Deeplas ENVIROTILE User manual

1. Technical features 3
2. Technical information 4-5
3. Envirolay test results 6
3.1. Envirolay technical information 6
4. Installation guide for Envirotiles 7
5. Setting up 8
6. Ventilation 9
7. Eaves starter rail 10
8. Envirolay installation 11-12
9. Fitting battens 13-16
10. Dry verge installation 17
11. Installing the Envirotiles 18-22
12. Abutment walls 23-24
13. Installing the ridge 25-26
14. Final stages 27
15. Installing hip roofs 28-29
16. Installing eaves starter rail 30
17. Installing Envirolay 31
18. Installing Envirotiles 32
19. Single hip roof faces 33
20. Double hipped roof faces 34
21. Ventilated ridge and hip roll 35
22. Installing the ridge 36
23. Installing the hip ridge 37
24. Fitting the gutters 38
25. Envirotile slate components list 39
26. Envirotile standard components list 40
27. Envirotile standard/slate components list 41-42
CONTENTS
BE SAFE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT
Ensure you conform to the latest Work at
Height Regulations. For more details, visit:
www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height
If in doubt at any stage
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0800 988 7307
Please contact the customer services department
from which you purchased the Envirotile from.
INSTALLATION GUIDE
ENVIROTILE
ISSUE 1
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INSTALLATION GUIDE
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All Envirotile roof products are manufactured using 100%
reliably sourced recycled plastic, providing the consumer with
a genuine environmentally friendly roof covering
Outstanding test results conducted by the Bre test facility to
Pr EN15601 established that Envirotile roof covering provides
increased performance against wind loads over that of
conventional roof tiles and slates with standard clip xings
Fully Tested and fully compliant for both the UK BS:5534-2014
and European equivalent DD:CENT/S 15087 External Fire
Exposure Roof Test conducted by Exova to BS476-3 – EXT.S.AA
External Fire Exposure Roof Test conducted by Exova to DD
CEN/TS 1187 test 4 – B Roof t4
Maintains full integrity and provides a leading performance
against wind uplift loads from a minimum low roof pitch of
12.5°
Durable and robust, minimising breakages normally
experienced during the roof installation process
Resists mould, moss and fungus due to the non-porous
attributes of polymer material
Provides future generations with a genuine polymer recycled
application at the end of life, assisting with considerate
constructors’ initiatives
Designed to provide a simple and cost effective roof covering
that is fully mechanically dry xed
Envirotile is a lightweight roof product weighing an average of
just 7.8 kilos per square metre in contrast with conventional
cement or natural slate products that can weigh on average
50 kilos
Less weight results in cheaper transportation, reduced CO²
transport emissions and less structural requirement on
roong supports
No additional roof tiles required to accommodate top and
bottom eaves courses due to the innovative patented design,
providing customers with reduced material cost
Manufactured from environmentally sustainable products
otherwise destined for landll
Provides an environmentally friendly building roof product
that genuinely provides a great application for reusable plastic
Complies with the Code for Sustainable Homes
http://www.breeam.org/index.jsp
Offers a genuine alternative to meet the growing public
demand for more sustainable build options
Completely recyclable at the end of life
Virtually unbreakable; interlocks in eight places, making it
signicantly more vandal and burglar proof
This step by step installation and technical guide is aimed at
all new users of the Award Winning Envirotile mechanically
dry xed lightweight Roof System.
Envirotile offers unrivalled technical performance along
with excellent eco-credentials. It’s precision crafted design
fully utilises the latest in recycled material technology which
ensures every roof tile meets the strictest level of quality.
The lightweight Envirotile Interlocking Roof System must be
installed in full compliance with recommendations outlined
in BS:5534-2014 code of practice for slating and tiling
and BS:8000-6-1990 code of practice for workmanship on
building sites for slating and tiling of roofs and cladding.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE LEADING PERFORMANCE
ENVIROTILE: BENEFITS THAT REDUCE OVERALL BUILDING COSTS
ENVIROTILE: GENUINELY SUSTAINABLE
ENVIROTILE: MORE SECURE

