BS 8298:1994
Superseded
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31-12-2010
English
15-01-1995
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Foreword
Code of practice
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Exchange of information and time schedules
Section 2. Materials and components
2.1 Cladding stones
2.2 Stone face concrete cladding units
2.3 Fixings
2.4 Materials for mortar
2.5 Damp-proof courses, flashings, weatherings and
cavity trays
2.6 Sealants
2.7 Back-up materials
Section 3. Design
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Insulation behind cladding
3.3 Weathering and water run-off
3.4 Atmospheric pollution
3.5 Frost action
3.6 Efflorescence of buildings
3.7 Staining
3.8 Choice of stone
3.9 Thickness of stone
3.10 Methods of attachment and support
3.11 Jointing and pointing
3.12 Flashings and weatherings
3.13 Accommodation of dimensional changes
3.14 Permissible deviations
3.15 Handling and lifting facilities
3.16 Signs
Section 4. Workmanship in production
4.1 General
4.2 Sizes
4.3 Mortices
4.4 Marking
4.5 Production and storage
Section 5. Workmanship on site
5.1 General
5.2 Supervision
5.3 Scaffolding
5.4 Temporary headtrees
5.5 Moving and storage of materials
5.6 Bedding, jointing and sealing
5.7 Flashings and weatherings
5.8 Protection
5.9 Site repairs
5.10 Cleaning on completion of work
Section 6. Maintenance
61. General
6.1 Compression and movement joints
6.3 Pointing
6.4 Lime bloom
6.5 Granite
6.6 Marble
6.7 Slate and quartzite
6.8 Limestone and sandstone
Annex
A. (informative) Subjects included in BS 8200 Code of
practice for the design of non-loadbearing external
vertical enclosures of buildings
Tables
1. Maximum masses per square metre of cladding stones
2. Damp-proof courses
3. Flashings, weatherings and cavity trays
4. Thickness of stone and depth of slot for corbel
plate
5. Recommendations for the prevention of bimetallic
corrosion
6. Specified minimum mechanical properties in BS 970:
Part 1 and BS 1449: part 2 and recommended working
stresses
7. Mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel
fasteners to BS 6105
8. Working stresses for bolts in clearance holes
9. Minimum effective penetration requirements for
expanding bolts
10. Normal minimum width of joints
11. Choice of sealants
12. Origins of movement in structures
13. Coefficients of thermal expansion of building
materials
14. Extreme temperatures of UK structures
15. Rate of shrinkage of concrete (as a percentage of
its potential)
Figures
1. Illustration of stone thickness and mortices given
in table 4
2. Illustration of typical loadbearing fixings
3. Illustration of typical restraint fixings
4. Illustration of typical face and soffit fixings
5. Details of typical loadbearing fixings
6. Details of typical restraint fixings
7. Details of typical soffit fixings
8. Block liners
9. Effective penetration of a typical expanding bolt
10. Typical details of fixing pins for granite-faced
concrete units
List of references
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