This part of BS 8000 gives recommendations on basic workmanship on building sites, both commercial and domestic, and covers those tasks which are frequently carried out in relation to the slating and tiling of roofs and walls of newly constructed buildings or buildings being refurbished and re-roofed. It makes recommendations and gives guidance on basic workmanship for conventional types of building work. The recommendations given are not necessarily comprehensive; particular project documents, e.g. project specifications, might be needed to cover recommendations not dealt with by this code of practice.
BS 8000-6:2013 Referenced Document
BS 5534 Slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding. Code of practice*, 2018-02-28 Update
BS 6100-6 Building and civil engineering - Vocabulary - Construction parts
BS 8000-3 Workmanship on construction sites - Masonry. Code of practice*, 2020-05-31 Update
BS 8000-6:2013 history
2023BS 8000-6:2023 Workmanship on construction sites. Slating and tiling of roofs and walls. Code of practice
2014BS 8000-0:2014 Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles
2013BS 8000-6:2013 Workmanship on building sites. Code of practice for slating and tiling of roofs and walls
1990BS 8000-6:1990 Workmanship on building sites - Code of practice for slating and tiling of roofs and claddings