BS 5534-1:1990
Superseded
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
Code of practice for slating and tiling Design
Hardcopy , PDF
15-09-1997
English
31-05-1990
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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
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| DevelopmentNote |
BS DRAFT 93/106962 DC REFERS TO A NEW REVISION
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
30
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
| 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 |
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