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This European Standard specifies the mounting and fixing of components in the test apparatus to thermal attack by a single burning item (SBI) according to EN 13823. This document is applicable to non-pressure plastics pipes, fittings and their joints intended for soil and waste applications: inside the building (application area code "B"); buried in ground within the building structure (application area code "BD") and with a diameter greater than or equal to 75 mm. It is also applicable to pressure plastics pipes, fittings and their joints within the building structure: intended for water for general purposes, drainage, sewerage, as well as for any other pressure application with other fluids covered by the Construction Products Directive; hot and cold water installations for the conveyance of water and for heating systems.