🏗️ Burglar resistance of pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters under dynamic loading — impacts with a twin-tyre pendulum (50 kg) on the corners and centre of the product, assessment with gap gauge C under a force of 200 N; PN-EN 1629 (static loading — separate entry: PN-EN 1628)

Construction PN-EN 1629

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. EN 1629:2021 (clause 1) specifies a test method for the determination of resistance to dynamic loading in order to assess the burglar resistant properties of pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters. It applies to the opening functions turning, tilting, folding, turn-tilting, top or bottom hung, sliding (horizontally and vertically), projecting, pivoted (horizontally and vertically) and rolling, as well as to non-openable constructions. Burglar resistance has two aspects — resistance to forced operation and the ability to remain fixed to the building; this method does NOT evaluate the fixing to the building (guidance is given in the manufacturer's installation instructions; an example of their contents is EN 1627:2021, Annex A). It does not apply to walls and roofs, nor to doors, gates and barriers intended mainly for safe access of goods and vehicles, covered by EN 13241:2003+A2:2016. According to the foreword, the test is intended to simulate physical attacks, e.g. shoulder charge or kicking. Series: EN 1627:2021 (requirements and classification), EN 1628:2021 (static loading — separate entry in this database: "Burglar resistance of pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters under static loading; PN-EN 1628"), EN 1629:2021 (this standard) and EN 1630:2021 (manual burglary attempts — also a separate entry). "Scope" field of the PKN card for PN-EN 1629:2021-11 (English version, scope described in Polish): "This document specifies a test method for the determination of resistance to dynamic loading in order to assess the burglar resistance of pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters."

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF EN 1629:2021 — EDITION AND APPARATUS (foreword, clauses 2–4). The standard was prepared by CEN/TC 33 (Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling), secretariat AFNOR; CEN approved it on 19 March 2021, and national implementation and withdrawal of conflicting national standards were set at the latest for December 2021. It superseded EN 1629:2011+A1:2015; changes: updated editions of the normative references and clarification of combined impact points (6.2.1). Normative references include: EN 356:1999 (security glazing — resistance classes against manual attack), EN 1627:2021, EN 1628:2021, EN 1630:2021, EN 12600:2002 (pendulum test for flat glass), EN 12519:2018, EN 12216:2018, EN 13119:2016, EN 13241:2003+A2:2016; for dated references only the edition cited applies. Test rig (4.1): rigid steel frame with movable supports — a force of 15 kN applied perpendicularly at any of the defined points shall not cause a deflection of more than 5 mm. Pendulum impactor (4.2–4.3): according to EN 12600:2002 — two pneumatic tyres of type 3.50 R8 4PR inflated to (0.35 ± 0.02) MPa, on rims carrying two steel weights of equal mass; total mass (50 ± 0.1) kg excluding the cable and hook, the weights shall not touch the specimen; suspension on a steel cable, pendulum length at least 1000 mm, release hook and height regulating device; the drop height is the vertical fall of the centre of gravity, with a tolerance of ± 10 mm. Sub-frame (4.4) simulates the support of the product in a building: for products of groups 1–4 a metal tube of at least 120 mm × 120 mm × 5 mm or a timber frame of at least 100 mm × 70 mm; for groups 3 and 4 additionally a steel tube 40 mm × 40 mm × 3 mm and a segmented 8 mm steel base plate. Measurement (4.5): device for the drop height, temperature and relative humidity, gap gauge C according to EN 1628:2021 (Figure A.14), gauge dimensions with a tolerance of ± 1 mm. According to EN 1628:2021 (4.6), gap gauge C is elliptical with diameters of 250 mm and 150 mm.

