Provisions the documents cite: 4.3 strip and trench fill foundations; 4.4 raft, pile, pier and beam foundations; 5.1 substructure and ground-bearing floors; 5.2 suspended ground floors; 5.3 drainage below ground; 6.1 external masonry walls; 6.2 external timber framed walls; 6.4 timber and concrete upper floors; 6.5 steelwork; 6.7 doors, windows and glazing; 6.9 curtain walling and cladding; 6.11 render; 7.1 flat roofs, terraces and balconies; 7.2 pitched roofs
What it requires
The warranty standard for new homes, cited where the work is residential and otherwise as the UK benchmark for foundations, substructure, masonry, timber frame, floors, steel, glazing, cladding, render and roofs — including the masonry tolerances the scope calls "NHBC 6.1".
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The 68 documents that cite it
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Bricklaying and masonry quality checklists
- Bond, Plumb, Line, Joints and Movement Joints — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Brick Slips and Brick-Faced Panels — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Cavity Wall — Ties, Insulation, Trays, Weeps and Closers — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Internal Blockwork — Fire and Acoustic Walls — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Lintels, Bearings and Restraints — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Setting Out, DPC and First Lifts — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Stone Masonry, Cast Stone and Restoration — Quality Inspection Checklist
Carpentry and joinery first fix quality checklists
- Floor Joists, Strutting and Notching — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Roof Carcass and Trusses — Bracing and Restraint Straps — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Stud Walls and Door Linings — First Fix — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Timber Moisture and Treatment Record — Quality Inspection Checklist
Cladding and façades quality checklists
- Built-Up and Composite Metal Cladding — Liner, Spacer, Insulation, Outer Sheet and Fasteners — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Copings, Cappings, Soffits and Louvres — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Curtain Walling and Structural Glazing — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Insulation, Cavity Barriers and Fire-Stopping in the Cavity — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Panel Installation — Rainscreen, Composite and Timber — Quality Inspection Checklist
- SFS Infill Walls and Sheathing Board — Frame, Fixings and Sheathing Before the Membrane — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Sealing, Interfaces and Water Testing — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Setting Out, Brackets and Rails — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Unitised Curtain Walling — Units, Hooking-On, Stack Joints and Closure — Quality Inspection Checklist
Glazing and windows quality checklists
- Glazing — Glass Specification, Marks, Drainage and Beads — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Opening Preparation, DPCs and Cavity Closers — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Window Films, Manifestation and Adjustment — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Window and Door Frame Installation — Fixings, Packers and Sealing — Quality Inspection Checklist
Groundworks and civils quality checklists
- Backfill and Compaction — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Below-Ground Drainage — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Below-Ground Services and Ducts — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Drainage Testing and CCTV — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Excavation and Formation — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Foundations — Trench and Pad — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Ground Gas and Radon Protection — Membrane, Venting and Verification — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Ground-Floor Slab and DPM — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Interceptors, Separators, Pumping Stations and Below-Ground Tanks — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Manholes and Inspection Chambers — Bases, Benching, Rings, Steps and Covers — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Setting Out and Levels — Quality Inspection Checklist
- SuDS — Attenuation Tanks, Crates, Soakaways and Permeable Sub-Base — Quality Inspection Checklist
Inspection and test plans
Piling and substructure quality checklists
- Pile Caps and Ground Beams — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Pile Cut-Off and Integrity Testing — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Pile Installation Record — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Pile Setting Out and Working Platform — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Underpinning — Quality Inspection Checklist
Precast, timber frame and MMC quality checklists
- Precast Delivery, Bearings and Fixings — Quality Inspection Checklist
- SIPs and CLT Panels — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Timber Frame Erection — Sole Plates, Holding-Down and Breather Membrane — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Volumetric Modules and Pod Placement — Quality Inspection Checklist
Render and external finishes quality checklists
- External Wall Insulation — Fixings, Fire Barriers and Base Coat — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Lime Render — Traditional and Heritage Walls — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Render Coats, Curing and Finish — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Render Repair and Re-Rendering of Existing Walls — Survey, Removal, Making Good and New Coats — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Substrate, Beads and Mesh — Quality Inspection Checklist
Roofing quality checklists
- Flashings, Abutments and Lead Work — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Flat Roof — Insulation, Membrane, Laps, Upstands and Outlets — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Green and Blue Roof Build-Up — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Gutters, Rainwater Outlets and Overflows — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Liquid-Applied Roof Coatings — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Metal Standing Seam and Profiled Metal Roofing — Halters, Seams, Expansion and Terminations — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Pitched Roof — Underlay, Battens, Tiles and Fixings — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Reinforced Bitumen Membranes — Built-Up Felt Roofing — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Roof Deck and Vapour Control Layer — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Rooflights, Vents and Penetrations — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Single-Ply Membrane — Fastening Pattern, Welds and Peel Tests — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Terraces and Balconies — Membrane, Drainage, Pedestals, Thresholds and Balustrade Fixings — Quality Inspection Checklist
Waterproofing and tanking quality checklists
- Integrity Test and Protection Before Backfill — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Membrane Laps, Details and Penetrations — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Substrate Acceptance for Membranes — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Type B Integral Waterproofing — Waterbars, Kickers, Construction Joints and Crack Control — Quality Inspection Checklist
- Type C Cavity Drainage Membrane — Membrane, Channels, Sumps and Pumps — Quality Inspection Checklist