Standards Development

Scope

This Document specifies basic specifications to be respected in voluntary product standards for components inside and outside buildings such as pipes, fittings and manholes with their respective joints intended for use in discharge pipes, drains and sewers which operate as gravity systems allowing for a maximum pressure of 40 kPa.

It also specifies general requirements for components used in hydraulically and pneumatically pressurised discharge pipes, drains and sewers.

This document is not a product standard and therefore not intended for the direct evaluation of products.

NOTE Where the term "inside buildings" is used in the context of components fixed inside buildings, it also includes discharge pipes and fittings fixed on external surfaces of buildings. This Document covers components to be used in conveying in a satisfactory manner: - domestic wastewater;

- rainwater and surface water; and

- other waste waters acceptable for discharge into the system (e.g. industrial wastewater).

This Document applies to components of circular and other cross sections.

This Document applies equally to components which are factory-made and to those constructed on site, where applicable.

This Document does not apply to components used for trenchless construction according to EN 14457 and for components used for renovation of drains and sewers according to EN 13380. Functional requirements in EN 752 should also be taken into account.

Purpose

Technical revision to adapt standard to the current state of the art.