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STANDARDS AND APPROVALS

It is Pegler Yorkshire’s policy to provide a range of products and services which meet,
or exceed, the requirements of our customers in respect of quality, cost and delivery.

CURRENT AND FUTURE XPress Copper and The XPress Sprinkler
STANDARDS XPress Stainless Steel Stainless system has
We at Pegler Yorkshire are dedicated to fittings are tested and a FM certification for
designing, developing and manufacturing comply with the requirements of the fittings and tubes
products of the highest quality. It is on this United Kingdom Water Regulations according FM approval standard 1630
basis that you can trust the XPress range to Byelaws (Scotland). The XPress stainless and 1920 for application in wet and
achieve all relevant British, European and steel system has been designed to dry sprinkler system, with a maximum
International standards. provide optimum performance and pressure of 175 psi (12.1 bar).
cost saving benefits for commercial and
It is a sign of our standing in the industry industrial potable water applications. Accordingly the FM system is certified
that we at Pegler Yorkshire are helping for using XPress stainless steel tubes with
to draft this and other new European XPress Copper Gas fittings have been material code 1.4401 (AISI 316), 1.4520
standards, assisted by our fellow members tested by the GWI and verified by GL (AISI 439) and 1.4521 (AISI 444).
on the various European standards (formerly Advantica/British Gas). ISO is achieved through the
committees. The XPress Sprinkler continuous improvement of
system has been tested and our Quality Management
So, you can rest assured that whatever
developments arise, our products will always certified in accordance with System in line with the
meet the latest standards. the LPCB guidelines requirements of BS EN ISO 9001: 2008.
(TS1599 draft 5) for both the
LPS 1234: Issue 1
Over recent years, tube and fittings for Cert No. 1033a & 1033b galvanized and stainless

plumbing and heating systems have been steel system for use in fixed sprinkler
subject to a gradual harmonisation of systems for above ground applications.
standards. The harmonisation was set to
incorporate copper and copper alloy press For XPress Sprinkler installations
fittings within pr EN 1254 under Part 7, and according to LPCB, allowed hazard
more recently, the new British Standard classes range from LH up to 0H3.
BS 8357:2010. PRODUCT APPROVALS
XPress XPress XPress XPress XPress
Approval Country Copper Copper (gas) Stainless Stainless Carbon
(water) (gas)
UL/CUL Canada & USA - - P - P
Cert No: 586758 DNV Denmark P - P - P
Independent and robust auditing ensures an DVGW Germany P P P P - -
-
-
Hungary
Emi
excellent high quality standard every time. P P
ETA Denmark P - P - -
BS 8537:2010 - Copper and copper alloys. FM USA - - P - P
Plumbing fittings. Specification for press GASTEC Netherlands - P - - -
ends of plumbing fittings for use with G-LLOYDS Germany - - P - P
metallic tubes. Pegler Yorkshire’s XPress GOST-R Russia P - - - -
copper range of press fittings is suitable for KIWA Netherlands P - P - -
use with half-hard and hard copper tube Kiwa Gastec Netherlands - P - - -
R250 and R290 to BS EN1057. KVGB Belgium - P - - -
UK
Kitemark: XPress Copper press fittings: LPCB Italy - - - - P - - P
RINA
water (Type 1 fittings) in sizes 12 to 108mm SBSC Sweden - - P - P
-
and gas (Type 2 fittings) in sizes 12 to Sintef Norway P - P - P -
108mm have received the BS 8537:2010 SITAC Sweden P - P - -
certification. SVGW Switzerland - - P P -
XPress Stainless Gas is BSI verified in sizes TA-Luft Germany - - P - -
12 to 108mm in respect of FprEN10352:2012 VdS Germany - - P - P
: Stainless Steel plumbing fittings and WRAS UK P - P - -
fittings with press ends for metallic tubes.

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