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  • BS 6375-1:1989

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    Performance of windows Classification for weathertightness (including guidance on selection and specification)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  23-04-2004

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  28-04-1989

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Classification
    1 Scope
    2 Definitions
    3 Classification
    4 Test procedures
    5 Test for air permeability
    6 Test for watertightness
    7 Tests for wind resistance
    Appendices
    A Guidance on the selection and specification of
       windows for weathertightness
    B Methods of calculating design wind pressure
    Tables
    1 Exposure categories
    2 Ground roughness categories
    3 Combined internal and external pressure coefficients
    4 Design wind pressure
    Figures
    1 Air permeability limits for windows with opening
       lights
    2 Window types and air penetration
    3 Basic wind speed

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    Uses terms of exposure categories related to test pressure levels for air permeability, watertightness and wind resistance.

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    Status Superseded
    Superseded By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

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 644-1:1989 Wood windows Specification for factory assembled windows of various types
    BS 7412:2002 Plastics windows made from unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) extruded hollow profiles. Specification
    BS 6093:1993 Code of practice for design of joints and jointing in building construction
    PD 6501-5:1990 The preparation of British Standards for building and civil engineering Guide to technical committees on the preparation of performance specifications in British Standards for construction products
    BS 644:2003 Timber windows. Factory assembled windows of various types. Specification
    BS 6767-1:1992 Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for design and construction
    BS 4873:2004 Aluminium alloy windows
    BS 7412:1991 Specification for plastics windows made from PVC-U extruded hollow profiles
    BS 5427-1:1996 Code of practice for the use of profiled sheet for roof and wall cladding on buildings Design
    BS 6767-1:1999 Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for design and construction of the basic unit
    BS 6492-1:1984 Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for design and construction

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5368-2:1980 Methods of testing windows Watertightness test under static pressure
    BS 5368-1:1976 Methods of testing windows Air permeability test
    BS CP3:CH5-2(1972) : AMD 7908 CODE OF BASIC DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS - LOADING - WIND LOADS
    BS 6375-2:1987 Performance of windows Specification for operation and strength characteristics
    BS 5368-3:1978 Methods of testing windows Wind resistance tests
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