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News Release from: BSI British Standards | Subject: fencing standards
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Team on 24 November 2006
Newly revised fencing standards
Newly revised fencing standards - BS 1722:2006 Fences series.
- BS 1722:2006 Fences series The British Standards Institution (BSI) is revising all standards forming the BS 1722 Fences series
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The BS 1722 series aims to establish minimum requirements for materials and workmanship in order to ensure satisfactory service for the purchaser and to assist manufacturers and installers by eliminating unnecessary minor variations in the demands of purchasers.
BS 1722 specifies the requirements for components that make up a fence and the way the fence should be constructed.
The standards include requirements for sizes of components, together with the permissible tolerances on size.
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However, these are only minimum requirements and it will normally be acceptable to use larger sizes unless this could adversely affect the fitting of components or if replacement parts are required to match those already present.
The following newly-revised parts are now available.
BS 1722-1:2006 Specification for chain link fences.
BS 1722-1:2006 supersedes BS 1722-1:1999 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-2:2006 Specification for strained wire and wire mesh netting.
BS 1722-2:2006 supersedes BS 1722-2:2000 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-5:2006 Specification for close-boarded and wooden palisade fences.
BS 1722-5:2006 supersedes BS 1722-5:1999 which will be withdrawn BS 1722-7:2006 Specification for wooden post and rail fences.
BS 1722-7:2006 will replace BS 1722-7:1999 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-8:2006 Specification for mild steel (low carbon steel) continuous bar fences and hurdles.
BS 1722-8:2006 supersedes BS 1722-8:1997 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-9:2006 Specification for mild steel (low carbon steel) fences with round or square verticals and flat horizontals.
BS 1722-9:2006 supersedes BS 1722-9:2000 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-10:2006 Specification for anti-intruder fences in chain link and welded mesh.
BS 1722-10:2006 supersedes BS 1722-10:1999 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-11:2006 Specification for prefabricated wood and panel fences.
BS 1722-11:2006 supersedes BS 1722-11:1999 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-12:2006 Specification for steel palisade fences.
BS 1722-12:2006 supersedes BS 1722-12:1999 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-14:2006 Specification for open mesh steel panel fences.
BS 1722-14:2006 supersedes BS 1722-14:2000 which will be withdrawn.
BS 1722-17:2006 Specification for electric security fences.
Design, installation and maintenance.
BS 1722-17:2006 supersedes PAS 47:2003 'Electric security fences.
Design, installation and maintenance.
Specification' which will be withdrawn.
All old products in the series will be withdrawn on publication of the new versions.
COMING 2007 BS 1722-16:2006 Fences.
Specification for organic powder coatings to be used as a plastics finish to components and mesh.
BS 1722-16:2006 will supersede BS 1722-16:1992 which will be withdrawn upon publication.
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