Description:
RYTWTUBE – Rytons Rytweep® Tube (500mm L)
General Details
Rytons Rytweep® Tube (RYTWTUBE) is a Rytweep® extension tube for blockwork and rendering applications.
Features and Benefits:
- Extension tube for use with Rytons Rytweep®.
- Extends the weep for use in blockwork or to allow for rendering.
- Simple push-fit connection.
- Clear finish to suit any brick, block or mortar.
- 500mm length, easily cut to size.
Important: This is a plastic component and is not suitable for use in the following:
a) external walls of buildings over 11m high where people sleep, whether residential, institutional or hospitality; or
b) external wall surfaces within 1m of a boundary where the building is 11m high or less, in England.
Size:
500mm L x 6mm Internal Dia. x 8mm External Dia.
Free Area:
Not applicable.
Colours:
Clear.
Composition:
High quality plastic.
Installation:
- Cut tube to required length and insert into the external Rytweep® outlet.
- Install the complete unit as directed in the Rytweep® installation instructions.
Handling Information:
- Pack quantity: 20 lengths.
- Pack size: 52cm L x 35cm Diameter.
- Pack weight: 0.24kg.
Reference Material:
- NHBC Standards 6.1.17
Where fairfaced masonry is supported by lintels weep holes should be provided at a maximum of 450mm intervals and each opening should have at least two weep holes.
- NHBC Standards 6.11.7c
Rendering shall be detailed to ensure appropriate weathertightness and durability. Issues to be taken into account include … c) weepholes. Weepholes should be provided: where required for ventilation to timber frame construction; to the last tray at stepped abutments; in severe or very severe exposure zones where rendering is returned back into the window or door head (weepholes are not required where the render is not returned); to cavity trays on parapet walls.
- The Building Regulations, Approved Document C, Internal and external walls (moisture from the ground)
5.5 (b) If the wall is an external wall, the damp-proof course should be at least 150mm above the level of the adjoining ground.
5.5 (c) If the wall is an external cavity wall provide weep holes every 900mm to assist in the transfer of moisture through the external leaf. Where the damp-proof tray does not extend the full length of the exposed wall, i.e. above an opening, stop ends and at least two weep holes should be provided.
- British Standards BS 8215
Refer to current guidance for design and installation of damp-proof courses and cavity trays.
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