EN 13964:2004/A1:2006

Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods

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

Unterdecken - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Der bestehende ist durch den neuen Anwendungsbereich zu ersetzen:
Diese Europäische Norm gilt für Deckenlagen, einzelne Bauteile von Unterkonstruktionen, Bausätze für
Unterkonstruktionen und Bausätze für abgehängte Decken, die in Verkehr gebracht werden. Aus zwei
Gründen enthält diese Europäische Norm ebenfalls bestimmte Festlegungen für eingebaute
Unterdeckensysteme. Erstens kann es vorkommen, dass einzelne Bauteile und Bausätze bestimmte
Anforderungen erfüllen müssen, damit das eingebaute Unterdeckensystem die Anforderungen erfüllt und da
es auf Grund der Beziehung zwischen Bauteil bzw. Bausatz und dem eingebauten System angebracht ist, die
Anforderungen für beide in einem Dokument anzugeben.
Diese Europäische Norm enthält Informationen für die verschiedenen Seiten, die für Entwurf, Herstellung und
Festlegung/Auswahl von abgehängten Decken für den Einsatz im Innern von Gebäuden und in
Ingenieurbauwerken zuständig sind. Sie behandelt abgehängte Decken, die als vollständiger Bausatz verkauft
werden (wahlweise einschließlich Beleuchtung und ähnlicher Zubehörteile), Unterkonstruktionen, die als
Bausätze verkauft werden, einzelne Bauteile (Produkte) dieser Unterkonstruktionen sowie
Decklagenelemente. Sie schließt sowohl Prüf- und Bewertungsverfahren als auch Festlegungen für die
Beurteilung der Konformität der Produkte mit den Anforderungen dieser Europäischen Norm ein.
Mangels anderer Europäischer Normen legt die vorliegende Europäische Norm Maße, Grenzabmaße und,
sofern zutreffend, Ausführungsanforderungen für handelsübliche Deckenunterkonstruktionen und Decklagen-elemente
fest.

Plafonds suspendus - Exigences et méthodes d'essai

Remplacer le domaine d’application actuel par le suivant :
La présente Norme européenne couvre les éléments d’habillage, les éléments individuels des ossatures, les ossatures vendues sous forme de kits et les plafonds suspendus vendus sous forme de kits lorsque ces derniers se trouvent sur le marché. La présente Norme européenne fournit également certaines spécifications relatives aux systèmes de plafond suspendu installés et ce, pour deux raisons : les éléments individuels des ossatures et les kits pensent devoir être conformes à certaines exigences pour que le système puisse être conforme aux exigences une fois installé, et parce qu’il est approprié, pour faciliter le référencement, de fournir aussi bien les exigences relatives aux éléments/kits que celles relatives au système installé dans le même document, étant donné leur relation.
La présente Norme européenne fournit des informations aux diverses parties chargées de la conception, de la fabrication et de la spécification/sélection des plafonds suspendus utilisés pour des applications intérieures dans les bâtiments et structures de génie civil. Elle couvre les plafonds suspendus vendus sous forme de kits complets (comprenant éventuellement des dispositifs d'éclairage et autres fonctionnalités), les ossatures vendues sous forme de kits, les éléments (produits) individuels de ces ossatures et les éléments d’habillage. Elle contient les méthodes d'essai et d'évaluation ainsi que les dispositions relatives à l'évaluation de la conformité des produits aux exigences de la présente Norme européenne.
En l'absence de toute autre Norme européenne, la présente Norme européenne spécifie les dimensions, les tolérances et, le cas échéant, les exigences de performance des ossatures de plafond et des éléments d’habillage couramment disponibles.
La présente Norme européenne ne couvre pas les produits suivants :

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General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 28-Nov-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 11-Mar-2014
• ICS: 91.060.30 - Ceilings. Floors. Stairs
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 277 - Suspended ceilings
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 277 - Suspended ceilings
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 12-Mar-2014
• Completion Date: 12-Mar-2014
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Directive: 89/106/EEC - Construction products
• Mandate: M/121 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on internal and external wall and ceiling finishes
• Ref Project: SIST EN 13964:2004/A1:2007 - Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods

Relations

• Replaced By: EN 13964:2014 - Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 19-Mar-2014
• Amends: EN 13964:2004 - Suspended ceilings - Requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2007
9LVHþLVWURSL=DKWHYHLQSUHVNXVQHPHWRGH
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,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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© 2006 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 13964:2004/A1:2006: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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:
)
EN 1991-1-4 , Eurocode 1: Actions on structures — Part 1-4: General actions — Wind actions
)
EN 1993-1-1 , Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings

)
Superseded ENV 1991-2-4 in 2005.
)
Superseded ENV 1993-1-1 in 2005.
)
EN 1995-1-1 , Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures — Part 1-1: General — Common rules and rules for
buildings
)
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 10215, Continuously hot dip aluminium-zinc (AZ) coated steel strip and sheet — Technical delivery
conditions
Replace “ENV 717-1” by “EN 717-1”.
Add “2003” after “EN ISO 354:”.
4 Classification, designation and coding
4.2 Modular dimensions
Replace the current Table 4 with a new one:

)
Superseded ENV 1995-1-1 in 2004.
)
Superseded ENV 1998-1-3 in 2004.
a
Table 4 — Tolerances of thin gauge membrane components
a. Panel sizes:
- for lengths ≥ 1 000 mm          mm / m
−0,4
- for lengths < 1 000 mm         mm
−0,5
- for width                     mm
−0,4
b. Flatness:
Key
1   tolerance b
2   tolerance a
l = length (mm) 0 < l ≤ 1 000 1 000 < l ≤ 2 000 2 000 < l ≤ 3 000
b = width (mm) a b a b a b
- 0,5 - 0,2 - 0,5 - 0,2 - 0,5 - 0,2
0 < b ≤ 400
+0,5 +3,0 +1,5 +4,0 +3,0 +6,0
- 0,5 - 0 - 0,5 - 0 - 0,5 - 0
400 < b ≤ 500
+0,5 +4,0 +1,5 +5,0 +3,5 +7,0
- 0,5 - 0 - 0,5 - 0 - 0,5 - 0
500 < b ≤ 625
+0,5 +6,0 +1,5 +7,0 +4,0 +9,0
- 0,5 - 0 - 0,5 - 0
− −
625 < b ≤ 1 250
+0,5 +10,0 +1,5 +13,0
− −
c. Angularity of the long edge in relation to short edge
Panel width up to 625 mm         ± 0,5 mm
Panel width 625 mm to 1 250 mm   ± 0,6 mm
Panel width
d. Depth of stops / supports ± 0,3 mm (measured on panel cut out edge)

Edge                          Cut-out edge
Deviations from 90° angle on vertical upstand are dependent on the production process and the relative suspension
systems. There are no fixed tolerances.
a
The tolerances are valid for unperforated thin gauge membrane components and for perforated thin gauge membrane
components with a hole diameter of maximum 4 mm and maximum 25 % open area.
4.4.1 Fire resistance
4.4.1.1 General
Change current Note into Note 1 and add:
NOTE 2 Before undertaking any fire resistance testing, the manufacturer should check that the intended test(s)
correspond(s) to the needs of the regulatory requirements for the intended use in the country of destination.
4.4.2 Reaction to fire
4.4.2.1 General
Replace current paragraph 3 with new one:
Where regulatory requirements exist, ceiling membrane components and substructure components shall be
tested and classified in accordance with EN 13501-1 and the conditions described below, or they may be
1)
reaction to fire Class A1 without testing or they may be Classified
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