BS 6150:2019 PDF

What is this BS 6150 – Building painting about?

BS 6150 gives recommendations for best practices in painting buildings. BS 6150 discusses the preparation, initial painting, and maintenance of painted surfaces in buildings. The internal, as well as external painting of buildings, is addressed in BS 6150 . Decoration is a significant and often major factor when taking painting decisions for buildings such as dwellings, offices, light industrial buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels, and public buildings generally. BS 6150 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. Note: BS 6150 does not cover:

The protection of structural steel elements, including hot spray application 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 The particular requirements of listed or historic buildings which are protected by law Limewash and distemper coating materials, preservative treatments for structural timber, reactive coating materials for passive fire p...