DS/EN 13561:2015/AC:2016

External blinds - Performance requirements including safety

This European Standard specifies the performance requirements which external blinds shall fulfil when fitted to a building. It deals also with the significant hazards for construction, transport, installation, operation and maintenance of the external blinds (see list of significant machine hazards in annex B).*It applies to all external blinds as well as similar products whatever their design and nature of the materials used, as follows and defined in EN 12216:*- folding arm awning, trellis arm awning, pivot arm awning, slide arm awning, vertical roller awning, marquisolette, fa ade awning, skylight awning, conservatory awning, Dutch awning, insect screen;*- solar screen.*This European Standard does not cover the wind resistance of fixed nor semi-fixed products, e.g. Dutch awnings, fixed or mobile and solar screen. They are not exempt from wind resistance requirements although no test methods have been established at the present time.*The products covered by this European Standard may be operated manually, with or without compensating springs or by means of electric motors (power operated products).*This document is not applicable to external blinds which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.*Noise aspects are not treated in the standard because this is not considered a safety issue.