National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13310:2015+A1:2018. it supersedes BS EN 13310:2015, which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/503, Sanitary appliances.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

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.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2015.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 June 2015 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 14 April 2018.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 13310:2015+A1:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 163 “Sanitary appliances”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2019 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2020.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 14 April 2018.

This document supersedes EN 13310:2015.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.

For relationship with EU Construction Products Regulation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

The main changes introduced in EN 13310 were the following:

introduction of a new Annex ZA in accordance with the latest template (in the format of TF N 678 rev 1 of 2015-06-02);
modification in the test procedure for resistance to scratching;
modification of the marking of products;
editorial modifications as agreed between representatives of EU/DG Growth, CEN/TC 163 and FECS on 2016-07-07 in Brussels for citation of standard in OJEU.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the functional characteristics of and test methods for kitchen sinks for domestic purposes, which ensure that the product, when installed in accordance with the manufacturers’ instructions, gives satisfactory performance.

NOTE 1 For the purposes of this standard, the term “domestic purposes” includes use in hotels, accommodation for students, hospitals and similar buildings.

This document does not specify aesthetic characteristics and the overall dimensions of kitchen sinks.

It does not apply to industrial kitchen sinks.

NOTE 2 All drawings are examples only; other forms are permissible.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Characteristics

4.1 General

4.2 Connecting dimensions

4.3 Draining of water

4.4 Resistance to dry heat

4.5 Resistance to temperature changes

4.6 Resistance against chemicals and staining agents

4.7 Surface stability

4.8 Load stability

4.9 Flow rate of the overflow

4.10 Durability

5 Test methods

5.1 General

5.2 Draining of water

5.3 Resistance to dry heat

5.4 Resistance to temperature changes

5.5 Resistance against chemicals and staining agents

5.6 Resistance to scratching

5.7 Resistance to abrasion

5.8 Load stability

5.9 Determination of the flow rate of overflow

6 Dangerous substances

7 Marking

8 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance — AVCP

8.1 General

8.2 Type testing

8.3 Factory production control (FPC)

Bibliography

BS EN 13310:2015+A1:2018

Kitchen sinks. Functional requirements and test methods

Current

Published:

31 Oct 2018