This standard specifies requirements for single glazed aluminium framed sliding doors for general purposes. It does not include double glazed aluminium framed sliding doors. sliding folding doors and mechanically operated sliding doors. Sliding doors containing panels which exceed 1 500 mm in width or 2400 mm in height are not covered in this standard.
Aluminium framed sliding doors shall consist of two or more panels of glass contained in aluminium frames which in turn are contained within an aluminium outer frame designed so that one or more panels are movable by sliding in a horizontal direction. The panels may be all sliding or some sliding and some fixed.
The doors are not designed to withstand imposed structural loads.
MS 1017 Pt.1-1986 history
1986MS 1017 Pt.1-1986 Specification for aluminum framed sliding glass doors Part 1: Single glazed doors