Site pressure testing of pipework. Building Engineering Services Association. Guide to good practice. 3rd edition

Technical Report TR/6

Building Engineering Services Association, 2017
Site pressure testing of pipework. Building Engineering Services Association. Guide to good practice. 3rd edition Download document

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Current

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Mechanical & Electrical Supplement

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Technical Report

Abstract

Sets out recommended procedures for site pressure testing of pipework systems in buildings. All statutory Regulations must be followed. Covers procedures for hydraulic testing with liquids and pneumatic testing with air or an inert gas. Also provides alternative procedures for all metal systems and systems incorporating plastic pipes. Covers the full range of pipe systems encountered in buildings.

History

Supersedes: TR/6 Guide to good practice: site pressure testing of pipework (BESA, 2006). First published 1980. Updated by HVCA, 2006 and BESA, 2006.

ISBN

0903783533

Subjects

  • Ducts/flues/pipes
  • Pipes
  • Building services

Publisher History

A trade organisation meeting the needs of building engineering services contractors involved with design, installation, commissioning, maintenance, control and management of engineering systems and services in buildings. It was established in 1904 as the National Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers and has been through a few name changes since, including: Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) and from 2012 it was the known as the Building and Engineering Services Association (BES).

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