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  • BS 5368-2:1980

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    Methods of testing windows Watertightness test under static pressure

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  01-10-2004

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  28-11-1980

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Cooperating organizations
    National foreword
    Brief history
    1 Scope
    2 Field of application
    3 Principle of the test
    4 Terminology
    5 Apparatus
    6 Preparation of window for testing
    7 Preparation for the test
    8 Test
    9 Recording of results
    Annex Untitled
    National appendix A

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    Applicable to all windows of any material. The test provides a method of assessing the watertightness quality of a window. Does not apply to the joints between the windows and the surrounding components and materials.

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    Committee B/538/1
    Development Note Supersedes 76/12643 DC. Also numbered as EN 86. (11/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 7412:1991 Specification for plastics windows made from PVC-U extruded hollow profiles
    BS 6093:1993 Code of practice for design of joints and jointing in building construction
    BS 6510:1984 Specification for steel windows, sills, window boards and doors
    BS 7412:2002 Plastics windows made from unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) extruded hollow profiles. Specification
    BS 6375-1:1989 Performance of windows Classification for weathertightness (including guidance on selection and specification)
    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)
    BS 8297:1995 Code of practice for design and installation of non-loadbearing precast concrete cladding
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