It also offers design recommendations in relation to the associated jointing and fixing systems that typically support such panel installations.
There can also be a short-term problem with the lead-based solder used in jointing copper plumbing systems.
I understand, however, that, when consulted, some advisers recommend plastic pipes in peaty soils because of their longer length and firm jointing.
They included problems with roofs and timbers, bad jointing, crumbling brickwork and severe water penetration.
Work is now under way in the council on a number of important topics, ranging from techniques of jointing and assembly to bioengineering.
Locally it displays well-developed columnar jointing.
No prismatic jointing is apparent at the outcrop, but one observes a massive, vesicle-free central part, about 20 m thick, sandwiched between two greenish-brown vesicular zones.
Response to photoperiod before and after jointing in wheat substitution lines.
