SFS Infill Walls and Sheathing Board — Frame, Fixings and Sheathing Before the Membrane — Quality Inspection Checklist

Statutory basis, cited on the form

• CWCT Standard for systemised building envelopes (2006) and Standard test methods for building envelopes (2005)
• Building Regulations 2010 reg 7(2) (combustible materials in external walls)
• Approved Document B (2019 edition as amended)
• HRB Procedures Regulations 2023 (Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 regs 18–26 — change control)
• NHBC Standards 2024 Chapters 4 to 7 (6.9 curtain walling and cladding)

Guidance and standards relied on

These are not law. HSE guidance carries no statutory force in itself, British Standards and NASC technical guidance are industry documents, and the Joint Code of Practice is an insurers' code. They are what the document is built to — and where a court would look for the standard of the reasonable contractor.

• BS 8539:2012 (post-installed anchors)