BS 8446:2020
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Installation and maintenance of open-flued, non-domestic gas-fired laundry appliances. Specification
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2020 | 28 |
This British Standard specifies the installation and maintenance of open‑flued, non‑domestic gas‑fired laundry appliances. It is applicable to both fixed and tilting tumble dryers.
NOTE For the purposes of this British Standard, installation includes design, inspection and commissioning. It is recognized that each of these tasks can be performed by the same person.
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PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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4 | Foreword |
7 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
8 | 3 Terms and definitions |
9 | 4 Competence |
10 | Table 1 — Approval bodies and statutory regulations by country/territory Table 2 — Competence requirements by country/territory 5 Planning considerations and risk assessment 5.1 Design and planning |
11 | 5.2 Risk assessment 6 Selection of laundry appliances |
12 | Figure 1 — A typical rotary ironer 6.1 New laundry appliances |
13 | 6.2 Used laundry appliances 7 Location of laundry appliances 7.1 General installation |
14 | 7.2 Siting of laundry appliances |
15 | Figure 2 — Typical method of stacking a tumble dryer on to another appliance 8 Gas connections 8.1 General |
16 | 8.2 Manual isolation valves 8.3 Automatic isolation valves |
17 | 8.4 Provision for emergency situations – notices 8.5 Connections for 2nd family gases 8.6 Connections for 3rd family gases 9 Electrical connections |
18 | 10 Make-up air |
19 | Table 3 — Air flow and minimum free make-up air requirements Table 4 — Air flow and minimum free make-up air requirements according to drying load capacity for rotary ironers 11 Exhaust system |
20 | 12 Flexible exhaust connections for tumble dryers 13 Ductwork |
21 | 14 Termination Figure 3 — Possible configurations of the exhaust termination |
22 | 15 Exhaust testing |
23 | 16 Inspection and commissioning 16.1 Inspection 16.2 Commissioning |
24 | 17 Information to be given to the user |
25 | 18 Servicing and maintenance |
26 | Bibliography |