1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the requirements for pipes, fittings and the piping
system of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-C) solid-wall piping systems in the
field of soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) inside buildings (marked
with “B”) and for soil and waste discharge systems for both inside buildings and buried
in ground within the building structure (marked with “BD”).
NOTE 1: The application area “inside buildings”, according to this standard, applies to the
interior area of the building only. The application area “within the building structure”
conforms to the requirements for “inside buildings” according to prEN 12056‑1.
It also specifies the test parameters for the test methods referred to in this standard.
This standard is applicable to PVC-C pipes and fittings, their joints and to joints
with components of other plastics and non-plastics materials intended to be used for
the following purposes:
a) soil and waste discharge pipework for the conveyance of domestic waste waters (low
and high temperature);
b) ventilation pipework associated with a);
c) rainwater pipework within the building structure.
It applies to pipes and fittin...