Aluminium doors and windows

NCh523:2020 Carpintería de aluminio - Puertas y ventanas - Requisitos (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 523:2020: Aluminium carpentry - Doors and windows - Requirements) (16 pages, in Spanish)

1.1. The notified Standard establishes the requirements to be met by aluminium doors and windows to ensure their effective functioning, durability and user safety.

1.2. The Standard applies to aluminium doors and windows for exterior and interior use in houses, residential, commercial, institutional and educational buildings, health facilities and other similar buildings.

1.3. The Standard does not apply to security doors, heavy-duty non-residential doors such as those used in industrial warehouses, or movable façades providing public access and/or access for vehicles or animals.

1.4. The Standard does not apply to aluminium curtain walls, although the moving or opening parts of such walls must meet the requirements established therein.