Code of practice for slating and tiling Design

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-09-1997

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-05-1990

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Committees responsible
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions
Section two. Materials and components
4. Slates and fittings
5. Clay tiles and fittings
6. Concrete tiles and fittings
7. Special tiles
8. Asbestos-cement slates and fittings
9. Colour and texture
10. Nails and clips
11. Boarding and battens
12. Hip irons
13. Underlays
14. Mortar
15. Sheet materials
Section three. Design
16. Weather resistance
17. Structural stability
18. Lap and pitch
19. Durability
20. Thermal insulation
21. Condensation
22. Choice of nails for fixing slates and tiles
23. Boarding, underlay and battening
24. Battens and counter battens
25. Method of nailing battens, counter battens and
    underlay
26. Torching
27. Roof drainage
28. Snowguards
29. Translucent slates and tiles
30. Vertical slating and tiling
31. Open slating
Section four. Application
32. Gauge
33. Holding and sorting (slates)
34. Mechanical fixing including nailing and clipping
35. Eaves
36. Sprocketed eaves (bellcast)
37. Verges
38. Ridge and hip coverings
39. Valleys
40. Abutments and top edges
41. Saddles
42. Translucent slates or tiles
43. Dormers
44. Chimney stacks, skylights and other projections
45. Vertical slating
46. Vertical plain tiling
47. Random slating
48. Underlay
49. Battens
Section five. Repairs and re-covering
50. Repairs
51. Re-covering
Section six. Safety and general precautions
52. General
53. Safety
54. Precautions
55. Bibliography
Appendices
A. Thermal insulation
B. Examples of design calculations on wind load and
    resistance
Tables
1. Pressure coefficients Cpe for duo-pitch roofs
2. Pressure coefficients Cpe for monopitch roofs of
    rectangular buildings with h/w <2
2A. Step height factor c for calculating wind uplift
    load on slates and tiles
3. Recommended batten sizes for pitched roofs and
    vertical work
4. Recommended lap and angle of creep for slates:
    moderate exposure
5. Recommended lap and angle of creep for slates:
    severe exposure
6. Approximate U values for some roof and wall
    constructions
7. Recommended horizontal laps for underlay
Figures
1. Wind uplift loading on slates and tiles
2. Example of eaves support

Amends recommendations on workmanship by cross referencing BS 8000:Part 6.

Committee	B/542/1
DevelopmentNote	BS DRAFT 93/106962 DC REFERS TO A NEW REVISION
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	30
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
Supersedes	BS 5534-1:1978

BS 1202-3:1974	Specification for nails Aluminium nails
BS 5534-2:1986	Code of practice for slating and tiling Design charts for fixing roof slating and tiling against wind uplift
BS 1202-2:1974	Specification for nails Copper nails
BS 5075-1:1982	Concrete admixtures Specification for accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures and water reducing admixtures
BS 1202-1:1974	Specification for nails Specifications for nails. Steel nails
BS 6100-1.3.2:1985	Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous. Parts of construction works Roofs and roofing
BS 5628-3:1985	Code of practice for use of masonry Materials and components, design and workmanship
BS CP3:CH5-2(1972) : AMD 7908	CODE OF BASIC DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS - LOADING - WIND LOADS
BS 1142-3:1972	Specification for fibre building boards Insulating board (softboard)
BS 5075-2:1982	Concrete admixtures Specification for air-entraining admixtures
BS 690-4:1974	Asbestos-cement slates and sheets Slates
BS 6399-1:1984	Loading for buildings Code of practice for dead and imposed loads
BS 8000-6:1990	Workmanship on building sites Code of practice for slating and tiling of roofs and claddings