Pas 24 is a police preferred alternative to the en 1627 security standard.
Pas 24 sliding door.
Pas 24 like most british standards is a minimum standard.
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.
What does this mean.
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 started out as a test for single leaf doorsets but is now used to test a wider variety of doorsets most recently extending to include sliding doors composite doors and bi fold doors and parallel opening windows.
Well basically the pas 24 allows testing which requires all doors to meet a cylinder and door hardware attack test and is an enhanced security performance test for door assembly requirements.
The new pas 24 now covers composite sliding and bi folding doors along with parallel opening windows.
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.