Sandtoft Plain Tile
The small-format concrete plain tile — the double-lap tile that covers most of suburban Britain, laid about 60 to the square metre. At roughly 20 kgCO₂e per m² of roof it is twice the large-format Sandtoft tiles from the same works, because covering a square metre takes far more tile.
Carbon and evidence
Product Evidence
Evidence currently held for the Wienerberger product record.
Recorded Carbon Result
A1–A3 GWP-total per tonne, as declared. GWP-fossil for the same stage is 260 kgCO2e/t — the gap is timber-pallet biogenic carbon booked in A3 and released in A5, a packaging artefact rather than a property of the tile, and it is the figure Wienerberger themselves publish. Both are stored. On the manufacturer's own conversion this tile is about 20.3 kgCO₂e per m² of roof (GWP-fossil basis, manufacturer-published rather than part of the verified declaration).
Indicator: GWP-total
Sandtoft Plain Tile — Sandtoft production line S1 (HUB-4621)A1–A3 covers raw-material supply, transport to manufacture and manufacturing. It is product-stage information, not a whole-life result.
Environmental Product Declaration
EPD recorded- Coverage
- Product family
- Declared unit
- 1 tonne (declared unit mass 1000 kg)
- Programme
- EPD Hub
- Registration
- HUB-4621
- Standard
- EN 15804:2012+A2:2019/AC:2021, ISO 14025
- Valid until
- 2031-01-18
- Verification
- Third-party verified
Keyed on the Sandtoft production line S1 rather than on a single product — it covers Plain tile, in ten colours. Manufactured to BS EN 490, data year 2022.
Reported GWP Modules
Displayed as stored; modules are not added together here.
A1–A3
207 kgCO₂e
per 1 tonne of tile
Service Life — the B4 Replacement Input
70 years · EPD reference service life
The declaration states a 70-year reference service life.
≈1 installation over a 60-year building study period.
Evidence Sources
Comparison Status
This result should be displayed for information only and not ranked against another product.
- • The EPD is not linked to an evidence source.
Design & Specification Notes
Qualitative notes for early design discussion. Not product-specific EPD evidence, and not a basis for numerical comparison.
The small-format concrete plain tile — the double-lap tile that covers most of suburban Britain, laid about 60 to the square metre.
Typical Uses
- •Roof coverings
- •Waterproofing layer
- •Weather protection
Key Performance
High durability in wet exposure and wind uplift.
Specification Actions
- •Specify GGBS/PFA cement replacement (target: 50%+ replacement).
- •Request EPD showing embodied carbon per m3.
- •Calculate transport distances for primary materials.
Indicative Health & Indoor Air
Specification
- Range
- Sandtoft
- Finish
- Concrete roof tile, small format
- Service life
- 70 years
- Country of manufacture
- United Kingdom