BS 5516:1991
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Code of practice for design and installation of sloping and vertical patent glazing
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26-11-2004
English
30-04-1991
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Foreword
Section 1. General
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Provision of information
Section 2. Components, materials and finishes
4 General
5 Supporting members, flashings, ancillary components
and finishes
6 Infillings
7 Sealing and glazing materials
Section 3. Design
8 General
9 Selection of materials
10 Structural
11 Openings
12 Fire
13 Weather resistance
14 Heat conservation
15 Condensation
16 Solar heat gain
17 Thermal safety
18 Transmission of light
19 Sound reduction
20 Durability
21 Human safety
22 Security
23 Access for maintenance and cleaning
Section 4. Work on site
24 Storage of materials
25 Installation
Section 5. Maintenance
26 Access for maintenance and cleaning
27 Inspection
28 Cleaning
29 Other maintenance
Appendices
A Symbols
B Wind load
C Snow load
D Dead load (self-weight)
E Maintenance load
F Determination of working pressures for patent
glazing
G Determination of working pressures for supporting
members
H Determination of required geometric properties of
section for supporting members
J Plastics glazing sheet materials
K Thermal stress in glass
Tables
1 Fire performance of glass
2 Thermal transmittance (U-values) of glass (single
glass and sealed double glazing units)
3 Thermal transmittance (U-values) of plastics glazing
sheet materials (single and double sheet and hollow
section)
Figures
1 Aluminium patent glazing bars
2 Recommended minimum thicknesses of glass for
infilling
(a) Two-edge supported annealed glass (float, cast,
polished wire and wired cast)
(b) Two-edge supported toughened (tempered) float
glass
(c) Two-edge supported laminated float glass
(d) Two-edge supported double glazing units
(symmetrical) (float and toughened (tempered)
float)
(e) Two-edge supported double glazing units
(asymmetrical) (float, cast, toughened
(tempered) float, laminated float, polished
wired and wired cast)
(f) Four-edge supported annealed glass (float,
cast, polished wired and wired cast)
(g) Four-edge supported toughened (tempered) float
glass
(h) Four-edge supported laminated float glass
(i) Four-edge supported double glazing units
(symmetrical) (annealed float glass)
(j) Four-edge supported double glazing units
(symmetrical) (laminated float and toughened
(tempered) float)
(k) Four-edge supported double glazing units
(toughened (tempered) float and laminated
float)
(l) Four-edge supported double glazing units
(float, laminated float, polished wired and
wired cast)
(m) Four-edge supported double glazing units
(asymmetrical) (cast, polished wired and wired
cast)
3 Recommended minimum thicknesses of solid plastics
glazing sheet material for infilling
(a) Two-edge supported panes and four-edge
supported panes with aspect ratios of pane
greater than 3.5:1
(b) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
pane from 2.5:1 to 3.5:1
(c) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
pane from 1.5:1 to 2.5:1
(d) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
pane from 1.0:1 to 1.5:1
4 Additional framing at entrances
5 Typical rack for the storage of glass
6 Dimensional and positional tolerances of patent
glazing
7 Use of ladders and crawling boards for temporary
access
8 Edge clearance and edge cover for plastics glazing
sheet materials
9 Cutting hollow section plastics glazing sheet
materials
Two-edge and four-edge patent glazing systems with glass and plastics glazing sheet materials. Gives structural and other design recommendations, including minimum thicknesses of single and double glazing infilling and installation and maintenance.
| Committee |
B/520
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| DevelopmentNote |
SUPERSEDES BS 5516:1977.
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
70
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 476-4:1970 | Fire tests on building materials and structures Non-combustibility test for materials |
| BS 6399-3(1988) : 1988 | LOADING FOR BUILDINGS - PART 3: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IMPOSED ROOF LOADS |
| BS 476-3:1975 | Fire tests on building materials and structures External fire exposure roof test |
| BS 952-1:1978 | Glass for glazing Classification |
| BS CP3:CH5-2(1972) : AMD 7908 | CODE OF BASIC DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS - LOADING - WIND LOADS |
| BS CP153-2(1970) : 1970 | WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHTS - WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHTS - DURABILITY AND MAINTENANCE |
| BS 476-6(1989) : 1989 | FIRE TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES - PART 6: METHOD OF TEST FOR FIRE PROPAGATION FOR PRODUCTS |
| PD 6512-3:1987 | Use of elements of structural fire protection with particular reference to the recommendations given in BS 5588 \'Fire precautions in the design and construction of buildings\' Guide to the fire performance of glass |
| BS CP3:CH9(1950) : LATEST | CODE OF BASIC DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS - DURABILITY |
| BS 476-20:1987 | Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of elements of construction (general principles) |
| BS 6270-3:1991 | Code of practice for cleaning and surface repair of buildings Metals (cleaning only) |
| BS 8220-2:1987 | Guide for security of buildings against crime Offices and shops |
| BS 2569-1:1964 | Specification for sprayed metal coatings Protection of iron and steel by aluminium and zinc against atmospheric corrosion |
| BS 476-22:1987 | Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction |
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