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    BS 5534 - SLATING AND TILING FOR PITCHED ROOFS AND VERTICAL CLADDING - CODE OF PRACTICE

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-08-2014

    Language(s):  English

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    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions and symbols
    4 Materials, fittings and accessories
    5 Design criteria
    6 Application and installation details
    Annexes
    Annex A (normative) - Reinforced bitumen underlays
    Annex B (normative) - Design and installation of
            pitched roof systems where insulation is
            placed at rafter level
    Annex C (normative) - Permissible characteristics and
            defects for grading timber battens and counterbattens
    Annex D (normative) - Preservative treatment for
            timber battens
    Annex E (normative) - Determination of batten sizes by
            calculation
    Annex F (informative) - Examples of structural design
            calculations for tiling battens
    Annex G (normative) - Method of test and calculation for
            wind uplift resistance of mechanical fasteners
            for single-lap tiles
    Annex H (normative) - Method of test and calculation for wind
            uplift resistance of nail hook fixings for double-lap
            slates
    Annex I (normative) - Formulae and the calculation of
            wind loads on the underlay, sarking boards, slates,
            tiles, ridges, hips and valleys
    Annex J (informative) - Worked examples of wind uplift and
            fixing calculations
    Annex K (normative) - Zonal method for determining the fixing
            requirements of tiles to resist wind uplift
    Annex M (normative) - Method of test and classification of roof
             underlays for wind uplift resistance
    Bibliography

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    Comment Closes On
    Committee B/542/1
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

