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Committee reference B/538/1
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Foreword

Publishing information

This British Standard is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence from The British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 August 2017. It was prepared by Technical Committee B/538/1, Windows and doors. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Supersession

This British Standard supersedes BS 8529:2010, which is withdrawn.

Relationships with other publications

This British Standard is related to the following standards.

BS 6375 (all parts) are the national application documents in the UK, giving performance requirements and guidance for the selection of appropriate classes of performance from BS EN 14351‑1.
BS 8213‑4 provides guidance on the survey and installation of replacement external pedestrian doorsets.
BS EN 14351‑1 is the harmonized European product standard for windows and external pedestrian doorsets without resistance to ﬁre and smoke leakage characteristics. It gives a list of performance characteristics and classiﬁcations of performance, but does not give guidance on determining the appropriate classiﬁcation for any speciﬁc application.
BS EN 16034 is the harmonized European Standard detailing the fire‑resistant and smoke control performance characteristics for windows and doorsets. This standard is used in conjunction with BS EN 14351‑1 to provide a full list of characteristics that external doorsets can have. All characteristics shown in BS EN 16034, unlike those shown in BS EN 14351‑1, are essential characteristics and can be declared when placing a fire‑resisting and/or smoke control doorset on the European market in accordance with the Construction Products Regulation [1].

Presentational conventions

The provisions of this standard are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Its requirements are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliary verb is “shall”.

Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented in smaller italic type, and does not constitute a normative element.

Requirements in this standard are drafted in accordance with Rules for the structure and drafting of UK standards, subclause G.1.1, which states, “Requirements should be expressed using wording such as: ‘When tested as described in Annex A, the product shall ...’”. This means that only those products that are capable of passing the specified test will be deemed to conform to this standard.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

Attention is drawn to the Building Regulations 2010 and subsequent amendments [2], the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 [3] and the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 [4].

1 Scope

This British Standard speciﬁes requirements for the design, construction and performance of domestic external composite doorsets.

This British Standard applies to the following types of doorset:

hinged side‑hung single leaf (handed); and
hinged double leaf.

This British Standard is applicable to doors that are supplied fully ﬁnished, part ﬁnished or unﬁnished.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and deﬁnitions

4 Handing

5 Components

5.1 Doorset outer frame

5.2 Composite door leaf

5.3 Glazing gaskets and weatherseals

5.4 Glass

5.5 Hardware except for ﬁxings

5.6 Fixings for hardware

6 Construction and design

6.1 Manufacturing tolerances

6.2 Door leaves

6.3 Door outer frames

6.4 Design for glazing

7 Appearance and ﬁnish

7.1 General

7.2 Doorsets supplied fully ﬁnished

7.3 Doors supplied for ﬁnishing on site

8 Glazing

9 Installation, use, cleaning and maintenance

10 Thermal cycling

11 Security

11.1 Basic security

11.2 Enhanced security

12 Safety in case of ﬁre

12.1 Fire resistance

12.2 Reaction to ﬁre

13 Safety in use

13.1 Impact resistance

13.2 Safety devices

13.3 Emergency exit and panic devices

14 Weathertightness

15 Operation and strength characteristics

16 Hygiene, health and environment

17 Acoustic performance

18 Energy conservation

19 Marking

Bibliography

BS 8529:2017

Composite doorsets. Domestic external doorsets, Specification

Current

Published:

31 Aug 2017