SPECIMEN AND PROCEDURE (clauses 5–7). The specimen is a complete, fully functioning product with its frames, hardware, guide rails, curtain, tube, roller box and accessories, fixed into the sub-frame square, plumb, without twist or bend, according to the manufacturer's installation instructions relevant to the sub-frame material and dimensions. Glazing according to Table 1 (minimum glazing class according to EN 356:1999): RC 1 N, RC 1, RC 2 N and RC 2 — P4 A, RC 3 — P5 A; the pane with the highest security level is placed on the impact side. Products with infill other than glass are tested with the intended infill; the specimen used in the static test according to EN 1628:2021 may be reused. Products installed in orientations other than vertical (e.g. roof lights) are installed vertically for this test. Glass breakage does not stop the test; adhesive film may be applied to protect the tester. Specimen at least 8 h at 15–30 °C; visual examination and recording of damage; the product closed and locked in the declared secured condition, hardware that can be disengaged from the attack side without a key or tools is disengaged. In class 1, before the test, the parts on the attack side that can be unscrewed or dismounted with the tools of tool set A1 of EN 1630:2021 (Annex A) are removed — without damage, in at most 3 min. Test room: 15–30 °C, relative humidity 30–70 %. Impact points (6.2): dynamic loads from EN 1627:2021 (Table 13), direction perpendicular to the plane of the specimen; impact points within 300 mm of each other are combined into one mid-way between them (no more than two into one); sequence according to Annex B (Figure B.1). Products of groups 1–3 — first one impact on each corner, then three in the centre, from the attack side; circular specimen — four points approximately equidistant around the edge; for glazing and infills smaller than 150 mm × 300 mm (width × height) 6.2.2.1 contains two sentences: a specimen with more than one such area is impacted three times at the centre of the glazed or infill area, and specimens with such areas are not tested; door leaves and window infills narrower than 150 mm and single wing shutters narrower than 200 mm are not tested either. For double doors both leaves are tested separately (the other removed) unless the applicant requests a test of one leaf. Multi-leaf and folding shutters — first the meeting edges, then the hinges (for folding shutters with identical hinges — at least four); roller shutters — corners and three impacts in the centre of the curtain. Products of group 4 (grilles) — corners and three impacts in the centre, from the attack side or the non-attack side depending on the intended installation; openings smaller than gap gauge C are not tested, and a 250 mm × 250 mm plate may be used to protect the impactor. Impact (6.3): the impactor raised to the drop height and stabilised, the cable taut and in line with the impactor; after release the impactor swings freely against the specimen and is restrained after rebound so that it does not strike a second time; at rest the impactor shall be positioned (10 ± 5) mm from the face of the specimen. After each impact the specimen is inspected and damage recorded; when assessing with gap gauge C, a force of 200 N is applied to the specimen at a point that increases the aperture. Result (clause 7): the product has failed if gap gauge C passes through an aperture in the product; the gauge is moved perpendicular to its largest cross section. The test report (clause 8) gives, among other things, the glazing class according to Table 1, the attack side, the secured condition, the drop height in millimetres, the impactor mass in kilograms, the tool set, dimensioned drawings and the range of sizes covered by the test.

STATUS (PKN cards as of 08.11.2026). The card for PN-EN 1629:2021-11 (English version) has no withdrawal label: published 24-11-2021, 43 pages, Building and Building Structures Sector, KT 169 for Windows, Doors, Shutters and Hardware, "Implements: EN 1629:2021 [IDT]", "Replaces: PN-EN 1629+A1:2016-02 - English version", ICS 13.310, 91.060.50; the card has no "Directive" or "Mandate" fields. The card for PN-EN 1629+A1:2016-02 (English version; it implemented EN 1629:2011+A1:2015) — withdrawn 24-11-2021, replaced by PN-EN 1629:2021-11. A Polish version of the 2021 edition does not appear in the PKN search results (search term "PN-EN 1629", 08.11.2026). CEN catalogue in iTeh (read 08.11.2026): EN 1629:2021 — published 02.06.2021, stage "9020 – Submission to 2 Year Review Enquiry" (systematic review); the search results (search term "EN 1629") show no new edition and no prEN 1629 draft. Standards of the same series (PKN cards, 08.11.2026): PN-EN 1627:2021-11 (English version, no withdrawal label; it replaced PN-EN 1627:2012 — Polish version — with corrigendum Ap1:2015-03), PN-EN 1628:2021-11 and PN-EN 1630:2021-11 (both English versions, no withdrawal label). EN 1627, EN 1628, EN 1629 and EN 1630 do not appear in the Commission communication listing harmonised standards for construction products (2018/C 092/06).

