This voluntary specification establishes the minimum
requirements for dimensional stability, weatherability, heat
resistance, weight tolerance, heat build-up, Shore D
Hardness and lead content of cellular polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) exterior profiles used in windows, doors and
skylights. These include:
a) Cellular PVC profiles used as flames, sash and all
structural profiles related to glass retention and/or
profiles that structurally divide lites within a common
master frame of all cellular polyvinyl chloride
products.
b) Cellular PVC profiles, as described above, but used in
composite structures, where Cellular PVC is combined
with other materials, such as wood, aluminum, steel,
reinforced thennosets and reinforced thermoplastics.
c) Cellular PVC profiles used as cladding over wood,
aluminum, steel, reinforced thermosets and reinforced
thermoplastics.
These profiles include, but are not limited to, those with
decorative finishes such as paint, laminates and co-
extrusions.
1.2 TERMINOLOGY
In this specification, "shall" is used to express a
requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to
satisfy in order to comply with the specification; "should"
is used to express a recommendation or that which is
advised but not required; "shall be permitted to be" is used
to express an option or that which is permissible within the
limits of the specification: and "can" is used to express
possibility or capability. Notes accompanying sections do
not include requirements or alternative requirements: the
purpose of a note accompanying a section is to separate
from the text explanatory or informative material.
Section 0 and any Notes not attached to figures and tables
are non-mandatory.
1.3 UNITS OF MEASURE
The values given in SI (metric) units are the standard. The
values given in parentheses are for information only.
Users of this Specification should test only to the SI
values or to exact conversions of the Sl values.
AAMA 308-2008 history
0000 AAMA 308-2016
2015AAMA 308-2015 Voluntary Specification for Cellular Polyvinyl Chloride(PVC) Exterior Profiles