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1. TECHNICAL FEATURES
1.0
TOP VIEW
UNDERSIDE VIEW
Nail or Screw Position for LHS verge
secondary xing (K)
Interlocking Insert (A)
Interlocking Insert (A)
Underside Joining Clip (E)
Drip Channel (G)
Drainage (I)
Slate nish aesthetics
also provides non slip
assistance with foothold
Interlocking Open Groove (C)
Nail Fixing Aperture (D)
Gauge Settings (B)
Gauge Grooves (B)
5mm Expansion line setting (J)
Note: Standard nish tile also available
Detachable Nibs (F)
Strengthening Rib
features (H)

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2. AT A GLANCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
2.0
Envirotile Composition Manufactured to BS:9001 for quality assurance. Injection moulded
using 100% of UK reliably sourced reprocessed Polypropylene
Roof Tile/Slate colour
Slate range:
Terracotta/Brown/Slate Grey/Anthracite Grey
Standard range:
Terracotta/Brown/Slate Grey/Anthracite Black
Gauge Recommended Setting Head Lap
12.5° - 22.5° (Low Pitch) 250mm Gauge 110mm
22.5° - 90° 265mm Gauge 95mm
22.5° - 90° 280mm Gauge 80mm
Coverage per Square Metre
At 280mm gauge 11.9 tiles
At 265mm gauge 12.6 tiles
At 250mm gauge 13.4 tiles
Envirotile Weight (single tile) 645g
Easy to carry pack (10 tiles) 6.45 kg
Suitable Roof Pitch 12.5° to 90° (vertical)
Fixing batten to rafter - recommendations
Graded battens to be used
38mmx 25mm for 450mm rafter centres
50mm x 25mm for 600mm rafter centres
Batten xing nails to BS:5534 - 14 65mm x 3.35mm
Envirotile xing to BS:EN1202-3 Every tile to be secured and xed
On normal pitch of 25° or over 30mmx 3.35mm stainless steel annular ring shank
Low pitch xing from 12.5° to 25° 30mm x 4mm countersunk stainless steel screw
Envirolay Bre Certied 13859-1 and BS:EN 12310-1
Recommended droop allowance of 15mm between rafter centres x
3 recommended nail xings per rafter
overlap 150mm for each course
Bond A half bond using a cut half starter tile at verge - similar in appear-
ance to a double lap tile or slate bond when laid to roof
Expansion gap between tiles 5mm (moulded guide line to assist installer)
Screw Type on shallow pitches Always use S/Steel screw xings on roof pitches below 25°
Cutting of Envirotile
No dust pollution is emitted during the cutting process, the use of
a chalk line to determine straight edge cutting is strongly recom-
mended and will be extremely benecial in use with valley, hip and
gable end detail

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Ventilation:
Universal fascia products used in conjunction with the Envirotile
roof system must conform to recommendations provided in
BS:5250/2016.
At fascia on roof pitches above 15° 10,000mm of airow per metre
run is recommended for use.
On roof pitches below 15° 25,000mm of airow per metre run is
required for use.
Packaging
720 x single tiles supplied shrink wrapped on a wooden pallet
consisting of 72 packs of 10 x tiles.
280 x double tiles consisting of 28 packs of 10 x tiles
Storage conditions Dry at surface area required for storing pallets
Fixing in freezing conditions Roof tile installation not to be carried out below 4°C
Recommended universal dry x products to be used GRP Valley trough
GRP Abutment Flashing
Dedicated Envirotile dry x verge and ridge products Must be genuine Deeplas manufactured and supplied parts
Deeplas reserves the right to alter any of the elements quoted in the above specication without prior notice. Please note that
the above information is given in good faith and should be considered as a guide only, if any values in this specication are of
critical importance then we strongly recommend the user arranges independent testing themselves. Test methods mentioned
are considered as guides only, actual methods may differ slightly in practice. Suitability of the product for all applications is at the
discretion of the user, as are any potential patent infringements relating to specic applications.