This document specifies the method to determine the resistance to repeated opening and closing of windows and pedestrian doorsets when subjected to repeated opening and closing.
It applies to all construction materials and operating systems for any window or pedestrian doorset, including gaskets and building hardware, in normal operating conditions.
The parts concerned in the testing are the frame, the opening component (including any additional moving components e.g. a secondary sash/leaf) and any building hardware directly involved in the opening and closing process, including operating devices, for example, the handle.
The testing does not include any building hardware whose operation is not directly involved in the opening and closing of the moving components: added-on fastening systems such as peg-stays or cabin hooks or bolts, nor, unless specified, any independently installed stops (not connected to the complete assembly) such as a wall or ground-mounted stop.
NOTE 1 Certain types of products can require more detailed testing procedures contained in the normative annexes of this document. Any other products follow the procedures of the main part of this document:
− Annex A applies to tilt and turn, tilt-first, turn-only, or tilt-only windows and door-height windows;
− Annex B applies to sliding, lift and slide or lift and slide and tilt windows and door-height windows;
− Annex C applies to tilt and slide windows and door-height windows;
− Annex D applies to fold and slide windows and door-height windows;
− Annex E applies to horizontal and vertical pivot windows and door-height windows;
− Annex F applies to vertical sliding windows;
− Annex G applies to side-hung casements and top-hung windows, opening outwards (including reversible windows);
− Annex H applies to single and double action hinged or pivoted pedestrian doorsets excluding power operated doorsets;
− Annex I applies to power operated single action hinged or pivoted pedestrian doorsets.
NOTE 2 In this document, the term door-height window is used for windows that are used for the passage of pedestrians, i.e. as a pedestrian doorset.
