NHBC Technical newsletter - October 2014

Technical Extra 15

National House Building Council, 2014
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Core Supplement

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Technical Extra

Abstract

Subdivided into four sections: NHBC Standards; regulation and compliance; guidance and good practice; information and support. Covers: cavity trays and DPCs; movement joints in external masonry walls; slating and tiling for pitched roofs; type approvals: certificate changes; Building Regulations: Regulation 38; publication of category 4 screening levels for land affected by contamination; copings and cappings to brick chimneys; suspended beam and block concrete floors; installation of GRP dormer windows; and audible cracking noises in intermediate floors. Also includes: technical news, information and support.

History

Withdrawn January 2024. Technical Extra publication replaces Standards Extra and Sustainability Extra.

Subjects

  • Legal issues and management
  • Standards/glossaries/reports
  • Reports

Publisher History

Formed in 1936, the NHBC is the standard setting body for new and newly converted homes in the UK.

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