European/British Standards and Codes of Practice

BS EN 572: Glass in Building – Basic soda lime silicate glass products

  • Part 1:  2004 Definitions and general physical and mechanical properties
  • Part 2:  2004 Float glass
  • Part 3:  2004 Polished wired glass
  • Part 4:  2004 Drawn sheet glass 
  • Part 5:  2004 Patterned glass
  • Part 6:  2004 Wired patterned glass
  • Part 7:  2004 Wired or unwired channel shaped glass
  • Part 8:  2004 Supplied and final cut sizes
  • Part 9:  2004 Evaluation of conformity / Product Standard 

BS 952: Glass for glazing

  • Part 1:  1995 Classification
  • Part 2:  1980 Terminology for work on glass

BS 6206: 1981: Specification for impact performance requirements for flat safety glass and safety plastics for use in buildings

BS 6262: Glazing for buildings

  • Part 1:  2005 General methodology for the selection of glazing
  • Part 2:  2005 Code of Practice for energy, light and sound 
  • Part 3:  2005 Code of Practice for fire, security and wind loading
  • Part 4:  2005 Code of Practice for safety related to human impact  
  • Part 5:  2005
  • Part 6:  2005 Code of Practice for special applications
  • Part 7:  2005 Code of Practice for the provision of information

    BS 6180: 1999: Code of practice for barriers in and about buildings

    BS 5516: 2004: Patent glazing and sloping glazing for buildings.

    • Part 1:  2004 Code for practice for design and installation of sloping and vertical patent glazing
    • Part 2:  2005 Code of Practice for sloping glazing

    BS EN 1063: 2000:
    Glass in Building – Security Glazing – Testing and classification of resistance against bullet attack.

    BS EN 1522: 1999:
    Windows, doors, shutters and blinds. Bullet resistance. Requirements and classification.

    BS 5357: 1995:
    Code of practice for installation of security glazing

    BS 5544: 1978 (1994):
    Specification for anti-bandit glazing (glazing resistant to manual attack). BS EN 356: 2000 is the European Standard which will gradually replace this standard.

    BS EN 356: 2000:
    Glass in Building – Security Glazing – Testing and classification of resistance against manual attack. This is the European Standard for anti-bandit glass which will gradually replace BS 5544.

    BS 6399:
    Loading for buildings

    • Part 1: 1996 Code of practice for dead and imposed loads
    • Part 2: 1997 Code of practice for wind loads

    BS 6340:
    Shower units

    • Part 3: 1985 Specification for prefabricated shower enclosures and shower cabinets

    BS EN 14072:2003: 
    Glass in furniture test methods

    BS 7376:2004:

    Specification for inclusion of glass in the construction of tables or trolleys

    BS 7449:1991 (1997):
    Specification for inclusion of glass in the construction of furniture, other than tables or trolleys including cabinets, shelving systems and wall hung or free standing mirrors.


    BS EN 12354-3

    BS EN ISO 717:
    Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements

    • Part 1: 1997: Airborne sound insulation
    • Part 2: 1997: Impact sound insulation

    BS 5821:
    Methods of rating the sound insulation in building and of building elements

    • Part 3: 1984 (1993) Methods for rating the airborne sound insulation of façade elements and façades

    BS EN 356: 2000:
    Glass in Building – Security Glazing – Testing and classification of resistance against manual attack. This is the European Standard for anti-bandit glass which will gradually replace BS 5544.

    BS 8213: 
    Safe cleaning of windows 

    BS EN 1279: Glass in buildings. Insulating Glass Units. 

  • Part 1:  2004 Generalities, dimensional tolerances and rules for the system description.
  • Part 2:  2005 Long term test method and requirements for moisture penetration
  • Part 3:  2005 Long term test method and requirements for gas leakage rate and for gas concentration tolerances.
  • Part 4:  2002 Methods of test for the physical attributes of edge seals  
  • Part 5:  2005 Evaluation of conformity.
  • Part 6:  2002 Factory production control and periodic tests.

    BS EN 673: 1998
    Thermal performance of windows and doors. Determination of thermal transmittance by hot box method.

      BS 6993:
      Thermal and radiometric properties of glazing

      • Part 2: 1990 Method for direct measurement of U value (Thermal Transmittance)

      BS 874: Methods for determining thermal insulating properties

      • Part 3: Section 3.1: 1987 Guarded hot-box method
      • Part 3: Section 3.2: 1990 Calibrated hot-box method

       

      BS EN 12567
      Glass in Building – Determination of thermal transmittance (U value) – Calculation method

    • Part 1:  2000 Complete windows and other projecting windows.
    • Part 2:  2005 Roof windows and other projecting windows.

