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TapcoSlate - Classic Tile - Roofing tile

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Tapco Slate Classic Tile 801 Stone Black

Tapco Roofing Products Variant:

Authentically shaped classic roof tiles with textured surfaces and riven edges moulded from authentic slates.

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Application

Suitable for conservatories, modern houses or listed buildings.

Description

Authentically shaped classic roof tiles with textured surfaces and riven edges moulded from authentic slates.


Features and benefits:

  • Lightweight – as low as 12 kg/m².
  • Easy to install with pre-marked nailing and exposure guides and spacers.
  • Easily cut with a fine-toothed saw or sharp utility blade.
  • Built-in camber for tighter fit when fixed in situ.
  • No sorting, clipping or drilling prior to roof loading. Packaged in bundles of twenty-five for easy handling.
  • Fittings (ridges and hips) are mechanically fixed.
  • Local Authority Building Control (LABC) and Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) Registered Details product.
  • Fully tested to BBA, ETA and CE standards, including fire rating, water absorption, wind, driven snow and rain.
  • BRE testing for wind-driven rain found TapoSlate Classic to perform more strongly than all equivalent materials tested and at a lower pitch.

General information

Color

Black

Red

Grey

Green

Brown

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Finish

Textured

Material

Limestone

Polypropylene

Manufacturer guidance

Recyclable limestone and polypropylene mix.

Shape

Rectangle

Length

445 mm

Width

292 mm

Height

5 mm

Warranty description

40 year

Uniclass

Pr_25_93_72_72 Reconstituted interlocking slatesPrimary

CAWS

H61/5 Roof slating

H65/5 Roof tiling

H60/3 Roof tiling

H62/145 Roof slating

H62/125 Roof slating

H65/10 Reconstituted slate roof tiling

H61/105 Roof slating

H62/3 Roof slating

H62/105 Roof slating

Specification data - Reconstituted interlocking slates

Colour

Stone black.

Size

445 x 292 mm.

Guidance for specification option:

Excluding horizontal spacers which are 5 mm on each side.

Recycled content

Guidance for specification option:

Not made from recycled plastics but is manufactured from recyclable virgin limestone and polypropylene.

Execution

Guidance for specification option:

Cutting: Fine-toothed handsaw, jigsaw, circular saw, or sharp utility blade.

Weight

0.7 kg.

Pitch

14-90°.

Gauge

6” at 14° to 25°, 6.5” at 25° to 27.5°, 7” at 27.5° to 30°, 7.5” above 30°.

Coverage

Guidance for specification option:

Coverage Slate: 22 slates/m² at 14° to 25°, 20 slates/m² at 25° to 27.5°, 19 slates/m² at 27.5° to 30°, 18 slates/m² above 30°.

Coverage Ridge Gap: 5.5 per linear metre.

Coverage Hip: 5.5 to 6.5 per linear metre (depending on gauge).

Fixing

Guidance for specification option:

Large-headed galvanized 30 mm by 2.5 mm steel nails (using hammer or nail-gun), aluminium or copper nails may also be used, but driving them through the slate may cause bending, longer 76 mm nail required for fixing ridges and hips.


FireRating

To BS476 Part 3, Boarded Roof SAA, Battened Roof SAC.

ExpectedLife

80+ years.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Country of material origin

United States

Country of product manufacture

United States

Recyclability

Recyclable

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

0 %

Manufacturer guidance

Not made from recycled plastics but is manufactured from recyclable virgin limestone and polypropylene.

BIM objects

BOS

NBS BIM Object Standard

This BIM object has been authored to meet the requirements of the NBS BIM Object Standard.

Find out more about the NBS BIM Object Standard.

Platform Compatible Version
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