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  • BS 6510:1984

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    SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL WINDOWS SILLS WINDOW BOARDS AND DOORS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  14-01-2005

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1984

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Window types, size limitations and handing
    4. Materials
    5. Construction
    6. Work sizes and manufacturing tolerances
    7. Composites
    8. Hardware
    9. Protective finishes
    10. Weatherstripping
    11. Provision for fixing
    12. Provision for glazing
    13. Security
    14. Safety
    15. Weathertightness performance
    Appendices
    A. Window and door types and size limitations
    B. Optional features
    C. Recommendations for the site assembly of composites
    D. Recommendations for marking
    Table
    1. Relationship of test pressure classes to design
        wind pressure for weatherstripped opening light
        windows and fixed light windows
    Figures
    1. Window and door types and size limitations
    2. Key to sizing
    3. Key to handing
    4. Typical W20 range window
    5. Typical F range window
    6. Typical projecting friction hinge for side-hung F
        range casements
    7. Typical reversible horizontally pivoted casement
    8. Typical door composite in F sections
    9. Typical details of sills and window boards
    10. Details of J and JB filler panels
    11. Typical fixing details
    12. Steel sections: F range
    13. Steel sections: W20 range

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    Provides requirements for materials, construction, finishes and hardware for steel windows, sills, window boards and doors manufactured from the F range, or the heavier W20 range, of steel window sections. Including weathertightness performance for weather-stripped opening light windows and fixed light windows. Shows provision for glazing of frames but excludes glass. Gives window and door types and size limitations and describes optional features to be agreed between manufacturer and purchaser. Includes recommendations for the site assembly of composites and marking. Plus information on security and safety.

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    Committee ECB/42
    Development Note REPLACES BS 990: PART 1: 1967, BS 990: PART 2: 1972, BS 1422: 1956, BS 1787: 1951 AND BS 2503: 1954
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
    Supersedes

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

    BS 8213-4:1990 WINDOWS, DOORS AND ROOF LIGHTS - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND DOOR SETS IN DWELLINGS
    BS 5628-3:2001 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR USE OF MASONRY - PART 3: MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS, DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP
    BS 8213-1:2004 Windows doors and rooflights Design for safety in use and during cleaning of windows, including door-height windows and roof windows. Code of practice
    BS 8220-1:2000 Guide for security of buildings against crime Dwellings
    BS 5262:1991 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR EXTERNAL RENDERINGS
    BS 8220-2:1995 Guide for security of buildings against crime Offices and shops
    BS 8220-3:2004 Guide for security of buildings against crime Storage, industrial and distribution premises
    05/30131954 DC : DRAFT APR 2005 BS 5628-3 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE USE OF MASONRY - PART 3: MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS, DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP
    I.S. 325-2:1995 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR USE OF MASONRY - PART 2: MASONRY CONSTRUCTION

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

    BS 4255-2:1975 CELLULAR GASKETS
    BS 5368-2:1980 METHODS OF TESTING WINDOWS - PART 2: WATERTIGHTNESS TEST UNDER STATIC PRESSURE
    BS 5368-1:1976 METHODS OF TESTING WINDOWS - AIR PERMEABILITY TEST
    BS 5642-1(1978) : 1978 SILLS, COPINGS AND CAPPINGS - PART 1: SPECIFICATION FOR WINDOW SILLS OF PRECAST CONCRETE, CAST STONE, CLAYWARE, SLATE AND NATURAL STONE
    BS 5368-3:1978 METHODS OF TESTING WINDOWS - PART 3: WIND RESISTANCE TESTS
    BS 6375-1:1983 PERFORMANCE OF WINDOWS - CLASSIFICATION FOR WEATHERTIGHTNESS (INCLUDING GUIDANCE ON SELECTION AND SPECIFICATION)
    BS 3382-7:1966 SPECIFICATION FOR ELECTROPLATED COATINGS ON THREADED COMPONENTS - THICKER PLATINGS FOR THREADED COMPONENTS
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