diff --git a/domain/sap10_ml/rdsap_uvalues.py b/domain/sap10_ml/rdsap_uvalues.py
index 725c7726..6b1e35fc 100644
--- a/domain/sap10_ml/rdsap_uvalues.py
+++ b/domain/sap10_ml/rdsap_uvalues.py
@@ -839,20 +839,21 @@ _ROOF_RAFTERS_BY_THICKNESS: Final[list[tuple[int, float]]] = [
     (400, 0.14),
 ]
 
-# Table 18 rafters column: pitched-roof "insulation at rafters" default U
-# by age band when the thickness cannot be determined. RdSAP 10 §5.11
-# Table 18 (PDF p.45). Identical to the joist column (1) for bands A-G
+# Table 18 column (2) "Pitched, insulation at rafters": pitched-roof default
+# U by age band when the thickness cannot be determined. RdSAP 10 §5.11
+# Table 18 (PDF p.46). Identical to the joist column (1) for bands A-G
 # (2.30 → 0.40), then diverges higher (H 0.35 vs 0.30, I 0.35 vs 0.26,
-# J/K 0.20 vs 0.16, L 0.18 vs 0.16). Unlike the loft-joist default this
-# does NOT collapse to the optimistic 0.40 "assume modern retrofit" floor
-# at old bands — a rafter cavity cannot be topped up from the loft, so an
-# unknown-thickness rafter roof keeps the as-built age-band U (band F
-# 0.68, band E 1.50, A-D 2.30). Worksheet-validated by simulated case 41
-# Ext3 (band F, R Rafters, As Built → P960 §3 (30) U=0.68).
+# J/K 0.20 vs 0.16, L 0.18 vs 0.16) before converging to 0.15 at band M.
+# Unlike the loft-joist default this does NOT collapse to the optimistic
+# 0.40 "assume modern retrofit" floor at old bands — a rafter cavity cannot
+# be topped up from the loft, so an unknown-thickness rafter roof keeps the
+# as-built age-band U (band F 0.68, band E 1.50, A-D 2.30). Worksheet-
+# validated by simulated case 41 Ext3 (band F, R Rafters, As Built → P960
+# §3 (30) U=0.68).
 _ROOF_RAFTERS_BY_AGE: Final[dict[str, float]] = {
     "A": 2.30, "B": 2.30, "C": 2.30, "D": 2.30, "E": 1.50,
     "F": 0.68, "G": 0.40, "H": 0.35, "I": 0.35, "J": 0.20,
-    "K": 0.20, "L": 0.18, "M": 0.18,
+    "K": 0.20, "L": 0.18, "M": 0.15,
 }
 
 # Table 18 column (3): flat-roof default U by age band when thickness unknown.
diff --git a/domain/sap10_ml/tests/test_rdsap_uvalues.py b/domain/sap10_ml/tests/test_rdsap_uvalues.py
index 8d670a2f..77de58eb 100644
--- a/domain/sap10_ml/tests/test_rdsap_uvalues.py
+++ b/domain/sap10_ml/tests/test_rdsap_uvalues.py
@@ -1265,6 +1265,25 @@ def test_u_roof_at_rafters_unknown_thickness_uses_table18_rafters_age_band() ->
     assert abs(band_c - 2.30) <= 0.001
 
 
+def test_u_roof_at_rafters_unknown_thickness_age_m_returns_0_15_per_table18() -> None:
+    # Arrange — RdSAP 10 Table 18 column (2) "Pitched, insulation at
+    # rafters" (PDF p.46): band M = 0.15 (footnote (1) only, no country
+    # variation — the whole M row converges to 0.15). The rafters column
+    # diverges above the joist column at H-L (0.35/0.35/0.20/0.20/0.18)
+    # but rejoins it at M = 0.15; the table previously carried 0.18 here.
+
+    # Act
+    band_m = u_roof(
+        country=Country.ENG,
+        age_band="M",
+        insulation_thickness_mm=None,
+        insulation_at_rafters=True,
+    )
+
+    # Assert
+    assert abs(band_m - 0.15) <= 0.001
+
+
 def test_u_roof_unknown_age_band_falls_back_to_mid_range() -> None:
     # Arrange — nothing known.