BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13828:2003Buildingvalves—Manuallyoperatedcopperalloyandstainlesssteelballvalvesforpotablewatersupplyinbuildings—TestsandrequirementsTheEuropeanStandardEN13828:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.060.10 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--``````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN13828:2003ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon1October2003©BSI1October2003ISBN0580427323NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13828:2003.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeB/504,Watersupply,toSubcommitteeB/504/7,Controlandsafetydevices,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to21andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--``````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13828September2003ICS23.060.10EnglishversionBuildingvalves-Manuallyoperatedcopperalloyandstainlesssteelballvalvesforpotablewatersupplyinbuildings-TestsandrequirementsRobinetteriedebâtiment-Robinetsd'arrêtàtournantsphériqueenalliagedecuivreetenacierinoxydablepourladistributiond'eaupotabledanslesbâtiments-EssaisetcaractéristiquesGebäudearmaturen-HandbetätigteKugelhähneausKupferlegierungenundnichtrostendenStählenfürTrinkwasseranlageninGebäuden-PrüfungenundAnforderungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1August2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2003CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13828:2003ECopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--``````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN13828:2003(E)2ContentspageForeword.............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction........................................................................................................................................................41Scope.....................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................54Designation............................................................................................................................................65Designrequirements............................................................................................................................75.1Materials..................