1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13051:2001 Curtain walling Watertightness Site test The European Standard EN 13051:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 91.060.10 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 13051:2001 This British Standard, having been prepared under t
2、he direction of the Sector Policy and Strategy Committee for Building and Civil Engineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 August 2001 BSI 31 August 2001 ISBN 0 580 37155 7 National foreword This British Standard is the official English langua
3、ge version of EN 13051:2001. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to Subcommittee B/538/6, Curtain walling, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee
4、 can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using
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6、om legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary o
7、f pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 9 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROP
8、ENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13051 July2001 ICS91.060.10 Englishversion CurtainWallingWatertightnessSitetest FaaderideauxEtanchitleauEssaisursite VorhangfassadenSchlagregendichtheitFeldversuch ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon9May2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhi
9、chstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English
10、,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Icel
11、and,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved
12、worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13051:2001EEN13051:2001(E) 2 Contents page Foreword. 3 1 Scope. 4 2 Normativereferences . 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. 4 4 Principle. 5 5 Apparatus 5 6 Testareas 5 7 Preparationsfortest. 5 8 Testprocedure 5 9 Testresults 6 10 Testreport . 6 AnnexA (informative)Pr
13、ocedureif waterleakageisobserved. 7 AnnexB (informative)Sitetestwithairpressure . 8 Bibliography 9EN13051:2001(E) 3 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC33“Doors, windows,shutters,buildinghardwareandcurtainwalling“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldby AFNOR. ThisEuropeanSt
14、andardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationof anidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyJanuary2002,andconflictingnational standardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyJanuary2002. ThisEuropeanStandardispartofaseriesofEuropeanStandardsdedicatedtocurtainwalling products. ThisEuropea
15、nStandardformspartofaseriesofcurtainwallingtestsasdefinedintheproduct standardprEN13830. TheannexesAandBareinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsof thefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium, CzechRepublic,Denmark
16、,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnited Kingdom.EN13051:2001(E) 4 1 Scope Thisstandarddefinesthemethodtobeusedtocheckforanypointsofwaterleakagethatmay occurincurtainwallingwheninstalledonabuilding.Itisasuppleme
17、ntarytestnotrequiredfor classificationpurposes.Itisintendedforuseprimarilywherewaterleakshavealreadyoccured. Itmayalsobeusedonnewinstallations,whenspecified. Itdescribeshowanareaofcurtainwallingthatisinstalledonabuildingshallbesubjectedtoa continuousfilmofwateroveritsoutsideface Windowsanddoorsincor
18、poratedintothecurtainwallingmaybesimilarlytested. ThisstandardappliestoanycurtainwallingproductasdefinedinprEN13830. NOTEAnalternative,moreexhaustivetestforwatertightnessofcurtainwalling,installedonabuilding, maybecarriedout.(SeeannexB). 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedo
19、rundatedreference,provisionsfromother publications.Thesenorrnativereferencesarecitedattheappropriatepointsinthetext,andthe publicationsarelistedhereafter.Fordatedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisions ofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropeanStandardonlywhenincorporatedintoitby amendmentorre
20、vision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthepublicationreferredto applies(includingamendments). prEN13119 CurtainWallingTerminology. prEN13830 CurtainWallingProductstandard. 3 Termsanddefinitions Forthepurposesofthisstandard,termsanddefinitionsgiveninprEN13119,togetherwiththe following,apply: 3.
21、1 watertightness theabilityofthecurtainwallingtoresist waterleakage 3.2 waterleakage thepenetrationofwaterthatwouldcontinuouslyorrepeatedlywetpartsof: 1. theinsidefaceofthetestareaorareasbelow 2. anypartsofthecurtainwallnotintendedtobewettedaspartofthewaterdrainagesystem totheoutsideEN13051:2001(E)
