EN 16000:2010

Plastics piping systems - Systems within the building structure - Mounting and fixing of components in the test apparatus to thermal attack by a single burning item

Publication date:   Jul 15, 2010

Scope

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.