scope:

This Standard applies to both fixed and operable windows that are factory-assembled and intended for vertical installation in buildings.

This Standard applies to operable windows installed in prime doors, and to door transoms and door sidelites.

This Standard applies to combination and composite windows as limited by Clause 10.1.3. Mullions are tested for structural adequacy, and unless a combination or composite window has been tested as an assembly, air and water tightness at the component interface are not evaluated.

The requirements of this Standard arc* arranged as follows:

(a) There are three mandatory tests:

(i) air tightness - Clause 10.2;

(ii) water tightness - Clause 10.3; and

(iii) wind load resistance - Clause 10.4.

(b) There are ten optional tests to be performed at the manufacturer's discretion:

(i) safety drop - vertical sliding windows only - Clause 10.5;

(ii) blocked operation - sliding windows only - Clause 10.6;

(iii) sash strength and stiffness - operable casement windows - Clause 10.7, or projecting windows - Clause 10.8;

(iv) ease of operation - windows with operable lights only - Clause 10.9;

(v) screen strength - windows with operable lights only - Clause 10.10;

(vi) sash pull-off - FRP and vinyl windows only - Clause 10.11;

(vii) condensation resistance - all windows - Clause 10.12;

(viii)resistance to forced entry - operable windows only - Clause 10.13;

(ix) mullion deflection, combination and composite windows; and

(x) energy rating for heating conditions of residential and sliding glass doors - Clause 10.15.

The following were not considered in the preparation of this Standard:

(a) store fronts;

(b) nonoperable portions of curtain walls;

(c) fixed glazing cast into precast concrete panels;

(d) greenhouses;

(e) storm doors;

(f) skylights;

(g) sloped glazing; and

(h) patio doors.