BS 750:2006 BRITISH STANDARD Specification for underground fire. hydrants and surface box frames and covers 168 13,220.10 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS 750:2006 Publishing and copyright information ‘The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last Issued. © BSI 2006 ISBN 0 580 48911 6 ‘The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard: Committee reference FSH/I7 Draft for comment 06/40142029 DC Publication history First published August 1997 First revision January 1950 Second revision August 1964 ‘Third revision February 1977 Fourth revision January 1984 ith revision September 2006 Amendments issued since publication ‘Text affectedaaa ne Section 1: General 1 1 Scope J 2 Normative references 1 Section 2: Fire hydrants 3 3 General requirements 3 4 Wedge-gate (type 1) 3 5B Screw-down (Iype 2) 5 6 Outlets 7 7 — Stemdrive 10 8 — Draining system 10 9 Costing 10 10 Maintenance of water purity (polable water systems only) 10 11 Type requirements 11 12 Hydrant assembly ~ Resistance to internal pressure of the shell and of all pressure containing components and resistance of the obturator to differential pressure 12 48 Hydrostatic test certificate 13 14 Marking and additional data 13 Section 8: Surface box frames and covers 14 15 Grading 14 416 Materials 14 17 Manufacture, workmanship and coating 14 18 Design features 15 49 Marking 17 20° Type requirements 18 21 Production requirements 19 22 Test certificate 19 Annexes ‘Annex A (normative) Type tests for strength, security and endurance 20 ‘Annex B (normative) Type hydrostatic tests for screwed outlets 22 ‘annex G (informative) Information to be supplied by the purchaser 23 ‘annex D (normative) Type and production loading tests for surface box frames and covers. 24 Bibliography 25 List of figures Figure 1 — Example of wedge-gate (type 1) fire hydrant showing required dimensions 4 Figure 2 — Example of screw-down (type 2) fire hydrant showing required dimensions 6 Figure 3 ~ Screwed outlet (round thread) and outlet cap showing required dimensions 9 Figure 4 — Minimum bedding width of surface box frame showing required dimensions 17 Figure 5 ~ Detail of keyhole and key 18 Figure A.1 Load/defleetion test apparatus 22 List of tables ‘Table 1 ~ Production test load requirements and acceptance criteria 19 ‘Summary of pages ‘This document comprises a front-cover, an inside front cover, pages i and il, pages 1 to 25 and a back cover, R206 + 5