The increasing extremes and unpredictability of UK weather in recent years has required changes in various Standards and requirements that reflect this. This has included the requirement for increased mechanical fixing of all products including roof tiles, and mechanical fixing where mortar might previously have been adequate.
Accordingly, a wide range of products to meet this requirement have been introduced into the market with an equally wide range of quality and performance. This new Standard is BS 8612:2018 ‘Dry fixed ridge, hip, and verge systems for slating and tiling. Specification’. First published in early 2018, it sets out to create minimum performance and durability standards for dry fix products used on ridges, hips and verges for slate and tile roofs.
