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  • BS 5368-1:1976

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    Methods of testing windows Air permeability test

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  01-10-2004

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  28-05-1976

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Brief history
    National Appendix A
    Cooperating organizations
    Method of testing
    1. Scope
    2. Field of application
    3. Terminology
    4. Apparatus
    5. Preparation of window for testing
    6. Preparation for the test
    7. Test
    8. Diagrams
    9. Expression of results
    10. Form of test report

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    Applicable to all windows of any material. The test, carried out as far possible in actual operating conditions, provides a method of assessing the property of a closed window to let air pass when it is submitted to a differential pressure.

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    Committee B/538/1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 6510:1984 Specification for steel windows, sills, window boards and doors
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    BS 6375-1:1989 Performance of windows Classification for weathertightness (including guidance on selection and specification)
    BS 8200:1985 Code of practice for design of non-loadbearing external vertical enclosures of buildings
    PD 6529:1990 Report on a new approach for design loads for buildings
    BS PAS 23-1(1999) : 1999 GENERAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES - PART 1: SINGLE LEAF, EXTERNAL DOOR ASSEMBLIES TO DWELLINGS
    BS 8297:2000 Code of practice for Design and installation of non-loadbearing precast concrete cladding
    BS DD171(1987) : 1987 GUIDE TO SPECIFYING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HINGED OR PIVOTED DOORS (INCLUDING TEST METHODS)
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