58b69910-2871-44a6-b760-a1e81255229c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">waterproof</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_337d2874-895e-41cb-99e7-dfbb6fade020" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_98fce037-4ca5-4984-a5a5-172e70102794">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>A shower with a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/4664_0.7.0.xml#_a207c296-a8b3-4ffe-81e0-a598ccc4b4d8" id="_a0ac4630-0989-40f7-ab3e-6c385d0ca702" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">preformed shower base</xref> must also comply with the requirements of (1), except for (a) which is not applicable.</p></subclause></clause>