BS 6150:2019
$215.11
Painting of buildings. Code of practice
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2019 | 146 |
This British Standard gives recommendations for good practice in preparation, initial painting and maintenance painting of buildings (e.g. dwellings, offices, light industrial buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels and public buildings generally) internally and externally, in which decoration is a significant and often the major factor. This British Standard takes into account the need to protect many building materials against weathering or other forms of attack normally encountered. Detailed information is given on wood, metal, masonry and other typical substrates found in buildings.
The paints and coating materials referred to in this British Standard are principally those in common use, with limited reference to specialist coating materials and factory-applied coatings. Some materials have been excluded because of their obsolescence, limited or specialized usage or, in the case of newly developed products, lack of experience of their performance in service.
This British Standard does not cover:
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the protection of structural steel elements (see BS EN ISO 12944, and BS 5493 for iron structures), including hot spray application;
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decorative processes and other work usually carried out by specialists, such as asbestos encapsulation, the maintenance of lead surfaces, resin flooring, polymer renders or waterproofing of flat roofs;
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the particular requirements of listed or historic buildings which are protected by law;
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limewash and distemper coating materials;
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preservative treatments for structural timber;
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reactive coating materials for passive fire protection and systems consisting of these materials (see BS 8202‑1, BS EN 16623 and BS 476); and
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general safety hazards of access for painting (see BS 8210).
The recommendations made in this British Standard are intended to facilitate achievement of standards of finish which, when inspected as described in Clause 10, will be of a generally acceptable commercial standard for the intended types of buildings, providing that the work of other trades has been completed to a satisfactory standard. Where especially high standards of finish are necessary, more elaborate processes and systems than those described in this British Standard might be necessary.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 5 | Foreword |
| 7 | Introduction 1 Scope |
| 8 | 2 Normative references |
| 9 | 3 Terms and definitions |
| 12 | 4 Defining the project 4.1 General Table 1 — Parameters to consider at the design stage |
| 15 | 4.2 Common elements to painting activity |
| 17 | 4.3 New build projects |
| 19 | 4.4 Maintenance projects |
| 21 | 4.5 Information exchange and record keeping |
| 23 | 5 Paint application 5.1 General Figure 1 — Procedure for painting buildings for new build and maintenance projects |
| 24 | 5.2 Health and safety 5.3 Inspecting the surface 5.4 Preparing the surface 5.5 Application conditions |
| 25 | 5.6 Preparing the paint |
| 26 | 5.7 Application methods |
| 31 | 5.8 Application of multi-coat systems |
| 32 | 5.9 Defects troubleshooting Table 2 — Coating film defects arising during, or shortly after application |
| 33 | 5.10 Inspection, sampling and testing |
| 34 | 5.11 Clean up and waste disposal 6 Surface inspection |
| 35 | 7 Environmental conditions 7.1 Exposure conditions Table 3 — Exposure condition categories (as defined in BS EN ISO 12944‑2:2017) |
| 36 | 7.2 High humidity 7.3 Condensation |
| 37 | 7.4 Atmospheric pollution 7.5 Mould growth |
| 38 | 7.6 Chemical attack 7.7 Fire |
| 39 | 7.8 Resistance to abrasion 8 Material selection 8.1 General |
| 40 | 8.2 Selection of coating systems |
| 43 | 8.3 Ancillary materials |
| 44 | 9 Substrates |
| 45 | 9.1 Preparation of surfaces |
| 52 | 9.2 Wood |
| 58 | 9.3 Interior and exterior masonry and plaster surfaces |
| 66 | 9.4 Metallic surfaces |
| 72 | Table 4 — Site pre-treatment and priming of non-ferrous metals (not factory pre-treated) |
| 73 | 9.5 Paper and wallcoverings |
| 75 | 9.6 Plastics |
| 76 | 9.7 Miscellaneous surfaces and materials |
| 78 | 10 Inspection |
| 79 | 10.2 Duties of the inspector 10.3 Inspection process |
| 80 | 10.4 Final inspection |
| 81 | Table 5 — Paint film defects arising after a period of exposure |
| 84 | Annex A (normative) Health and safety |
| 88 | Annex B (informative) General introduction to paints and coatings |
| 91 | Table B.1 — General pigmented finishes |
| 93 | Table B.2 — Undercoats |
| 94 | Table B.3 — Other available miscellaneous primers |
| 95 | Table B.4 — Specialist coating materials |
| 99 | Table B.5 — Bituminous and tar-based coatings |
| 105 | Annex C (informative) The effect of temperature and humidity on paint types Annex D (informative) Fire |
| 107 | Annex E (informative) Wood |
| 111 | Table E.1 — Primers for wood |
| 112 | Table E.2 — Transparent and semi-transparent finishes for interior wood |
| 113 | Table E.3 — Coating systems for interior wood |
| 114 | Table E.4 — Transparent and semi-transparent finishes for exterior wood |
| 115 | Table E.5 — Coating systems for exterior wood |
| 119 | Table E.6 — Site priming of fibre building board and wood chipboard (not factory-primed or sealed) |
| 120 | Annex F (informative) Interior and exterior masonry and plaster |
| 123 | Table F.1 — Coating systems for internal plaster, concrete, brick, block and stone |
| 129 | Table F.2 — Coating systems for external renderings, concrete, brick, block and stone |
| 130 | Annex G (informative) Ferrous and non-ferrous metal substrates and metallic coatings |
| 133 | Table G.1 — Primers for metal |
| 135 | Annex H (informative) Paper and wallcoverings |
| 136 | Annex I (informative) Plastics Annex J (informative) Anti-graffiti treatments |
| 140 | Bibliography |
