🏗️ Windows and external pedestrian doorsets — product standard: performance characteristics (among others resistance to wind load, watertightness, air permeability, acoustic performance, thermal transmittance, load-bearing capacity of safety devices, height and width, ability to release), classification and evaluation of conformity (initial type testing, factory production control); PN-EN 14351-1

Construction PN-EN 14351-1

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. According to clause 1 of EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016, the standard identifies material-independent performance characteristics — except resistance to fire and smoke control characteristics — applicable to windows (including roof windows, roof windows with external fire resistance and door height windows), external pedestrian doorsets (and their assemblies, including unframed glass doorsets and escape route doorsets) and screens. Fire resisting and smoke control characteristics of pedestrian doorsets and openable windows are covered by EN 16034. The standard applies to: a) fixed windows, manually or power operated windows and door height windows, and screens for vertical wall apertures, and roof windows for installation in roofs — with hardware, weather stripping, glazing, with or without shutters, shutter boxes and blinds, fully or partially glazed, fixed, partly fixed or openable; b) manually operated external pedestrian doorsets with flush or panelled leaves, with fanlights and adjacent parts within a single frame. The windows covered are not assessed regarding their ability to release (to open), and the products are not assessed for structural applications. The standard does not apply to rooflights according to EN 1873 and EN 14963, curtain walling according to EN 13830, industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates according to EN 13241, internal pedestrian doorsets according to prEN 14351-2, revolving doorsets, power operated pedestrian doorsets according to EN 16361 or windows forming part of internal partitions.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 — EDITION, REFERENCES, TERMS (foreword, introduction, clauses 2–3). The standard was prepared by committee CEN/TC 33 (Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling), secretariat AFNOR; the date for national implementation was set at March 2017 at the latest, and for withdrawal of conflicting standards at June 2018. The document includes Amendment 1 approved on 31.01.2010 and Amendment 2 approved on 11.07.2016 and supersedes EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010; Amendment 2 mainly concerns the title and the scope — “according to the EC’s request” and the decisions of CEN/TC 33. According to the introduction, Amendment 1 added details on evaluation of conformity (among others cascading initial type testing) and excluded power operated pedestrian doors from the scope. The standard was prepared under a mandate given by the European Commission and EFTA; the relationship with EU directives is described in informative Annexes ZA–ZD. Clause 2 divides the references into classification standards (2.1, among others EN 12207:1999 air permeability, EN 12208 watertightness, EN 12210 resistance to wind load, EN 13049 soft and heavy body impact), test and calculation standards (2.2, among others EN 1026, EN 1027, EN 12211, EN 948, EN 14609, EN 1125, EN 179, EN ISO 717-1, EN 12354-3, EN ISO 10077-1:2006, EN ISO 10077-2, EN ISO 12567-1, EN ISO 12567-2) and other standards (2.3); for dated references only the edition cited applies, for undated ones — the latest edition with amendments. Terms (clause 3, besides the terms of EN 12519:2004): external pedestrian doorset — separating the internal climate from the external climate, intended mainly for the passage of pedestrians; overall area — frame width × frame height; screen — two or more windows or external doorsets in one plane; similar design — a change of components, material, profile section or method of assembly that does not change the class or declared value of a characteristic (note: a change may improve some characteristics and worsen others — Annex A).

