EN 14499:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Tekstilne talne obloge - Minimalne zahteve za podloge preprog
Textile floor coverings - Classification of carpet underlays
Textile Bodenbeläge - Klassifizierung von Teppichunterlagen
Revêtements de sol textiles - Classification des thibaudes de moquette
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14499:2024
ICS:
97.150 Talne obloge Floor coverings
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 14499
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.150 Supersedes EN 14499:2015
English Version
Textile floor coverings - Classification of carpet underlays
Revêtements de sol textiles - Classification des Textile Bodenbeläge - Klassifizierung von
thibaudes de moquette Teppichunterlagen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 July 2024.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Sampling . 5
5 Performance . 5
6 Classification . 6
7 Marking . 7
Annex A (normative) Method for determination of resistance to breaking and cracking . 8
Annex B (normative) Determination of work of compression of underlay .10
European foreword
This document (EN 14499:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 134 “Resilient,
textile, laminate and modular mechanical locked floor coverings”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 14499:2015.
— Changes to the title;
— Changes to the Scope;
— Changes in terminology.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies minimum performance requirements for fibrous, non-fibrous and combined
underlays, together with their classification for seven classes of intended use/application.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 9405, Textile floor coverings — Assessment of changes in appearance (ISO 9405)
EN ISO 13934-1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: Determination of maximum force and
elongation at maximum force using the strip method (ISO 13934-1)
ISO 1765, Machine-made textile floor coverings — Determination of thickness
ISO 1957, Machine-made textile floor coverings — Selection and cutting of specimens for physical tests
ISO 2094, Textile floor coverings — Determination of thickness loss under dynamic loading
ISO 3415, Textile floor coverings — Determination of thickness loss after brief, moderate static loading
ISO 3416, Textile floor coverings — Determination of thickness loss after prolonged, heavy static loading
ISO 10361, Textile floor coverings — Production of changes in appearance by means of Vettermann drum
and hexapod tumbler tester
BS 4098, Method for the determination of thickness, compression and recovery characteristics of textile floor
coverings
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
needlefelt fibrous underlay
material made wholly of fibres entangled or matted together by needling of a fibre batt
3.2
impregnated fibrous underlay
material made of fibres consolidated by impregnation with a binding agent
Note 1 to entry: A woven, nonwoven or film scrim may be included in a fibrous underlay for support during
manufacture.
3.3
cellular rubber underlay
material formed of a vulcanized rubber foam, with or without a carrier or backing material bonded
thereto
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