AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA, BIA AGUS MARA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE
Minimum Standards for Roof Cladding and Side Cladding
Note: This specification applies to every building grant-aided by the A.E.S. No Grant will be paid unless an appropriate sheet from the list below is installed in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
The Department operates a NO STAMP: NO GRANT policy. Every sheet of cladding material must have an identifiable indelible stamp.
N.B. Unpainted galvanised steel and aluminium – zinc coated sheets are NOT accepted for grant-aid.
(Note that unstamped proprietary double-skin insulated panels are accepted for cladding of produce houses, dairies, milking premises. Unstamped ceiling panels are accepted in dairies/milking premises if they conform to S106 (cl.8.6), or S103 (cl.8.9); unstamped single sheet side cladding is allowed in produce houses, if of the same quality as the double-skin roof cladding.)
FIBRE-CEMENT CLADDING:
Reinforced corrugated fibre-cement sheets [EN 494] to a non-fragile rating of CLASS C. Cladding Sheets shall be handled, stored, cut, laid and fixed in strict accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
BEFAB CEMBRIT CEMSIX
BRIARWOOD EURO SIX
CAPCO ROOFING CEMBRIT PROFILE 76
CEMBRIT CEMSIX
STEADMANS P6R
SVK NEPTUNUS profile 76
TEGRAL PROFILE 6R [underside stamp = X EBM]
TEGRAL P6R NT [Stamp=C1X day/month/year Z]
TEGRAL PROFILE 76
All fibre cement sheeting is to be supplied with a certificate of manufacture, that includes invoice no., applicant’s name and address, contractor, product type, length of sheets, no of each sheet and delivery date. This certificate must be set out as agreed between the supplier of the sheets and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
VENTILATED METAL CLADDING:
Proprietary pre-painted ventilated metal sheets for side-cladding; fitted in continuous strip, both sides of house, Min. Depth 1.5m. Sheets listed below are accepted for all widths of houses: for houses wider than 15m, a sheet with a high airflow is recommended.