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    BS 1202-2:1974 Specification for nails Copper nails
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    BS EN 10230-1:2000 Steel wire nails Loose nails for general applications
    BS EN 15804 : 2012 SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS - ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS - CORE RULES FOR THE PRODUCT CATEGORY OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
    BS EN ISO 717-2:2013 Acoustics. Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Impact sound insulation
    BS EN 14437:2004 Determination of the uplift resistance of clay or concrete tiles for roofing. Roof system test method
    BS EN 13139:2013 Aggregates for mortar
    BS EN 988:1997 Zinc and zinc alloys. Specification for rolled flat products for building
    BS EN 10088-3:2014 Stainless steels Technical delivery conditions for semi-finished products, bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes
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    BS EN 622-3:2004 Fibreboards. Specifications Requirements for medium boards
    BS EN 1462:2004 Brackets for eaves gutters. Requirements and testing
    BS EN 10048:1997 Hot rolled narrow steel strip. Tolerances on dimensions and shape
    BS EN 622-2:2004 Fibreboards. Specifications Requirements for hardboards
    BS 2000-58(2007) : 2007 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF THE SOFTENING POINT - RING AND BALL METHOD
    BS EN 1008:2002 Mixing water for concrete. Specification for sampling, testing and assessing the suitability of water, including water recovered from processes in the concrete industry, as mixing water for concrete
    BS EN 634-1:1995 Cement-bonded particle boards. Specification General requirements
    BS EN 544:2011 Bitumen shingles with mineral and/or synthetic reinforcements. Product specification and test methods
    BS 8747:2007 Reinforced bitumen membranes (RBMs) for roofing. Guide to selection and specification
    89/106/EEC : 1988 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 21 DECEMBER 1988 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
    BS EN 934-3 : 2009 ADMIXTURES FOR CONCRETE, MORTAR AND GROUT - PART 3: ADMIXTURES FOR MASONRY MORTAR - DEFINITIONS, REQUIREMENTS, CONFORMITY AND MARKING AND LABELLING
    BS 8104:1992 Code of practice for assessing exposure of walls to wind-driven rain
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    BS EN 13859-1:2014 Flexible sheets for waterproofing. Definitions and characteristics of underlays Underlays for discontinuous roofing
    BS EN 507:2000 Roofing products from metal sheet. Specification for fully supported roofing products of aluminium sheet
    BS EN 10095:1999 Heat resisting steels and nickel alloys
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    PD CEN/TR 15601:2012 Hygrothermal performance of buildings. Resistance to wind-driven rain of roof coverings with discontinuously laid small elements. Test methods
    BS EN 485-4:1994 Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and plate Tolerances on shape and dimensions for cold-rolled products
    BS EN 10051:2010 Continuously hot-rolled strip and plate/sheet cut from wide strip of non-alloy and alloy steels. Tolerances on dimensions and shape
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    BS EN 12588:2006 Lead and lead alloys. Rolled lead sheet for building purposes
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    BS EN 1993-1-1 : 2005 EUROCODE 3: DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 1-1: GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
    BS 9250:2007 Code of practice for design of the airtightness of ceilings in pitched roofs
    BS EN 12056-3:2000 Gravity drainage systems inside buildings Roof drainage, layout and calculation
    BS 476-6(1989) : 1989 FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 6: METHOD OF TEST FOR FIRE PROPAGATION FOR PRODUCTS
    BS EN 12326-2:2011 Slate and stone for discontinuous roofing and external cladding Methods of test for slate and carbonate slate
    BS EN 12833:2001 Skylight and conservatory roller shutters. Resistance to snow load. Test method
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    BS EN 300:2006 Oriented strand boards (OSB). Definitions, classification and specifications
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    BS 2000-49(2007) : 2007 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF NEEDLE PENETRATION
    BS EN 1991-1-1:2002 Eurocode 1. Actions on structures General actions - Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings
    BS EN 612:2005 Eaves gutters with bead stiffened fronts and rainwater pipes with seamed joints made of metal sheet
    BS EN 516:2006 Prefabricated accessories for roofing. Installations for roof access. Walkways, treads and steps
    BS EN 1427:2015 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Determination of the softening point. Ring and Ball method
    BS 4841-5:2006 Rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) and polyurethane (PUR) products for building end-use applications Specification for laminated boards (roofboards) with auto-adhesively or separately bonded facings for use as thermal insulation boards for pitched roofs
    BS EN 338:2016 Structural timber. Strength classes
    BS EN 312:2010 Particleboards. Specifications
    BS EN ISO 140-18:2006 Acoustics. Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Laboratory measurement of sound generated by rainfall on building elements
    BS EN 15978:2011 Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method
    BS EN ISO 6946:1997 Building components and building elements. Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance. Calculation method
    BS EN 1426:2015 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Determination of needle penetration
    BS EN 504:2000 Roofing products from metal sheet. Specification for fully supported roofing products of copper sheet
    BS EN 501:1994 Roofing products from metal sheet. Specifications for fully supported roofing products of zinc sheet
    BS EN 13163 : 2012 THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS FOR BUILDINGS - FACTORY MADE EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) PRODUCTS - SPECIFICATION
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    BS EN 1991-1-4 : 2005 EUROCODE 1: ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - PART 1-4: GENERAL ACTIONS - WIND ACTIONS
    BS EN 14964:2006 Rigid underlays for discontinuous roofing. Definitions and characteristics
    PD CEN/TR 15941:2010 Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Methodology for selection and use of generic data
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    BS EN 350-2:1994 Durability of wood and wood-based products. Natural durability of solid wood Guide to natural durability and treatability of selected wood species of importance in Europe
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    BS ISO 6707-1:2014 Buildings and civil engineering works. Vocabulary General terms
    BS EN 13556:2003 Round and sawn timber. Nomenclature of timbers used in Europe
    BS 416-1:1990 Discharge and ventilating pipes and fittings, sand-cast or spun in cast iron Specification for spigot and socket systems
    BS EN 599-1 : 2009 DURABILITY OF WOOD AND WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS - EFFICACY OF PREVENTIVE WOOD PRESERVATIVES AS DETERMINED BY BIOLOGICAL TESTS - PART 1: SPECIFICATION ACCORDING TO USE CLASS
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    BS EN 485-1 : 2008 ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS - SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE - PART 1: TECHNICAL CONDITIONS FOR INSPECTION AND DELIVERY
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    BS EN 1995-1-1 : 2012 EUROCODE 5: DESIGN OF TIMBER STRUCTURES - PART 1-1: GENERAL - COMMON RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
    BS EN 1990:2002+A1:2005 Eurocode. Basis of structural design
    BS EN 1991-1-3 : 2003 EUROCODE 1 - ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - PART 1-3: GENERAL ACTIONS - SNOW LOADS
    BS EN 12524:2000 Building materials and products. Hygrothermal properties. Tabulated design values
    BS EN 1991-1-4 NA : 2005 UK NATIONAL ANNEX TO EUROCODE 1 - ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - PART 1-4: GENERAL ACTIONS - WIND ACTIONS
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