22、5 4 Principle Theapplicationofaconstantandspecifiedquantityofwaterinacontinuousfilm,overthe outsidefaceofanareaofcurtainwallinginstalledonabuilding,foragiventimewhile inspectingforwaterleakage. 5 Apparatus 5.1Awaterspraybarwithnozzlesspacedatnotmorethan400mmcentresandsupportedin thecorrectpositionre
23、lativetotheareaofcurtainwalling. 5.2Anadjustabledeviceforsprayingwaterataworkingpressurerangeof2barto3bar,so thataconstantandcontinuousfilmofwatercanbeappliedtotheoutsidesurfaceofthe specimen. 5.3Ameansofmeasuringthetotalamountofwatersuppliedwithinanaccuracyof10%. 5.4 Themainswatersupplyshallbeanacc
24、eptablesourceprovidingitiscleanenoughto allowthespraynozzlestofunctionproperlythroughoutthetest. 6 Testareas Areasofcurtainwallingfortestshallberepresentativeofthetotalareaofcurtainwalling. 7 Preparationsfortest Allowsufficienttimebeforetestingtoensurethatallsealantsachieveanadequatestateofcure Wher
25、enecessaryremoveinternalfinishes,ceilingtiles,floortilesandancillaryworkstoallow satisfactoryinspectionoftheinsidefaceofthecurtainwallingthroughoutthetest. Setupthespraybarsothatthenozzlesare250mmfromtheoutsidefaceofthecurtainwalling andlevelwiththetopoftheareatobetested. Positionthespraybarsothatth
26、eaxesofthewatersprays,astheyexitfromthenozzles,are horizontal. Theorderinwhichdifferentareasaretestedshallprogressfromgroundleveltowardsthetopof thebuilding. 8 Testprocedure 8.1Turnonthewatersupplyandadjusttoprovideaconstantflowfor30min,equivalentto 5l/minpermetrelengthofspraybar,withinanaccuracyof
27、10%. 8.2Inspecttheinsideofthecurtainwallingandnotethepositionandtime,sincespraying began,ofanywaterleakage. 8.3Aftercompletionofthetestcontinuetoinspectforwaterleakagefor30min.EN13051:2001(E) 6 8.4IfwaterleakageisobservedcarryoutproceduresinannexA. 9 Testresults Identifyonelevationaldrawingstheareas
28、ofcurtainwallingthataretestedandtheorderin whichtheyaretested. Recordanypointswherewaterleakageisobserved. 10 Testreport Prepareareporttopositivelyidentifythespecimen/sandrecordallparameterschecked. Thereportshallincludethefollowingdetails: a)referencetothisstandard b)person(s)requestingthetest c)de
29、tailsoftestspecimenasfollows 1 type/sofconstruction 2 profilereferences 3 originofmaterials 4 typesofmaterials 5 date/sofmanufacture(ifknown) d)dimensioneddrawingsofthespecimen e)resultsofthetests f)productdesignationformmanufacturersliterature g)dateofthetests h)dateofreport i)signatureofpersonprep
30、aringreport j)nameandaddressoftestlaboratoryEN13051:2001(E) 7 AnnexA (informative) Procedureif waterleakageisobserved A.1Ifthesourceofwaterleakagecanbepositivelyidentifiedatthetimeitoccurs,drythe framingmembersnearthesourceandtapeoverthejointtopreventfurtherwateringress. Continuetestingasdescribedin
31、clause8. A.2Ifthesourceofwaterleakagecannotbepositivelyidentified,turnoffthewatersupplyand waitfor15minaftertheobservedwaterleakageceases. Repositionthespraybarlevelwiththetransomatorimmediatelybelowthatfromwhichwater leakagewasobservedandretestasdescribedinclause8.Ifwaterleakagedoesnotreoccur, repo
32、sitionthespraybaratthenexthighesttransomandcarryoutasecondretest.Repeatthis processuntilwaterleakagereoccurs. Whenwaterleakageoccurs,stopsprayinganddryallthejointsthatwereonlyexposedforthe lastretestandsealthemwithtapetopreventwateringress.Restartsprayingand progressivelyremovethesealingat15mininter
33、valsuntiltheobservedwaterleakagereoccurs. Whenapointofwateringressisidentifiedbythisprocess,resealthelastlengthofjointtobe exposedandcontinuetesting. NOTEToavoiddamagetofinishedmetalsurfaces,greatcareshouldbetakeninthechoiceof waterproofsealingwithparticularattentiontothecompatibilityofthecurtainwal
34、lsurfacefinishandthe adhesivenatureofthesealing.Thesealingshouldberemovedimmediatelyaftertest,particularlywhen exposedtostrongsunlight.EN13051:2001(E) 8 AnnexB (informative) Sitetestwithairpressure B.1Amoreseveresitetestmaybecarriedoutbyapplyingairpressureincombinationwith watersprays,inaccordancewi
35、ththemethodinEN12155,appropriatelymodifiedwhen necessarytoaccommodatepracticalaspectsassociatedwithsitetesting. B.2Asanalternativetoarigidpressurechambertheinsidesurfaceoftheareaofcurtain wallingtobetestedmaybecoveredwithaclearpolythenesheettoformanairtightchamber. Ensurethatthereiscontinuitybetween
36、theindividualairspacesadjacenttoeachpanelthatis coveredbythepolythene.Insomecasesthismayrequiresmallobstructionstobefixedacross intermediatemullionsandtransomstopreventcontinuouscontactbythepolythenearound eachpanel. B.3Evacuatetheairspacebetweenthepolytheneandtheinsidesurfaceofthecurtainwalling top
37、roduceasequenceoftestpressuresasspecifiedinEN12155,uptotheappropriate watertightnessclassificationpressure.Thisshallnotbelessthan0,25timesthedesignwind load,determinedinaccordancewithEurocodel:Part2.7.EN13051:2001(E) 9 Bibliography EN12155 CurtainWallingWatertightnessLaboratorytestunderstatic pressu
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