BS 8213-4:1990
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Windows, doors and rooflights Code of practice for the installation of replacement windows and doorsets in dwellings
Hardcopy , PDF
30-03-2007
English
29-06-1990
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Foreword
Code of practice
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
Section two. Preliminaries
3. Appraisal of the condition of the building
4. Method of installation
Section three. Work prior to installation
5. Measuring for production purposes
6. Planning the work
7. Transportation, storage and protection of products
8. Care of property
Section four. Installation
9. Installation of new windows, doorsets or surrounds
into structural openings
10. Installing windows and doorsets into new surrounds
11. Installing aluminium or steel windows and doorsets
into existing wood windows converted into surrounds
or into existing wood surrounds
12. Glazing
13. Final inspection
Section five. Completion and maintenance
14. Instructions
Figures
1. Wood or plastics frame or surround bridging the
wall cavity
2. Steel or aluminium frame bridging the wall cavity
3. Frame or surround with its inside face forward of
the damp proof membrane
4. Frame or surround with its inside face on the plane
of the damp proof membrane
5. Frame or surround with the outside plane correctly
related to a rebated structural opening
6. Frame or surround fitted to a structural opening
originally designed for a boxed sash window
7. Window and surround fitted to a flush opening in a
rendered wall
8. New wood sill projecting beyond the rebate of the
subsill
9. Overlap between subsill and new wood sill to provide
suitable joint seal
10. Seal to perimeter joint wider than 5 mm
11. Seal to perimeter joint wider than 10 mm
12. Fillet pointing to perimeter joints of 5 mm or less
in width
13. Seal to perimeter joint in rebated structural
opening
14. Frame bedded internally and externally to the
surround
15. Frame bedded internally and pointed externally to
the surround
16. Provision of drainage and ventilation at sill of
frame, where head and jamb detail is as in figure 14
17. Frame fully bedded to the surround
18. Internal bead applied to surround and external lap
joint bedded all round
Recommendations for the installation into existing structural openings of replacement windows and doorsets (with hinged or sliding leaves) manufactured from metal, plastics or wood.
| Committee |
B/538/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 86/10366 DC (10/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
28
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
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| BS 8220-1:2000 | Guide for security of buildings against crime Dwellings |
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| BS 8213-1:1991 | Windows, doors and rooflights Code of practice for safety in use and during cleaning of windows and doors (including guidance on cleaning materials and methods) |
| BS 644:2003 | Timber windows. Factory assembled windows of various types. Specification |
| BS 6213:1982 | Guide to selection of constructional sealants |
| BS 6100-5.1:1985 | Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. Masonry. Terms common to masonry |
| BS 4921:1988 | Specification for sherardized coatings on iron or steel |
| BS 644-3:1951 | Wood windows Wood double-hung sash and case windows (Scottish type) |
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| BS 1285:1980 | Specification for wood surrounds for steel windows and doors |
| BS 4873:1986 | Specification for aluminium alloy windows |
| BS 1567:1953 | Specification for wood door frames and linings |
| BS 1706:1990 | Method for specifying electroplated coatings of zinc and cadmium on iron and steel |
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| 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 6100-1.3.5:1988 | Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous. Parts of construction works Doors, windows and openings |
| BS 6100-1.6:1985 | Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous Persons |
| BS 4787-1:1980 | Internal and external wood doorsets, door leaves and frames Specification for dimensional requirements |
| BS 644-2:1958 | Wood windows Wood double hung sash windows |
| BS 6100-4.4(1985) : 1985 | GLOSSARY OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TERMS - FOREST PRODUCTS - CARPENTRY AND JOINERY |
| BS 6510:1984 | Specification for steel windows, sills, window boards and doors |
| BS 2569-1:1964 | Specification for sprayed metal coatings Protection of iron and steel by aluminium and zinc against atmospheric corrosion |
| BS 6338:1982 | Specification for chromate conversion coatings on electroplated zinc and cadmium coatings |
| BS 1245:1975 | Specification for metal door frames (steel) |
| BS 6262:1982 | Code of practice for glazing for buildings |
| BS 5286:1978 | Specification for aluminium framed sliding glass doors |
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