BS 5534-1:1997
Superseded
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A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
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25-06-2003
English
15-09-1997
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Foreword
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Symbols
Section 2. Materials, fitting and accessories
2.1 Clay tiles and fittings (single and double lap)
2.2 Concrete tiles and fittings (single and double lap)
2.3 Fibre-cement slates and fittings
2.4 Natural slates and fittings
2.5 Bitumen shingles
2.6 Wooden shingles and shakes
2.7 Metal tiles
2.8 Other tiles and artificial slates
2.9 Valley units (pre-formed)
2.10 Roofing underlay
2.11 Boarding, sheathing and sarking
2.12 Battens and conterbattens
2.13 Mechanical fixings
2.14 Flashings and junctions
2.15 Mortar
2.16 Other fittings and accessories
Section 3. Design recommendations
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Rain and snow resistance
3.3 Roof pitch, headlaps and sidelaps
3.4 Recommendations for minimum roof pitch, headlaps and
sidelaps (roof)
3.5 Recommendations for minimum headlaps, sidelaps and
overlaps for vertical walls (75 deg and above)
3.6 Structural stability
3.7 Durability
3.8 Thermal insulation
3.9 Control of condensation
3.10 Fire
3.11 Sound
3.12 Environmental
3.13 Health and safety
Section 4. Design details
4.1 General
4.2 Underlays
4.3 Battens
4.4 Double lap clay and concrete plain tiles
4.5 Single lap clay and concrete interlocking tiles
4.6 Fibre cement slates
4.7 Natural slates
4.8 Bitumen shingles
4.9 Wooden shingles and shakes
4.10 Metal tiles
4.11 Other tiles/artificial slates (non-traditional)
4.12 Vertical slating, tiling and shingling
4.13 Repairs and maintenance
Annexes
A (normative) Method of test for air permeability
B (normative) Values of the uplift pressure reduction factor R
C (normative) Method of test and requirements for wind uplift
resistance of mechanical fixings (clips) for small
rigid roofing elements
D (normative) Worked examples of wind uplift and fixing
calculations
E (normative) Permissible characteristics and defects
for timber battens and conterbattens
F (informative) Recommended preservative treatment schedules
for timber battens (BS 5268: Part 5)
G (normative) Design of batten sizes by calculation
H (normative) Example of structural design calculations
for tilting battens
J (normative) Method of test for determination of tensile
adhesion strength of bedding mortars
Tables
1 Recommended timber batten sizes (roofing and vertical
work)
2 Recommended minimum headlaps and roof pitches and
angles of creep for double lap natural, fibre cement and
other artificial slates
3 Recommended minimum headlaps and roof pitches and
minimum angles of creep for double lap natural, fibre
cement and another artificial slates
4 Nail penetrations for fixing into timber against wind
uplift
5 Mortar tensile adhesion strength St
6 Sand grading-envelopes grading classification of sands
used for mortar samples
7 Spacing of nails and screws
8 Pressure difference coefficients (Cpt) for duopitch,
hipped and monopitch roofs of clad rectangular buildings
9 Values of air permeability factor D for certain roof
covering types laid with unsealed head and side laps
10 Values of roof substrate shielding factor S for
calculating the wind uplift loads on roof coverings
laid with unsealed head and side laps
11 Cpi values applicable in cases where the ceiling is
permeable or absent
12 Recommended minimum widths of valley gutters for
different roof pitches
13 Recommended headlaps for underlay
A.1 Test sample layout
B.1 Values of the uplift pressure reduction factor R
C.1 Values of k
F.1 Preservative treatment schedules or immersion periods
G.1 Permissible short term load sharing bending stress
for timber battens
Figures
1 Categories of exposure to driving rain
2 Laps and angles of creep for double lap products
3 Wind uplift loading on slates and tiles (including
eaves and verge overhang)
4 Distances around obstructions
5 Key for Cpt data for duopitch and hipped roofs
6 Key for Cpt data for monopitch roofs
7 Valley with unbedded tiles or slates
8 Valley with bedded tiles
A.1 Arrangement of apparatus
A.2 Plenum chamber arrangement for air permeability test
C.1 Example of arrangement of test apparatus for determination
of clip strength
C.2 Example of hinged batten for supporting a clipped
test tile
C.3 System of forces in an array of clipped tiles
under uplift load
D.1 Dimensions of a single lap tile described in example 2
D.2 Dimensions of a plain tile fixed as in example 5
D.3 Uplift forces, Ftr and Fh and the self weight acting
on a ridge tile
D.4 Restoring force provided by the mortar
D.5 Dimension of double lap slating example
E.1 Examples of knot configurations
E.2 Wane
E.3 Permissible depth of fissures
E.4 Permissible slope of grain
E.5 Permissible rate of growth
H.1 Loads and bending moments on roof battens
J.1 Illustration of test strip selection from plain tile
J.2 Illustration of sample configuration at the time of
testing
List of references
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