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation scope database, read 08.11.2026; "Laboratories" tab on labcoda.pl, 08.11.2026). The number EN 1629 appears in 12 records at 6 Polish laboratories: AB 014 (1), AB 023 (7), AB 035 (1), AB 1054 (1), AB 1596 (1), AB 661 (1). Notations: "PN-EN 1629:2021" (AB 014), "PN-EN 1629:2021-11" (AB 035, AB 661, AB 1596 — here next to "PN-EN 1627:2021-11 *"; according to the scope legend the asterisk marks tests on the basis of which the laboratory formulates opinions and interpretations) and "PN-EN 1629" without a year (AB 023, AB 1054; at AB 023 in one item together with the in-house procedure PB LOW-019). Outside Poland the notation "ČSN EN 1629" appears in 2 records at 2 Czech laboratories (1045.1, 1095). Not included in the set are 16 other Czech records in which the string "1629" is part of another notation (ISO 16293-2 at laboratory 1139 — building glass, EN 16297-1 at 1045.1 — circulators, document MZDR 16299/2025 at 1388 — noise measurement, 14 records). The "Laboratories" tab ("PN-EN 1629", matching on the beginning of the notation) shows 8 laboratories — these 6 Polish and 2 Czech ones — with the same number of items as the copy (14) (tab query on labcoda.pl, 08.11.2026). We did not compare the current PCA scope documents of these laboratories with the copy.

WHAT THE LABORATORIES TEST (copy of the database, complete items — 12). AB 023 — building partitions with enhanced burglar resistance (windows, doors, curtain walling, gates, shutters, others), product group 1, classes 2 and 3, plus six items by product: doors and doorsets (among others internal and external, hinged, sliding, folding-sliding, swing, folding, revolving, manually operated and power operated, with panic hardware, on escape routes), grilles, windows (including balcony doors, roof windows, window and door assemblies, similar constructions), curtain walling, roof lights, continuous roof lights and roof hatches (with PB LOW-019), shutters and blinds. AB 014 — doors, openable and non-openable windows, product group 1, classes RC2–RC3. AB 035 — doors, windows, curtain walling, classes RC2–RC3. AB 1596 — building partitions with enhanced burglar resistance (windows, doors, curtain walling, gates, shutters, others), classes RC2–RC3, within conformity assessment under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. AB 1054 — windows, doors, balcony doors. AB 661 — windows and doors up to 4000 mm wide and 2500 mm high. Czech items: mechanical security systems (1095) and windows, doors, shutters and window shutters — with reference to clause 6 of the standard (1045.1).

WHERE AN APPARENTLY CORRECT RESULT IS EASY TO GET. Preparation: the glazing according to Table 1 must match the class, and the pane of the highest class is on the impact side — another arrangement of panes gives the result for another product; hardware that can be disengaged from the attack side without a key must be disengaged, and in class 1 the parts that can be unscrewed with tools A1 must be removed; a product fixed into the sub-frame differently from the manufacturer's instructions for that sub-frame material does not meet the conditions of the standard; for this test a roof light is installed vertically, not in its position of use (5.1). Measurement: the impactor mass (50 ± 0.1) kg, the tyre pressure (0.35 ± 0.02) MPa and the drop height (± 10 mm) have tolerances in the standard — an impactor outside any of them strikes differently from the standard; after rebound the impactor must be restrained, because a second impact is not part of the test; points closer than 300 mm are combined into one. Assessment: in EN 1629 gap gauge C is inserted under a force of 200 N applied so as to enlarge the aperture, while in the static test according to EN 1628:2021 (6.4, product groups 1 and 2) the use of the gauge shall not apply additional load to the specimen — carrying the rule over from one standard to the other will either miss an aperture or force one. Criterion: the drop height is not in EN 1629 but in EN 1627:2021 (Table 13) — a test without a class from EN 1627 has no load value; this is why scope items give classes (RC2–RC3, "classes 2 and 3") or a product group. Table 1 and the title of Annex B cover classes RC 1 N–RC 3; whether and how EN 1627 assigns the dynamic test to higher classes we have not read. The result says nothing about the anchoring of the product in the wall.

