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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
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

30-03-2007

Language(s)

English

Published date

29-06-1990

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
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
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 86/10366 DC (10/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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06/30143171 DC : DRAFT SEP 2006 BS 7412 - PLASTICS WINDOWS AND DOORSETS MADE FROM UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC-U) EXTRUDED HOLLOW PROFILES
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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)
BS 6100-1.5.1:1984 Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous. Operations. Associated plant and equipment Coordination of dimensions. Tolerances and accuracy
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
BS 6100-1.0(1984) : 1984 GLOSSARY OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TERMS - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS - GENERAL
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BS 4787-1:1980 Internal and external wood doorsets, door leaves and frames Specification for dimensional requirements
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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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