Deadline Extension For New Fenestration Standard

The 2012 BC Building Code requires windows, doors and skylights to conform to  AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440-08 NAFS – North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for Windows, Doors, and Skylights. This newly referenced standard (Subsection 9.7.4), which specifically addresses “commercial” windows and doors used in Part 3 mid and high-rise buildings, may require manufacturers to test a broader range of products. As a result, there may be a temporary shortage of NAFS conforming products available in British Columbia. In response, the provincial government has approve a regulation that now permits windows, doors and skylights to conform to either the 2006 BC Building Code or NAFS until July 1, 2013. This temporary delay will allow industry some time to have products tested and manufactured to the new NAFS standard.  Any window, door and skylight installed on or after July 2, 2013 must conform to the new NAFS Standard as well as A440S1-09 Canadian Supplement to AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, NAFS – North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for Windows, Doors, and Skylights.