Are Bargeboards Required?

[EViS]

On a lean-to extension, are bargeboards required along the verges (i.e. with or without a ladder protrusion and a soffit)?

Or is it just as acceptable to bed an undercloak onto the block wall overhanging by approx 50mm with bedded tiles and render upto the bottom of the undercloak?

 

[palaceray]

Umdercloaks on top of the block will be fine,

 

[EViS]

Thank you for the reply . In which situations would you fix a barge board (with or without a ladder rafter)?

 

[catlad]

It would be sensible to put a barge board were you were planning to render the wall to stop water getting behind the render.