BS 5516:1991

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Code of practice for design and installation of sloping and vertical patent glazing

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

26-11-2004

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1991

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1. General
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Provision of information
Section 2. Components, materials and finishes
4 General
5 Supporting members, flashings, ancillary components
    and finishes
6 Infillings
7 Sealing and glazing materials
Section 3. Design
8 General
9 Selection of materials
10 Structural
11 Openings
12 Fire
13 Weather resistance
14 Heat conservation
15 Condensation
16 Solar heat gain
17 Thermal safety
18 Transmission of light
19 Sound reduction
20 Durability
21 Human safety
22 Security
23 Access for maintenance and cleaning
Section 4. Work on site
24 Storage of materials
25 Installation
Section 5. Maintenance
26 Access for maintenance and cleaning
27 Inspection
28 Cleaning
29 Other maintenance
Appendices
A Symbols
B Wind load
C Snow load
D Dead load (self-weight)
E Maintenance load
F Determination of working pressures for patent
    glazing
G Determination of working pressures for supporting
    members
H Determination of required geometric properties of
    section for supporting members
J Plastics glazing sheet materials
K Thermal stress in glass
Tables
1 Fire performance of glass
2 Thermal transmittance (U-values) of glass (single
    glass and sealed double glazing units)
3 Thermal transmittance (U-values) of plastics glazing
    sheet materials (single and double sheet and hollow
    section)
Figures
1 Aluminium patent glazing bars
2 Recommended minimum thicknesses of glass for
    infilling
    (a) Two-edge supported annealed glass (float, cast,
         polished wire and wired cast)
    (b) Two-edge supported toughened (tempered) float
         glass
    (c) Two-edge supported laminated float glass
    (d) Two-edge supported double glazing units
         (symmetrical) (float and toughened (tempered)
         float)
    (e) Two-edge supported double glazing units
         (asymmetrical) (float, cast, toughened
         (tempered) float, laminated float, polished
         wired and wired cast)
    (f) Four-edge supported annealed glass (float,
         cast, polished wired and wired cast)
    (g) Four-edge supported toughened (tempered) float
         glass
    (h) Four-edge supported laminated float glass
    (i) Four-edge supported double glazing units
         (symmetrical) (annealed float glass)
    (j) Four-edge supported double glazing units
         (symmetrical) (laminated float and toughened
         (tempered) float)
    (k) Four-edge supported double glazing units
         (toughened (tempered) float and laminated
         float)
    (l) Four-edge supported double glazing units
         (float, laminated float, polished wired and
         wired cast)
    (m) Four-edge supported double glazing units
         (asymmetrical) (cast, polished wired and wired
         cast)
3 Recommended minimum thicknesses of solid plastics
    glazing sheet material for infilling
    (a) Two-edge supported panes and four-edge
         supported panes with aspect ratios of pane
         greater than 3.5:1
    (b) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
         pane from 2.5:1 to 3.5:1
    (c) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
         pane from 1.5:1 to 2.5:1
    (d) Four-edge supported panes with aspect ratios of
         pane from 1.0:1 to 1.5:1
4 Additional framing at entrances
5 Typical rack for the storage of glass
6 Dimensional and positional tolerances of patent
    glazing
7 Use of ladders and crawling boards for temporary
    access
8 Edge clearance and edge cover for plastics glazing
    sheet materials
9 Cutting hollow section plastics glazing sheet
    materials

Two-edge and four-edge patent glazing systems with glass and plastics glazing sheet materials. Gives structural and other design recommendations, including minimum thicknesses of single and double glazing infilling and installation and maintenance.

Committee	B/520
DevelopmentNote	SUPERSEDES BS 5516:1977.
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	70
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS 5516-1:2004 BS 5516-2:2004
Supersedes	BS 5516:1977

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