CEN/TC 128/SC 4/WG 1 - Fibre cement slates
Harmonisation of fibre-cement slate standard EN 492.
Fibre cement slates
Harmonisation of fibre-cement slate standard EN 492.
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CEN/TC 128/SC 4/WG 1 is a Subcommittee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Fibre cement slates" and is responsible for: Harmonisation of fibre-cement slate standard EN 492. This committee has published 1 standards.
CEN/TC 128/SC 4/WG 1 develops CEN standards in the area of Information technology. The scope of work includes: Harmonisation of fibre-cement slate standard EN 492. Currently, there are 1 published standards from this subcommittee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Subcommittee (SC) in CEN operates under a Technical Committee and focuses on a specific subset of the TC's scope. Subcommittees develop standards and technical specifications in their specialized area, reporting to their parent Technical Committee. They may also have working groups for detailed technical work.
This European Standard specifies the technical requirements and establishes methods of control and test as well as acceptance conditions for fibre-cement slates and their fibre-cement fittings for one or more of the following uses:
- roofing;
- internal wall finishes;
- external wall and ceiling finishes.
This European Standard applies to fibre-cement slates with a height dimension h (see Clause 4) not exceeding 850 mm for overlapping assembly. For the purpose of this European Standard, fibre-cement slates have been classified according to their bending moment.
This European Standard covers fibre-cement slates reinforced with fibres of different types as specified in 5.1.1.
This European Standard does not include calculations with regard to works, design requirements, installation techniques, wind uplift or rain proofing of the installed products.
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