EN 13964:2004/A1:2006

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2007
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Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods
Unterdecken - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Plafonds suspendus - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13964:2004/A1:2006
ICS:
91.060.30 Stropi. Tla. Stopnice Ceilings. Floors. Stairs
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 13964:2004/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2006
ICS 91.060.30
English Version
Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods
Plafonds suspendus - Exigences et méthodes d'essai Unterdecken - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 13964:2004; it was approved by CEN on 12 October 2006.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this
amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such
national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .5
4 Classification, designation and coding.6
4.2 Modular dimensions.6
4.4.1 Fire resistance.8
4.4.2 Reaction to fire.8
4.8 Durability .8
4.8.3 Classification of ceiling exposure conditions .8
4.10 Thermal insulation.8
6 Evaluation of conformity.8
6.1 General.8
6.2 Initial type testing .9
6.3.3 Product specific requirements.9
6.3.4 Initial inspection of factory and FPC .10
7 Marking, labelling and packaging .10
7.1 Marking and labelling .10
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential requirements or
other provisions of EU Directives.12
ZA.2.2 EC Certificate and Declaration of conformity.12
ZA.3.1 General.12

Foreword
This document (EN 13964:2004/A1:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 277
“Suspended ceilings”, the secretariat of which is held by IBN/BIN.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN 13964:2004 shall be given the status of a national standard,
either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2007, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2008.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard : Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.
1 Scope
Replace the current Scope with new one:
This European Standard covers membranes, individual substructure components, substructure kits and
suspended ceiling kits when these are placed on the market. This European Standard also gives certain
specifications for the installed suspended ceiling system, for two reasons: the individual components and kits
may have to meet certain requirements in order for the installed system to be able to meet the requirement
when the system is installed, and because it is appropriate, for ease of reference, to give both component/kit
requirement and installed system requirement in the same document, given the relationship between them.
This European Standard provides information for the various parties responsible for designing, manufacturing
and specifying/selecting suspended ceilings used for interior applications in general building and civil
engineering structures. It covers suspended ceilings sold as a complete kit, substructures sold as kits,
individual components (products) of such substructures, and membrane components. It includes test methods
and methods of assessment, as well as provisions for the evaluation of conformity of the products to the
requirements of this European Standard.
In the absence of any other European Standard, this European Standard specifies dimensions, tolerances and,
where relevant, performance requirements, for commonly available ceiling substructures and membrane
components.
This European Standard does not cover the following:
 ceiling substructures and membrane component covered by other harmonised European Standards, for
in-situ formed ceilings, covered by other European technical specifications, for which it is the installer, not
the component manufacturer, who takes responsibility for ensuring that the complete installed suspended
ceiling meets any regulatory requirements to which it is subject;
 stretched ceilings covered by EN 14716;
 ceilings in mobile buildings, caravans and other forms of transportation;
 characteristics needed for special applications, for which additional characteristics other than covered by
this European Standard would need to be complied with;
 ceilings subject to water penetration requirements;
 ceilings used externally where requirements other than covered by this scope would apply (tunnels,
canopies, petrol stations, arcades, open sports facilities, car parks etc.);
 heavy duty suspended ceilings or their supporting construction (e.g. ceilings that can be walked on);
 ceilings made from fire protective boards covered by ETAG 018-4.
This European Standards covers the following essential characteristics:
 reaction to fire;
 resistance to fire (suspended ceiling kits only);
 release of asbestos (content) (suspended ceiling kits and membrane components only);
 release of formaldehyde (suspended ceiling kits and membrane components only);
 shatter properties (for membrane components of brittle materials in suspended ceiling kits only);
 flexural tensile strength;
 load bearing capacity;
 electrical safety;
 direct airborne sound insulation (suspended ceiling kits only);
 sound absorption (suspended ceiling kits and membrane components only);
 thermal conductivity (suspended ceiling kits and membrane components only);
 durability of flexural tensile strength and load bearing capacity against moisture;
 condensation.
This European Standard also covers the following non-essential requirements:
 colour and light reflectance;
 installation.
2 Normative references
Replace the current main paragraph with new one:
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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.
Delete all full stops at the end of the references.
Replace references of prEN standards with references to EN standards:
EN 520, Gypsum plasterboards — Definitions, requirements and test methods
EN 10327, Continuously hot-dip coated strip and sheet of low carbon steels for cold forming — Technical
delivery conditions
EN 14190, Gypsum plasterboard products from reprocessing — Definitions, requirements and test methods
EN 14195, Metal framing components for gypsum plasterboard systems — Definitions, requirements and test
methods
Replace references of ENV standards with references to EN standards:
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EN 1991-1-4 , Eurocode 1: Actions on structures — Part 1-4: General actions — Wind actions
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EN 1993-1-1 , Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings

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Superseded ENV 1991-2-4 in 2005.
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Superseded ENV 1993-1-1 in 2005.
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EN 1995-1-1 , Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures — Part 1-1: General — Common rules and rules for
buildings
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EN 1998-1 , Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance — Part 1: General rules, seismic
actions and rules for buildings
Add new normative references:
EN 14716, Stretched ceilings — Requirements and test methods
ETAG 018-4, Fire Protective Products — Part 4: Fire Protective board, slab and mat products and kits
Delete normative references to:
EN 10142, Continuously hot dip zinc coated low carbon steel strip and sheet for cold forming — Technical
delivery conditions
EN 10214, Continuously hot dip zinc-aluminium (ZA) coated steel strip and sheet — Technical delivery
conditions
EN 10
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