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EDGES/ JUNCTIONS/ FEATURES

305 GENERALLY
• Fittings and accessories: As recommended by tile manufacturer. Do not improvise.
- Exposed fittings and accessories: To match tile colour and finish.
• Cut tiles: Cut only where necessary, to give straight, clean edges.
• Flashings: Fix with or immediately after tiling. Form neatly.

325 FIRE SEPARATING WALLS
• Separating walls: Completely fill space between top of wall and underside of tiles
with mineral wool quilt to provide fire stopping.
• Boxed eaves: Completely seal air paths in plane of separating wall with wire
reinforced mineral wool, not less than 50 mm thick, fixed to rafters and carefully cut
to shape to provide fire stopping.

345 VENTILATED EAVES - INTEGRATED GRILLES/ TRAYS
• Fascia grilles and ventilator trays:
- Manufacturer: Contractor's choice.
Product reference: Contractor's choice.
- Fix to carry underlay, form drip into gutter and provide free passage of air over
insulation.
• Eaves filler units for profiled tiles: Fix to close underside of first course tiles.
• First course tiles: Fix with tails projecting 50 mm over gutter or to centre of gutter,
whichever dimension is the lesser.

365 EAVES
• Underlay support: Contractor's choice.
- Continuous to prevent water retaining troughs.
• Gutter: Dress underlay or underlay support tray to form drip into gutter.
• Eaves filler units for profiled tiles: Fix to close underside of first course tiles.
• First course tiles: Fix with tails projecting 50 mm over gutter or to centre of gutter,
whichever dimension is the lesser.

405 DRY VERGES
• Underlay: Carry over full width of verge.
• Tiling battens: Carry over underlay and project as recommended by dry verge
manufacturer.
• Dry verges:
- Manufacturer: Contractor's choice.
Product reference: Contractor's choice.
- Fixing: Nail every unit.

435 CLOAKED VERGES
• Underlay and tiling battens: Carry over full width of verge. Project underlay to turn
down behind verge tiles.
• Cloaked verge tiles:
- Manufacturer: Contractor's choice.
Product reference: Contractor's choice.
- Projection: Beyond face of wall (maximum) 50 mm.
- Fixing: Nail every tile.

RotF generic (intermediate) NBS 2014 6118-AEW-XX-XX-NBS-A-01