Fixing And Jointing Sample Clauses

Fixing And Jointing. Softwood in carpentry work shall be put together with steel nails except where described as framed when it shall be properly jointed and held together with glue and steel screws. Fixings shall be ▇▇▇▇▇ steel nails and screws. Joinery work shall be carefully put together and properly jointed in accordance with best practice, all joints shall be glued and screwed or doweled . Any screws appearing on facework shall have the heads let in and pellated unless otherwise described. Softwood fixings shall be ▇▇▇▇▇ steel screws. Where joinery is required to be put together and fixed with brass cups and screws, the cups for fixing hardwood joinery shall be cast brass cups with milled edges and shall be neatly let in to finish flush with the face of the work. Nail lengths shall not be more than total thickness of sections to be joined less 5 mm, but otherwise not less than twice the thickness of the section through which nails are driven. Screw lengths shall be not more than total thickness of sections to be joined less 5 mm, but otherwise not less than 1.5 times the thickness of the section through which screws are driven. Proprietary plugs shall be approved by the Engineer or his Representative. Steel nails shall comply with BS EN 197-1:200002: Part 1. Wood screws shall be brass complying with BS EN 197-1:200010 with slotted countersunk heads. Screw cups shall be brass complying with BS 1494: Part 2. Synthetic resin gap-filling adhesives shall comply with BS EN 197-1:200004: Part 1, type WBP. Synthetic resin close-contact adhesives shall comply with BS EN 197-1:200004: Part 2, type WBP.