PERFORMANCE TEST REPORT PRL ALUMINUM PLDSHRB “DRY SET” GLASS HANDRAIL CCLW JOB #10-5395 MARCH 31, 2010 DATE OF TESTING MARCH 30, 2010 ‘ESTED FOR PRL ALUMINUM 14760 DON JULIAN ROAD CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91746 TESTED BY CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING LABORATORY WEST 4751 WEST STATE STREET; SUITE B ONTARIO, CA 91762avrRopycrion ‘The following sa test report cullinng test procedures, teat specimens and text resuiteutiloed and obtained during performance testing of « ginss hard ral for PRL Alumntum aY Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontario, Calvornia, on March 30, 2010. Testing wea conshted ie ‘accordance with industry standards and in accordance withthe current insus ot he tect Standards ‘eet srecnten ‘The feot specimen submitted for testing wax one (1} glass handrail systems consinting of on (1) plese of 1/2 inch clear tempered glans mounted into ad 1/2" 4 1/2" sluminum base shes sed ‘capped with a2 inch round extewied aluminum ral, ‘The glazing ete alurainumn bes shoe os DRY SET in accordance with the allached drawing (sheet lat I} For a complete devc:iption inctuding unchorage, glues and framing details, sce drawing a the conchision ofthis report. Drawing furnished by PRL Alam. ‘WITNESSED BY fll or partial testing Ruben Gallegos PRL Alurinuen Jack W. Jackson Conatraction Consulting Laboratory West ‘Chad Jackeon Construction Conaulting Laboratory Weat Richard Rist ‘Construction Consulting Laboratory West ‘TEST. STANDARDS ASTM E935: Standard text Methods for Performance of Permanent Metal Railing Syateme and Ralls for Buildings, ‘TEST Loaps Uniform load: 0.0 pound/force per near foot Concentrated lo! 200.0 pound/torce ‘TESTING AS FOLLOWS March 30,2010 ‘The single epecimen tested waa + long by standart handrail height. ‘The handrail shoe was attached to.a structural sec! channel base with 1/2* diameter machine bolts spaced 12" 9fe, ‘The 1/2" thick tempeced lass Ne was DRY SET glazed per manulacturer's drawing with the set sezews torgued at 20 156 The test loads were applied horizontal in lateral direction atthe center andl directly to the ‘ound exttuded alumni top ral ad held for twenty (20) sceond, ‘ccuw Jos #108305, mance a1, 2010 PRL ALUMIRUN PAGE 2 OF (GLASS HAKDRAIL TESTING -STD MOUNTihe ep te rage waa uted to determine the deflection and permanent residual movement ‘tthe tp of the ban rail, measied loan accuracy of 1/8 ofan neh tes meee ve he ohoe oo ne ee eget 201" ware uted at het of he shoe and atone ech" ‘shove the shoe on the face of glass. See photo #]), RESULTS ‘Specimen passed, Tee Retformance of this single mpecimen indicates that it mete model design end code ‘requirements withthe following aafety lactone, atform oad: 50.0 pound / foree per near fot. ‘795 Wt / 80 lof 4.0 = aaety tector of 2.87. ‘Concenteated toad: 3200.0 pound tore. 175 tf / 200 14 ~ anfety factor of 3.87. The specimen was destroyed during testing with theultimate load recorded. Method of failure was plage breakage ae as a 00 0 07 1 3 0 ry Lae 250 a 10 e a5 o1 n 2a 300 a aa aye 235 1 a6 2s 380 or as a a8 a 7 ae 400 a 18 saya as a 20 ase 450 1 27 4 ye ans a 2 ore ‘300 “oh 28 «ue a5 on 26 sae 350 2 a > ors 2 2 sae 00 2 0 Bue 380 7 = e 07s 7 — 6 ye ‘700 7 ue Slane eatage couw Jor #103398 ‘mance 91, 2010 PRE ALUMINUM PAGES OF + (GLASS RANDRAN, TesTING-atD