WHAT ELSE IS IN THE STANDARD (table of contents — only titles in the fragment read). Clause 4 — characteristics: 4.2 resistance to wind load, 4.3 resistance to snow and permanent load, 4.4 fire characteristics (reaction to fire, external fire performance), 4.5 watertightness, 4.6 dangerous substances, 4.7 impact resistance, 4.8 load-bearing capacity of safety devices, 4.9 height and width of doorsets and door height windows, 4.10 ability to release, 4.11 acoustic performance, 4.12 thermal transmittance, 4.13 radiation properties, 4.14 air permeability, 4.15 durability, 4.16 operating forces, 4.17 mechanical strength, 4.18 ventilation, 4.19 bullet resistance, 4.20 explosion resistance, 4.21 resistance to repeated opening and closing, 4.22 behaviour between different climates, 4.23 burglar resistance, 4.24 special requirements. Clause 5 — classification (Table 1 — windows, Table 2 — external pedestrian doorsets); 6 — handling, installation, maintenance and care; 7 — evaluation of conformity: initial type testing (ITT, including sampling, test report and cascading ITT), factory production control (FPC), initial inspection and surveillance; 8 — labelling and marking. Annexes: A (informative) — interdependence between characteristics and components; B (normative) — determination of sound insulation of windows by testing or, for single windows with insulating glass units, from tabulated values (Tables B.1–B.3, range of application B.4); E (normative) — determination of characteristics of windows and external pedestrian doorsets; F and G (informative) — selection of representative specimens and test sequences for windows; H (normative) — roof window specimens for tests according to EN 13823 and EN ISO 11925-2; I (normative) — classification of air permeability of products with described product characteristics; J (normative) — thermal transmittance of windows with bars; ZA (informative) — among others systems of attestation of conformity 1, 3 and 4 (Tables ZA.2, ZA.3a–c).

LEGAL ACT. The Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (2018/C 092/06, OJ C 92 of 9.3.2018, p. 139) lists EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 “Windows and doors – Product standard, performance characteristics – Part 1: Windows and external pedestrian doorsets” as a harmonised standard: superseded standard — EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010, date of applicability as a harmonised standard 1.11.2016, end of the coexistence period 1.11.2019, with the note (in the Polish text): „Zdanie odnoszące się do „możliwości otwierania” w Klauzuli 1 Zakres (norma EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016) jest wyłączone z zakresu odniesienia.” (the sentence referring to the “ability to open” in Clause 1 Scope is excluded from the scope of the reference). The same communication notes for EN 16034:2014 that it applies only together with EN 13241:2003+A2:2016 or with EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016. We have not reviewed later Commission acts on harmonised standards for construction products.

STATUS (PKN cards as of 07.11.2026). Card PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-10 (English version) without a withdrawal label: published 25-10-2016, 78 pages, Building and Building Structures Sector, KT 169 Windows, Doors, Shutters and Hardware, “Implements: EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 [IDT]”, “Directive: 305/2011/EU”, “Replaces: PN-EN 14351-1+A1:2010 - Polish version, PN-EN 14351-1+A1:2010/Ap1:2012 - Polish version, PN-EN 14351-1+A1:2010/Ap2:2012 - Polish version”, ICS 91.060.50; Polish title from the card: „Okna i drzwi -- Norma wyrobu, właściwości eksploatacyjne -- Część 1: Okna i drzwi zewnętrzne”. Chain of cards: PN-EN 14351-1:2006 (Polish version) — withdrawn 01-10-2010, replaced by PN-EN 14351-1+A1:2010; PN-EN 14351-1+A1:2010 (Polish version) — withdrawn 25-10-2016, replaced by PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-10 (English version), which carries no withdrawal. In the PKN catalogue the +A2 edition has only an English-version card — the last Polish-language text of this standard is the withdrawn +A1:2010 edition. CEN catalogue in iTeh (read 07.11.2026): EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 — published 20.09.2016, stage 60.60; draft of a new edition prEN 14351-1 — stage 40.98, decision to abandon at enquiry stage.

