Technical Information - Deeplas ENVIROTILE Installation Manual

2. AT A GLANCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Envirotile Composition
Roof Tile/Slate colour
Gauge Recommended Setting
12.5° - 22.5° (Low Pitch)
22.5° - 90° 265mm Gauge
22.5° - 90° 280mm Gauge
Coverage per Square Metre
At 280mm gauge
At 265mm gauge
At 250mm gauge
Envirotile Weight (single tile)
Easy to carry pack (10 tiles)
Suitable Roof Pitch
Fixing batten to rafter - recommendations
Batten fixing nails to BS:5534 - 14
Envirotile fixing to BS:EN1202-3
On normal pitch of 25° or over
Low pitch fixing from 12.5° to 25°
Envirolay Bre Certified 13859-1 and BS:EN 12310-1
Bond
Expansion gap between tiles
Screw Type on shallow pitches
Cutting of Envirotile
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250mm Gauge
I N S T A L L A T I O N
Manufactured to BS:9001 for quality assurance. Injection moulded
using 100% of UK reliably sourced reprocessed Polypropylene
Slate range:
Terracotta/Brown/Slate Grey/Anthracite Grey
Standard range:
Terracotta/Brown/Slate Grey/Anthracite Black
Head Lap
110mm
95mm
80mm
11.9 tiles
12.6 tiles
13.4 tiles
645g
6.45 kg
12.5° to 90° (vertical)
Graded battens to be used
38mmx 25mm for 450mm rafter centres
50mm x 25mm for 600mm rafter centres
65mm x 3.35mm
Every tile to be secured and fixed
30mmx 3.35mm stainless steel annular ring shank
30mm x 4mm countersunk stainless steel screw
Recommended droop allowance of 15mm between rafter centres x
3 recommended nail fixings per rafter
overlap 150mm for each course
A half bond using a cut half starter tile at verge - similar in appear-
ance to a double lap tile or slate bond when laid to roof
5mm (moulded guide line to assist installer)
Always use S/Steel screw fixings on roof pitches below 25°
No dust pollution is emitted during the cutting process, the use of
a chalk line to determine straight edge cutting is strongly recom-
mended and will be extremely beneficial in use with valley, hip and
gable end detail
G U I D E