Moun‘SUMMARY equcmens © of hi sng pecimen incats that it meets model design and code requirements, ‘TESTING COMPLETED Conecn ah performance eang ts handral for PRL Aminue at Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontari, Catformsa on Mareiraa eony tlom | ing Laboratory West Prebigent/Manager of Testing ‘couw son 410.5395 maRCH at, 2010 PRL Loman PAGE 4 0 4 ‘GLASS HANDRAIL TEsTING-tD wouny= OWG NO: PLO SHRS [PR gbLpsHes eenssn| ineisdiohtititti , renewPERFORMANCE TEST REPORT PRL ALUMINUM HRBDS “DRY SET” GLASS HANDRAIL CCLW JOB #10-5395lass Pp R He Le ING con Priglass, PLDSHRB "Dry-set" H jandrail Base shoe Soapin covers 606345 alloy Rigid pve (RPVC) >} 6 © Machine Bol for tosting > Topcon (8063-15 alloy topinset ‘rata less 7 T I 6053.5 alloy | r | 1% thick 3 log stilessteet ee 4" Rigid pve (RPVC) [Aly Sel Cup Poin Saket Sr P13 Thread, 34" Length @ 200 gue poate 0 DW NO: PLDSHRB DATE: 4/09/10PERFORMANCE TEST REPORT PRL ALUMINUM PLDSHRB “DRY SET” GLASS HANDRAIL SIDE MOUNT CCLW JOB #10-5395-1 APRIL 5, 2010 DATE OF TESTING APRIL 1, 2010 TESTED FOR PRL ALUMINUM 14760 DON JULIAN ROAD CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91746 TESTED BY CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING LABORATORY WEST 4751 WEST STATE STREET; SUITE B ONTARIO, CA 91762 PH: 909-591-1789, FAX: 909-627-9020INTRODUCTION ‘The following is a test report outlining test procedures, test specimens and test results utilized and obtained during performance testing of a side mount glass hand rail for PRL Aluminum at Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontario, California, on April 1, 2010. Testing was conducted in accordance with industry standards and in accordance with the current issue of the test standards. TEST SPECIMEN ‘The test specimen submitted for testing was one (1) side mounted glass handrail systems consisting of one (1) piece of 1/2 inch clear tempered glass mounted into a 2 1/2” x 41/8" aluminum base shoe and capped with a 2 inch round extruded aluminum rail. The glazing at the aluminum base shoe was DRY SET in accordance with the attached drawing (sheet 1 of 1}. For a complete description including anchorage, glass and framing details, see drawing at the conclusion of this report. Drawing furnished by PRL Aluminum, WITNESSED BY (ail or partial testing) Ruben Gallegos PRL Aluminum Jack W. Jackson Construction Consulting Laboratory West Chad Jackson Construction Consulting Laboratory West Richard Rist Construction Consulting Laboratory West TEST STANDARDS ASTM E 935: Standard test Methods for Performance of Permanent Metal Railing Systems and Rails for Buildings. TEST LOADS Uniform loa’ 50.0 pound/force per linear foot Concentrated load: 200.0 pound /force TESTING AS FOLLOWS April 1, 2010 ‘The single specimen tested was 4” long by standard handrail height. ‘The handrail shoe was attached to a structural steel channel base with 1/2” diameter machine bolts spaced 12° o/c. ‘The 1/2” thick tempered glass lite was DRY SET glazed per manufacturer's drawing with the set screws torqued at 20 Ibf. ‘The test loads were applied horizontally in a lateral direction at the center and directly to the round extruded aluminum top rail and held for twenty (20) seconds. CCLW JOB #10-5395 MARCH 31, 2010 PRL ALUMINUM PAGE 2 OF 4 GLASS HANDRAIL TEST - SIDE MOUNTA standard tape measure was used