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation scope database, read 07.11.2026; “Laboratories” tab on labcoda.pl, 07.11.2026). The number 14351-1 appears in 36 records at 6 Polish laboratories: AB 014 (6), AB 023 (16), AB 1054 (6), AB 1241 (1), AB 1596 (5), AB 661 (2); in the copy it does not appear at laboratories of other countries. 28 records are test items at 5 laboratories (all except AB 1241), 8 — rows of the tables “assessment of performance … (System 3)” under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 at all six: under Commission Decision 99/93/EC (doors, windows, shutters, blinds — at some also gates — and related building hardware) — one at each, and under Decision 98/436/EC (roof coverings, rooflights, roof windows) — also at AB 023 and AB 1596. Notations in the test items: “PN-EN 14351-1” without year (AB 014, AB 023, AB 1054), “PN-EN 14351-1 „N”” (AB 023, AB 1054), “PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-10 „N””, “PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016 „N”” and “PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-1 p.4.10” (AB 1596), “PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016 Załącznik B” (Annex B; AB 661); in the assessment tables — “EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016”, at AB 023 with the markings „O”, „Z”, „D”, and at AB 1596 — „O” and „Z” (according to the AB 023 legend: „Z” — competence for tests in the manufacturer’s or external laboratories, „O”/„T”/„D” — for assessment of performance on the basis of calculations, tabulated values or product documentation). „N” — according to the legend, a method used in activities relevant to notification under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. The “Laboratories” tab (“PN-EN 14351-1”, matching by the beginning of the notation) shows the same 6 laboratories with the same number of items (36) (tab query on labcoda.pl, 07.11.2026). We have not compared the current PCA scope documents of these laboratories with the copy.

WHAT THE LABORATORIES TEST (database copy, complete test items — 28). Thermal transmittance — 10 items: AB 023 (7: doors and windows by the hot box method with PN-EN ISO 12567-1 and PN-EN ISO 8990, roof windows with PN-EN ISO 12567-2 and PN-EN ISO 8990; doors, windows, roof windows and sections of window and door frames with their connections to glazing, shutters and shutter boxes — by calculation with PN-EN ISO 10077-1, PN-EN ISO 10077-2 or PN-EN ISO 10211; range (0.2–3.0) W/(m²·K)), AB 1596 (2: doors, windows, roof windows, flaps, non-loadbearing walls, gates and frame sections — calculation method with PN-EN ISO 10077-1:2007 and PN-EN ISO 10077-1:2017-10, PN-EN ISO 10077-2, PN-EN 13241 (gates) and other standards), AB 014 (1: windows and doors, calculation method with PN-EN ISO 10077-1). Load-bearing capacity of safety devices — 10: AB 023 (5: doors with PN-EN 948, windows with PN-EN 14609 or without a second standard), AB 1054 (4: windows and door height windows with PN-EN 14609, external doors with PN-EN 948), AB 014 (1: doors with PN-EN 948). Height and width (of passage) — 3: AB 014 (doors, (0–5000) mm, with PN-EN 14351-2), AB 023 (doors — linear measurement, with PN-EN 16361; windows). Ability to release of doors — 2: AB 014 (with PN-EN 1125, PN-EN 16034, PN-EN 14351-2 and document RS-25/TP-20), AB 1596 (in-house procedure R9-P22-LBiW, document NB-CPD/SG06/11/0084, p. 4.10 of both parts of the standard). Acoustic performance of windows — 2, both by calculation: AB 1054 (windows and door height windows), AB 661 (windows, Annex B and in-house procedure LTB PL131). Resistance to soft and heavy body impact — 1: AB 014 (windows and doors, with PN-EN 13049 and PN-EN 14351-2).

WHERE A SEEMINGLY CORRECT RESULT IS EASY TO GET. Preparation: this is a product standard, not a test method — a characteristic is determined according to a test or calculation standard from clause 2 or an annex of the standard; the notation “according to PN-EN 14351-1” without that standard does not say how it was measured (some items in the scopes cite the product standard alone). Internal doorsets do not belong to this part (clause 1 refers to prEN 14351-2; in the scopes — PN-EN 14351-2:2018-12, PKN card: current, English version, read 07.11.2026). The windows covered are not assessed regarding the ability to release (clause 1) — in the scopes this characteristic appears only with doors; the Commission communication excludes the sentence about the “ability to open” in clause 1 from the scope of the reference — what this means for the assessment of windows we have not established. Measurement and calculation: EN ISO 10077-1 is referenced with a date (2006) — for a dated reference only that edition applies; AB 1596 has in the same item PN-EN ISO 10077-1:2007 (implements EN ISO 10077-1:2006; PKN card: withdrawn 04-10-2017) and PN-EN ISO 10077-1:2017-10 (PKN card: current) — the result must say which edition was used for the calculation. Thermal transmittance measured in a hot box (PN-EN ISO 12567-1, -2) and calculated (PN-EN ISO 10077-1, -2) are two routes to the same characteristic — a result without the name of the route cannot be compared with a declaration. The acoustic performance of windows determined by calculation (AB 1054, AB 661) is based on Annex B — for single windows with insulating glass units on tabulated values, with conditions of use (B.3.2) and range of application (B.4); we have not read these conditions, and a result calculated outside them looks like any other.

