If you want to add to your roof but it does not meet the conditions for permitted development you have to apply.
Scottish roof construction.
Hi any help would be appreciated i have just bought an old croft house in the highlands of scotland.
Recent research supports scottish slate s reputation as a long lasting material.
Many slates are in service for 150 years or more.
The building standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the building scotland regulations 2004.
Nfrc scotland rewards achievements and celebrates the success of the scottish roofing industry by running the nfrc scottish roofing contractor of the year awards and.
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Discussion in roofing and guttering started by luxmore100 23 jun 2013.
Often slate outlasts other elements of a building.
The term sarking can have a number of different meanings relating to roof construction.
Emerging research hanke 2006 newland 2010 crone and mills 2012 has started to.
Building standards technical handbook 2019.
These include features such as diminishing courses random lengths and widths of slate single nailing and laying onto sarking board rather than battens figure 1.
The roof is fibre cement slates nailed directly onto sarking boards.
Scottish slate roofs have a number of characteristics which make them well suited to both the local climate and the nature of the material produced by slate quarries in scotland.
Nfrc scotland also delivers a series of continuous professional development sessions with client groups and specifiers to promote best practice across all roofing disciplines.
For more information on what is considered a permitted development when adding to your roof read the scottish government s guidance on householder permitted development rights publication and go to section 4 42.
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Slate has been used for this purpose for centuries.
Scottish roof structures seem to have been a neglected area within the construction history studies.