ASTM E1825-96

Standard Guide for Evaluation of Exterior Building Wall Materials, Products, and Systems

SCOPE
1.1 The intent of this standard is to provide guidance to design professionals in the evaluation of materials, products, or systems with which they are not familiar and to help determine that the selected materials, products, or systems are suitable for use on or as a part of an exterior building wall.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-1996
• ICS: 91.060.10 - Walls. Partitions. Facades
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.55 - Performance of Building Enclosures

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• Replaced By: ASTM E1825-96(2003) - Standard Guide for Evaluation of Exterior Building Wall Materials, Products, and Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2003

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Designation:E1825–96
Standard Guide for
Evaluation of Exterior Building Wall Materials, Products, and
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Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1825; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4.4 The procedures listed in this standard are intended for
use in selecting materials, products, or systems that are critical
1.1 The intent of this standard is to provide guidance to
to the safety, function, or serviceability of a building, or where
design professionals in the evaluation of materials, products, or
they constitute substantial components of the work. The
systems with which they are not familiar and to help determine
recommendations in this guide are not applicable to all
that the selected materials, products, or systems are suitable for
materials, products, or systems that can be incorporated in
use on or as a part of an exterior building wall.
buildings. The user is encouraged to use judgment regarding
2. Referenced Documents
the need and cost effectiveness of applying the procedures
2.1 ASTM Standards: listed herein. Materials, products, or systems that will be used
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for a noncritical or incidental use usually do not require an
E 631 Terminology of Building Constructions
exhaustive evaluation. Materials, products, or systems with
3. Terminology
which the user has first-hand experience do not generally
3.1 There are no terms in this standard that require defini-
require an exhaustive evaluation since many of the evaluation
tion other than as provided by Terminology E 631.
tasks listed herein should have been performed previously.
4. Significance and Use
NOTE 1—Often components of exterior building wall construction are
tested in the laboratory to help assure adequate performance. Laboratory
4.1 This standard may be used by design professionals and
evaluation of materials, products, or systems is not described in this guide.
others in the building construction industry to provide factual
support for professional judgment of materials, products, or
5. Investigation
systems during the design development of new and remedial
5.1 Technical information from sellers, manufacturers, or
exterior building wall construction.
distributors.
4.2 This standard is intended to provide guidance to the user
5.1.1 Obtain a list of projects where the materials, products,
of this standard in the evaluation and qualification of materials,
or systems for each project were used, including:
products, or systems with which they do not have substantial,
5.1.1.1 Dates of installation;
long-term experience or that are intended to be employed in a
5.1.1.2 Name of project, address, owner, contact persons,
new or different manner. The standard may be used to
type of use, phone number;
investigate and assess the probable performance of such
5.1.1.3 Name of contractor, subcontractor, contact persons,
materials, products, or systems in relation to the proposed use
address, phone number; and
on or as part of an exterior building wall.
5.1.1.4 Name of engineer or architect, contact persons,
4.3 The procedures outlined in Section 5 will help guide the
address, phone number.
user in making informed selections based on the materials,
5.1.2 Obtain pertinent research reports, test data, and certi-
products, or systems performance history on constructed proj-
fications for the materials, products, or systems from inception
ects and provide information on limitations of use, the manu-
to help evaluate current characteristics, changes, and their uses
facturer’s performance history, and current status. The use of
over time.
this guide will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of in-service
5.1.3 Ask the manufacturers for a listing of specific changes
performance problems with materials, products, or systems.
in the materials, products, or systems over time including
improvements, changes in physical and chemical components,
geometry, production methods, and quality control.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance
5.1.4 Obtain specifications, tech sheets, safety recommen-
of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.55 on Exterior
dations, installation standards, compatibility tests, approval of
Building Wall Systems.
public authorities and industry associations, and compliance
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1996. Published December 1996.
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