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. The fragment of EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 we read (iTeh sample, SIST EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016, English version) covers the title page, table of contents, European foreword, introduction and clauses 1–3. We do not give the requirements and the manner of declaring the characteristics of clause 4, the classes of Tables 1 and 2, the rules of evaluation of conformity of clause 7, or the content of Annexes A–J and ZA–ZD (including the systems of attestation of conformity assigned to the products) — we have not read these parts. We have not checked the statuses of PN-EN 948, PN-EN 14609, PN-EN 13049, PN-EN 1125, PN-EN 16034, PN-EN 16361, PN-EN ISO 10077-2, PN-EN ISO 12567-1, PN-EN ISO 12567-2, PN-EN ISO 8990, PN-EN ISO 10211 and PN-EN 13241 on the PKN cards. We have not established whether the reference to the standard in the Official Journal of the EU was changed after the communication of 9.3.2018.

Method principle

A product — window, roof window, external pedestrian doorset or screen — is described by the performance characteristics of clause 4 (among others wind load, watertightness, air permeability, acoustic performance, thermal transmittance, load-bearing capacity of safety devices, ability to release of doors); each is determined according to a test or calculation standard referenced in clause 2 or according to a normative annex, classified according to clause 5 and confirmed in the evaluation of conformity — initial type testing and factory production control (EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016, clauses 1–3; clauses 4–8 and the annexes — only titles in the fragment read).

Applications

• Windows (including roof windows and door height windows), external pedestrian doorsets and screens, without fire resistance and smoke control (EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016, clause 1)
• Declaration of performance and marking of construction products — harmonised standard under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
• Together with EN 16034 when the product is to have fire resistance or smoke control; internal doorsets — Part 2 (PN-EN 14351-2)
• In accreditation scopes: 6 Polish laboratories — thermal transmittance, load-bearing capacity of safety devices, height and width, ability to release, acoustic performance, impact; assessment of performance in System 3

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-10 (English version; implements EN 14351-1:2006+A2:2016 [IDT])

Title (PL)

Okna i drzwi — Norma wyrobu, właściwości eksploatacyjne — Część 1: Okna i drzwi zewnętrzne

Title (EN)

Windows and doors — Product standard, performance characteristics — Part 1: Windows and external pedestrian doorsets

Step-by-step procedure

1. Identifying the product and the scope of the standard

   Type of product (window, roof window, external doorset, screen) and checking that it does not fall under the exclusions of clause 1 (e.g. internal doorsets — Part 2, power operated doors — EN 16361).

2. Choice of characteristics and methods

   Characteristics of clause 4 declared for the product and the test or calculation standards of clause 2 — with the edition where the reference is dated (e.g. EN ISO 10077-1:2006).

3. Specimens and tests

   Selection and preparation of specimens, tests and calculations according to the method standards and the normative annexes (e.g. B — acoustic performance of windows, J — thermal transmittance of windows with bars; 7.2 — titles).

4. Classification

   Assignment of classes according to clause 5 (Table 1 — windows, Table 2 — external doorsets; only titles in the fragment read).

5. Result and evaluation of conformity

   Type test report, declared values and classes, factory production control (clauses 7–8 — titles). PN-EN 14351-1+A2:2016-10 — current (PKN card as of 07.11.2026; English version).

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• Load tests (wind, load-bearing capacity of safety devices, soft and heavy body impact) — protection against glass breakage and the sash falling out
• Heavy sashes and screens — transport and mounting of specimens on the rig using lifting equipment
• TECHNICAL NOTE: conformity with the product standard requires the method standards to be named — a result “according to PN-EN 14351-1” without the method does not say how it was measured

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