to determine the deflection and permanent residual movement - at the top of the hand rail, measured to an accuracy of 1/8 of an inch. (See photo #1) Dial gages measuring to an accuracy of 0.01” were used at the top of the shoe and at one inch (1”) above the shoe on the face of glass. (See photo #1) RESULTS Specimen passed. ‘The performance of this single specimen indicates that it meets model design and code requirements with the following safety factors: Uniform loa 50.0 pound / force per linear foot. 850 Ib-f / 50 Ib/ft x 4.0 ft = safety factor of 4.25. Concentrated load: 200.0 pound/force. 850 Ib-f / 200 Ib = safety factor of 4.25. ‘The specimen was not destroyed during testing with the ultimate load not recorded. ‘Test loading was stopped when the top cap slipped off of the 1/2” glass at 850 Ibf. TOAD T= SHOE, 72 GASS HS TOP 200 “05 10 Tale 225 ‘os 2 21/8" 280 o# 6 22 27s 0s “7 2 9/4" 300 0s hs 31/8" 325 0s a oy 380 06 be aap 37s or 26 ays" 00 08 27 aap 2s 08 30 43/9" / 430 08 3 | 475 10 33 1 500 10 34 | 52s 1 ‘36 | 580 - 38 875 7 “40 600 = a | 650 = - | ors - = 700 7 - 750 = = 300 - - aso - Did Not Break — cow s08 910-5395 Manet 91, 2030 | PRE ADUMINORE pace 3 OF | GLASS HANDRAIL TEST - SIDE MOUNT‘SUMMARY The performance of this single specimen indicates that it meets model design and code requirements, TESTING COMPLETED ‘This completes the performance testing of the side mounted glass handrail for PRL Aluminum at Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontario, California on April 1, 2010. Photo #1 CCLW JOB #10-5395 MARCH 31, 2010 PRL ALUMINUM PAGE 4 OF 4 GLASS HANDRAIL TEST - SIDE MOUNTPRL $|/PLDSHRB Pigscor® |"Dry-set " Handrail Base shoe sent 1 0638 allay Ghok 81 (seDe) Rigidpve (REVO) ‘i long ses el 4° © Meche Bolt for tstng I~ 4 Rigiépve (RPC) I Alloy Stel Cup Point Socket Set Sew W213 Thee, 34" Leng @ 20Lbs torque — Diller bole 12° 016 aPERFORMANCE TEST REPORT PRL ALUMINUM GLASS HANDRAIL TESTING CCLW JOB #08-5221 JANUARY 20, 2009 DATE OF TESTING JANUARY 13, 2009 TESTED FOR AND INSTALLED BY PRL ALUMINUM 14760 DON JULIAN ROAD CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91746 TESTED BY CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING LABORATORY WEST 4751 WEST STATE STREET; SUITE B ONTARIO, CA 91762 PH: 909-591-1789 FAX: 909-627-9020INTRODUCTION The following is a test report outlining test procedures, test specimens and test results utilized and obtained during performance testing of glass hand rails for PRL Aluminum at Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontario, California, on January 13, 2009, Testing was conducted in accordance with industry standards and in accordance with the current issue of the test, standards. TEST SPECIMEN ‘The test specimens submitted for testing were two (2) glass handrail systems consisting of one (1) piece of 1/2 inch clear tempered glass mounted into a 2 '4 x 4 '4” aluminum base shoe and capped with a2 inch round extruded aluminum rail and glazed with rockite cement and anchored with four (4) 1/2" bolts which were tapped into the structural channel. Materials tested were assembled by PRL Aluminum For a complete description including anchorage, glass and framing details, see drawing at the conchusion of this report. Drawing furnished by PRL Aluminum, WITNESSED BY (all or partial testing! Jack W, Jackson Construction