The new pas 24 now covers composite sliding and bi folding doors along with parallel opening windows.
Pas 24 sliding door.
The pas 24 standard is generally associated with residential doorsets and windows where an intruder is likely to use stealth to avoid attracting attention whilst attempting forced entry.
Pas 24 like most british standards is a minimum standard.
As a consequence of this more manufacturers are investing in making doorsets that are certified to pas 24.
Information on the pas24 security door standard the pas publicly available specification 24 test standard was introduced by the british standard institute bsi in collaboration with industry stakeholders and secured by design sbd an official uk police initiative.
What does this mean.
Pas 24 2012 has been produced by bsi to provide a method for testing and assessing the enhanced security performance requirements of external doorsets and window types intended to resist the levels and methods of attack experienced in the uk and normally associated with the casual or opportunist burglar.
In other words it doesn t include higher or lower grades for security and so doors that are tested to the specifications of the standard either pass or fail.
Schueco sliding doors meet pas 24 security standards in response to a heightened demand for security schueco uk has reported a significant increase in the number of its sliding door systems that meet pas 24 security standards.