BS 6375-1:1989
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Performance of windows Classification for weathertightness (including guidance on selection and specification)
Hardcopy , PDF
23-04-2004
BS 6375-1:2004
BS EN 12207:2016
BS EN 12208:2000
BS EN 12207:2000
English
28-04-1989
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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
Uses terms of exposure categories related to test pressure levels for air permeability, watertightness and wind resistance.
| Committee |
B/538/1
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
16
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| 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 |
| 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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