BS 8298-4:2020

This standard BS 8298-4:2020 Design and installation of natural stone cladding and lining is classified in these ICS categories:

• 91.060.10 Walls. Partitions. Façades

This part of BS 8298 gives recommendations for the design and fixing of individually‑supported panels of natural stone, with or without an intermediate metal framing system, as part of a rainscreen cladding system, including vertical elements and sloping elements (i.e. soffits) of the facade, as well as soffit and coping units.

It covers:

1. the provisions necessary for the stone cladding to perform its function satisfactorily; and

2. the methods most frequently used for assessing the suitability of the stone.

It does not cover aggregate/agglomerated stone, stone veneer composite (e.g. stone on honeycomb, stone on ceramic, stone on a lightweight concrete) or terracotta panels used as external cladding.

It does not cover thermal insulation or the intermediate metal framing system.