This Singapore Standard specifies requirements for single aluminium framed sliding doors for general purposes. It does not include double glazed aluminium framed sliding doors, sliding folding doors and heavy duty non-residential sliding doors such as those used in garage, showrooms and movable shopfronts. It does not include sliding doors containing panels which exceed 1500 mm in width or 2400 mm in height.
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.
SS 268-1983 history
2014SS 268-2014 Specification for aluminium framed sliding glass doors
1983SS 268-1983 SPECIFICATION FOR Aluminium Framed Sliding Glass Doors