      BS EN 410: 1998
      Glass in Building – Determination of luminous and solar characteristics of glazing

      BS 476: Fire tests on building materials and structures

      • Part 3: 2004 Classification and method of test for external fire exposure to roofs.
      • Part 4: 1970 (1984) Non-combustibility test for materials
      • Part 6: 1989 Method of test for fire propagation for products
      • Part 7: 1997 Method for classification of the surface spread of flame of products
      • Part 10: 1983 Guide to the principles and application of fire testing.
      • Part 11: 1982 Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials.
      • Part 12: 1991 Method of test for ignitability of products by direct flame impingement.
      • Part 13: 1987, ISO 5657 : 1986  Method of measuring the ignitability of products subjected to thermal irradiance.
      • Part 15: 1993, ISO -1:1993 Method for measuring the rate of heat release products.
      • Part 20: 1987 Method for the determination of the fire resistance of elements of construction (general principles)
      • Part 21: 1987 Method for the determination of the fire resistance of loadbearing elements of construction   
      • Part 22: 1987 Methods for the determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction.
      • Part 23: 1987 Methods for the determination of the contribution of components to the fire resistance of a structure.
      • Part 24: 1987, ISO 6944 : 1985 Method for the determination of the fire resistance of ventilation ducts. 
      • Part 31.1: 1983 Methods for measuring smoke penetration through doorsets and shutter assemblies. Method of measurement under ambient temperature conditions.
      • Part 32: 1989 Guide to full scale fire tests within buildings.
      • Part 33: 1993, ISO 9705 : 1993 Full-scale room test for surface products 
      • These standards will be replaced by a number of European Standards over the next 5-10 years. These will be:
    • BS EN 1363: 1999  Fire Resistance tests

      • Part 1 General requirements.
      • Part 2 Alternative and additional procedures.

      BS EN 1364: Part 1 – walls including glazing.

      BS EN 1634: 2000 Fire resistance tests for door and shutter assemblies.

      • Part 1 : 2000 Fire doors and shutters.
      • Part 3 : 2004 Smoke control doors and shutters.

      This will bring in 3 classifications for fire resistant products:

      E – Integrity
      EW – Reduced Heat Radiation
      EI – Insulation

      BS EN 14600:2005 Doorsets and openable windows with fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics. Requirements and classification.

      BS 5588: Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings

      • Part 0:  1996 Guide to fire safety codes of practice for particular premises/applications
      • Part 1:  1990 Code of Practice for residential buildings 
      • Part 2:  1985 Code of Practice for  shops
      • Part 3:  1983 Code of Practice for office buildings
      • Part 4:  1978 Code of Practice for smoke control in protected escape routes using pressurization. 
      • Part 5:  2004 Access and facilities for fire-fighting.
      • Part 6:  1991 Code of Practice for places of assembly.
      • Part 7:  1997 Code of Practice for the incorporation of atria in buildings.
      • Part 8:  1999 Code of Practice for means of escape for disabled people.
      • Part 9:  1999 Code of Practice for ventilation and air conditioning ductwork
      • Part 10: 1991 Code of Practice for shopping complexes.
      • Part 11: 1997 Code of Practice for shops,offices, industrial, storage and other similar buildings.
      • Part 12: 2004 Managing fire safety 

      BS EN 357: 2004 Glass in building. Fire resistant glazed elements with transparent or translucent glass products. Classification of fire resistance.

       

      BS 8000: Workmanship on building sites

    • Part 7: 1990 Code of practice for glazing

       

      EN 12150-1  Thermally toughened soda lime silicate safety glass
    • Part 1: Definition and description
    • Part 2: Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

      EN ISO 12543-1 Laminated glass and laminated safety glass

      Part 1: Definitions and description of component parts
      Part 2: Laminated safety glass
      Part 3: Laminated glass
      Part 4: Test methods for durability
      Part 5: Dimensions and edge finishing
      Part 6: Appearance


      prEN 14449 Laminated glass and laminated safety glass – Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

       

      EN 1096-1  Coated glass

    •  Part 1: Definitions and classification
    •  Part 2: Requirements and tests method for class A, B and S coatings
    •  Part 3: Requirements and test methods for class C and D coatings
    •  Part 4: Evaluation of conformity/Product Standard

       

      EN 1036-1  Mirrors from silver coated float glass for internal use

       

      prEN 1036-2 Mirrors from silver coated float glass for internal use

      • Part 2: Evaluation of conformity/Product Standard

       

      EN 1863-1  Heat strengthened soda lime silicate glass

    •  Part 1: Definition and description
    •  Part 2: Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

       

      EN 14179-1 Heat soaked thermally toughened soda lime silicate safety glass

    • Part 1: Definition and description
    • Part 2: Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

       

      EN 12898  Determination of the emissivity

       

      EN ISO 14438 Determination of energy balance - Calculation method

      EN 12758  Glazing and airborne sound insulation - Product descriptions and determination of properties

      EN 13501-2 : Fire classification of construction products and building elements – Part 2 : Classification using data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services.

      EN 13541  Security glazing - Testing and classification of resistance against explosion