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CWCT publishes standards for building envelopes. The table below summarises the current and
earlier Standards along with their dates of currency:
| Curtain walling
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Ventilated rainscreen walls
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Slope glazing
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Guide to good practice for facades
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Standard for curtain walling, First edition, Published January 1993. Superseded
August 1996.
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Standard for ventilated rainscreen walls, First edition, Published January 1999. Superseded
March 2006.
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Standard for slope glazing systems, First edition, Published July 1998. Superseded
March 2006.
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Guide to good practice for facades, First edition, Published January 1993. Superseded
August 1996.
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Standard for curtain walling, Second edition, Published August 1996. Superseded
March 2006.
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Advice on selection of overhead glazing not superseded
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Guide to good practice for facades, Second edition, Published August 1996. Partially superseded
April 2006.
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Standard for sytemised building envelopes, Published April 2006.
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Standard for sytemised building envelopes, Published April 2006#.
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# Standard for systemised building envelopes covers access, workmanship, quality and maintenance.
The remaining parts of the Guide to good practice may be used but note that they were
published in 1996 and are no longer maintained. They may be viewed here.
N.B. The dates of publication given above are not the same as the copyright dates printed
in the documents.
The following Technical Updates have also been issued:
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TU1 #
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February 2000
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Dynamic watertightness tests
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TU2
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February 2000
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Air and water testing with a site cabinet
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TU3 #
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June 2000
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Condensation on glazing frames
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TU4 $
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December 2000
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Use of glass overhead
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TU5 %
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March 2002
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Building Regulations Approved Document L2 (England and Wales) -
showing compliance of curtain walls
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TU6
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August 2002
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Dynamic watertigthness testing of slope glazing
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TU7
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August 2002
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Buckling of curtain wall mullions
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TU8 #
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March 2003
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CwCT Standards and European standards
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TU9 %
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February 2004
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Specification and verification of thermal performance for Part L2 of the Building Regulations
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TU10
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December 2003
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Use of glass overhead
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Superseded by Standard for systemised building envelopes
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$
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Superseded by TU10
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%
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Obsolete following publication of Part L 2006
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Technical updates are available in the
Cladding Forum or from
CWCT.
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