BS 6213:1982
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Guide to selection of constructional sealants
Hardcopy , PDF
15-07-2000
English
31-05-1982
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Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Guide
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Joint design considerations
4. Sealant types
5. Selection tables and their use
6. Sealant preapplication considerations
7. General application and sealing techniques
Appendix
A. Bibliography
Tables
1. Range of achieved joint widths
2. Expected service life of sealant types
3. Types of sealant failure and possible causes
4. Joints in water-retaining structures
5. Joints in traffic surfaces/floors
6. Joints in building substructures and other water-
excluding structures
7. Joints in roofs and roof finishes
8. Joints in external walling and cladding
9. Joints in windows and window frames
10. Joints in internal finishes (walls and partitions)
11. Joints in ceilings
Figures
1. Working example of calculation of joint width
2. Adhesion failure
3. Spalling
4. Cohesion failure
5. Folding
6. Intrusion
7. Examples of joints in water-retaining structures
8. Examples of joints in traffic surfaces/floors
9. Examples of joints in building substructures and
other water-excluding structures
10. Examples of joints in roofs and roof finishes
11. Examples of joints in external walling and
cladding
12. Examples of joints in windows and window frames
13. Examples of joints in internal finishes (walls
and partitions)
14. Examples of joints in ceilings
Guidance on types of joint sealants and on their selection and correct application to enable proper choice and specification according to joint function and design. Includes sealants for use in areas having slow moving vehicular and pedestrian traffic but not areas of more onerous use such as carriageways of roads, airport runways and similar areas.
| Committee |
B/547
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
38
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS 6779-4:1999 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for parapets of reinforced and unreinforced masonry construction |
| BS 8297:2000 | Code of practice for Design and installation of non-loadbearing precast concrete cladding |
| BS 6093:1993 | Code of practice for design of joints and jointing in building construction |
| BS 8213-4:1990 | Windows, doors and rooflights Code of practice for the installation of replacement windows and doorsets in dwellings |
| BS 7913:1998 | Guide to the principles of the conservation of historic buildings |
| BS 8208-1:1985 | Guide to assessment of suitability of external cavity walls for filling with thermal insulants Existing traditional cavity construction |
| BS 8200:1985 | Code of practice for design of non-loadbearing external vertical enclosures of buildings |
| BS 8297:1995 | Code of practice for design and installation of non-loadbearing precast concrete cladding |
| I.S. 325-2:1995 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR USE OF MASONRY - PART 2: MASONRY CONSTRUCTION |
| BS 8221-2:2000 | Code of practice for cleaning and surface repair of buildings Surface repair of natural stones, brick and terracotta |
| BS 8102:1990 | Code of practice for protection of structures against water from the ground |
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