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. The part of EN 1629:2021 read (iTeh sample, SIST EN 1629:2021) covers the title page, table of contents, European foreword and clauses 1–8. We do not give drop heights and loads for the classes (EN 1627:2021, Table 13), definitions of product groups 1–4 (terms from EN 1627 and other terminology standards), the figures of impact points and test rig in Annex A (Figures A.1–A.29) or the sequence diagram of Annex B — we have not read these parts. In 5.1 of the text read there is a reference to "EN 1630:2024", while the normative references list EN 1630:2021; we do not resolve this difference. We did not check the status of PN-EN 356, PN-EN 12600 and PN-EN 13241 on PKN cards.

Method principle

The complete product fixed in a sub-frame is struck perpendicularly, from the attack side, with a twin-tyre pendulum impactor of (50 ± 0.1) kg released from the height given in EN 1627:2021 (Table 13) — once on each corner and three times in the centre (shutters and grilles according to the schemes of 6.2.2–6.2.3); after each impact it is checked whether gap gauge C passes through the resulting aperture under a force of 200 N — if it does, the product has failed (EN 1629:2021, clauses 4–7).

Applications

• Pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters with enhanced burglar resistance — part of the RC classification according to EN 1627 (EN 1629:2021, clause 1)
• Simulation of an attack without tools — shoulder charges or kicks (foreword of EN 1629:2021)
• Together with EN 1628 (static loading) and EN 1630 (manual burglary attempts) — each in a separate entry of this database
• In accreditation scopes: 6 Polish laboratories — doors, windows, curtain walling, grilles, shutters, roof lights, classes RC2–RC3

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN 1629:2021-11 (English version; implements EN 1629:2021 [IDT])

Title (PL)

Drzwi, okna, ściany osłonowe, kraty i żaluzje — Odporność na włamanie — Metoda badania dla określenia odporności na obciążenie dynamiczne

Title (EN)

Pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters — Burglar resistance — Test method for the determination of resistance under dynamic loading

Step-by-step procedure

1. Preparation

   Installation of the complete product in the sub-frame according to the manufacturer's instructions; glazing according to Table 1, pane of the highest class on the impact side; at least 8 h at 15–30 °C; visual examination; product locked, hardware that can be disengaged without a key from the attack side — disengaged; in class 1 removal of parts that can be unscrewed with tools A1 of EN 1630 (at most 3 min) (clause 5).

2. Impact points

   Determination of the corners and centre according to the type of product (6.2.2 — groups 1–3, 6.2.3 — group 4); points closer than 300 mm combined into one; sequence according to Annex B; drop height for the class from EN 1627:2021 (Table 13).

3. Impacts

   Impactor raised and stabilised, cable taut; free impact perpendicular to the specimen; restraint after rebound; test room 15–30 °C, relative humidity 30–70 % (6.1, 6.3).

4. Assessment after each impact

   Visual examination and recording of damage; gap gauge C under a force of 200 N applied so as to enlarge the aperture, moved perpendicular to its largest cross section (6.3, clause 7).

5. Result

   Passed / failed for the class from EN 1627; the report states the drop height, impactor mass, glazing class and attack side (clause 8). PN-EN 1629:2021-11 — current (PKN card as of 08.11.2026; English version).

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• Freely swinging 50 kg impactor and rebound after impact — keep the swing zone clear of persons, restrain the impactor after rebound
• Breaking glass — the standard allows adhesive film on the glass to protect the tester; the test continues with broken glass in place
• TECHNICAL NOTE: the method does not evaluate the fixing of the product to the building, and without a class from EN 1627 there is no drop height

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