Consulting Laboratory West Chad Jackson Construction Consulting Laboratory West James Scales Construction Consulting Laboratory West Michael Dubuque Construction Consulting Laboratory West TEST STANDARDS ASTM E 935-00: Standard test Methods for Performance of Permanent Metal Railing Systems and Rails for Buildings. TEST LOADS Uniform load: 50.0 pound /force per linear foot Concentrated load: 200.0 pound/force TESTING AS FOLLOWS January 13, 2009 STRUCTURAL LOAD TEST The test loads were applied horizontally in a lateral direction at the center and directly to the round extruded aluminum top rail and held for twenty (20) seconds. A standard tape measure was used to determine the deflection and permanent residual movement at the top of the hand rail, measured to an accuracy of 1/16 of an inch. (See photo #1) A dial gage measuring to an accuracy of 0.01” was used at the top of the shoe and at ane inch (1") above the shoe. (See photo #1) CcLW Jos #08.5221 JANUARY 20, 2009 PAGE 2 OF 5 PRL ALUMINUM GLASS HANDRAIL TESTING‘HAND-RAIL #1 Anchor bolts tapped into steel channel without washer and nuts. (See photo #2) TOAD PL 125, ° 128 150 178 200 228 250 275 300 as 350 375 400 428 450 520* ‘SHOE TOP GLASS o1 7S 1 00 00" 00 03 1 116" 03 03 1 5/16" 04 04 1 5/8 05 8 115/16 06 06 21/4" 07 08 2 5/8" 09. 09 2 15/16" 10 n 33/8" 12 4 33/4 15 15 4 3/16" a7 7 4 1yie" 20 21 5 3/16" 24 26 6 116" 32 34 7 3/i6" 43 12 No Breakage ‘Load was removed and specimen returned to 7 3/8” permanent set. RESULTS Specimen passed. The performance of this single specimen indicates that it meets model design and code requirements with the following safety factor: Uniform load: Concentrated load: 50.0 pound / force per linear foot. 520 Ib-f / 50lb/ft x 4.0 ft = safety factor of 2.6. 200.0 pound force. 520 Ib-f / 200 Ib = safety factor of 2.6 The specimen was not destroyed during testing and ultimate loads were not determined. OBSERVATIONS Fasteners at aluminum shoe were tapped into the structural channel and stripped during testing, CCLW Jop 408.5221 PRL ALUMINUM GLASS HANDRAIL TESTING JANUARY 20, 2009 PAGE 3 OF 5‘HAND-RAIL #2 Anchor bolts tapped into steel channel without washers and nuts. TOAD ‘SHOE TOP ‘GLASS PL 125 04 11/8" 03 ° 00 1/16" 00 12s, 05 1 3/16" 03 150 06 aya 04 175 07 1 13/16" 05 200 08 2116" 088 225 09 23/a" o7 250 1 2 13/16" 10 278 115 3 1/16" 105 300 13 3 7/16" 12 328 4 3 15/16" 14 380 17 aus 15 375 18 4 5/8" 18 400 21 5 3/16" 22 425 24 53/4" 26 450 31 67/16" 32 520° 10 No Breakage *Load was removed and specimen returned to 9 3/4” permanent set. SULTS Specimen passed. The performance of this single specimen indicates that it meets model design and code requirements with the following safety factors: Uniform load: 50.0 pound / force per linear foot. 520 Ib-f / SOIb/ft x 4.0 ft = safety factor of Concentrated load: 200.0 pound/force. 520 Ib-f / 200 Ib = safety factor of 2.6. OBSERVATIONS Fasteners at aluminum shoe were tapped into the structural channel and stripped during testing JANUARY 20, 2009 CCLW JOB 408.5221 PAGE 4 OF 5 PRL ALUMINUM GLASS HANDRAIL TESTING‘TESTING COMPLETED This completes the performance testing of glass handrail for PRL Aluminum at Construction Consulting Laboratory West, Ontario, California on January 13, 2009. Photo #1 Photo #2 ‘CCLW JOB 408-5221 JANUARY 20, 2009 PRL ALUMINUM PAGE 5 OF 5 GLASS HANDRAIL TESTING