Solid wood panelling and cladding - Characteristics, requirements and marking

This European Standard defines and specifies the relevant characteristics and the appropriate test methods to determine these characteristics for solid wood products to be used as panelling and cladding (including siding) for: • wall and ceiling panelling for internal use, • wall and ceiling cladding for external uses. It provides for the evaluation of conformity and the requirements for marking these products. This European Standard does not cover panels intended for use as stiffening elements. This European Standard does not cover suspended ceiling in wood panelling and cladding. This European Standard does not cover the processes for treatment, surface coating or modification. NOTE Prescriptions for surface coating and treatment can be found in documents valid in the place of use. This European standard does not cover products which are produced from laminated layer section. This European Standard covers treated, untreated and surface coated products, including those made of thermally or chemically modified wood, as well as finger jointed and edge glued products. This European Standard covers products in compliance with EN 14519, EN 15146 and EN 14951,and other solid timber products manufactured for use as panelling and cladding

Wand-und Deckenbekleidung aus Massivholz im Innen-und Außenbereich - Eigenschaften, Anforderungen und Kennzeichnung

Lambris et bardages en bois - Caractéristiques, exigences et marquage

Notranje in zunanje obloge iz masivnega lesa - Lastnosti, zahteve in označevanje

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 14915:2013/kFprA1:2017
01-februar-2017
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Solid wood panelling and cladding - Characteristics, requirements and marking
Wand-und Deckenbekleidung aus Massivholz im Innen-und Außenbereich -
Eigenschaften, Anforderungen und Kennzeichnung
Lambris et bardages en bois - Caractéristiques, exigences et marquage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14915:2013/FprA1:2016
ICS:
79.080 Polizdelki iz lesa Semi-manufactures of timber
SIST EN 14915:2013/kFprA1:2017 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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FINAL DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 14915:2013
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
December 2016
ICS 79.080
English Version

Solid wood panelling and cladding - Characteristics,
requirements and marking
Lambris et bardages en bois - Caractéristiques, Wand-und Deckenbekleidung aus Massivholz im
exigences et marquage Innen-und Außenbereich - Eigenschaften,
Anforderungen und Kennzeichnung
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical
Committee CEN/TC 175.

This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 14915:2013. If this draft becomes an amendment,
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.

This draft amendment was established by CEN 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2016 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 14915:2013/FprA1:2016:2016 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
1 Modifications to the title of the European Standard .4
2 Modifications to the Foreword .4
3 Modifications to Clause 2 .4
4 Modifications to the Scope .4
5 Modifications to Clause 3 "Terms and definitions" .4
6 Modifications to Clause 4 "Requirements" .4
7 Modifications to 5.1 "Reaction to fire" .5
8 Modifications to 5.2 .5
9 Modifications to 5.6 "Thermal conductivity" .5
10 Modifications to Clause 6 "Evaluation of conformity" .5
11 Modifications to Annex ZA "Relationship of this European Standard with Regulation (EU) No.
305/2011" . 14
12 Modifications to Bibliography . 19
13 Modifications in all the text . 19

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European foreword
This document (EN 14915:2013/FprA1:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 175
“Round and sawn timber”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This amendment modifies EN 14915:2013 identifying those clauses of the standard which are needed
for the compliance of the European Standard with the Construction Products Regulation (CPR).
This amendment introduces:
a) a new title;
b) an alternative conditioning in 5.1 "reaction to fire";
c) a new Clause 6 "Assessment and verification of constancy of performance – AVCP" replacing the
existing clause "Evaluation of conformity";
d) a new Annex ZA;
e) editorial changes.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
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1 Modifications to the title of the European Standard
Replace the existing title with the following title: "Solid wood panelling and cladding — Characteristics,
requirements and marking"
2 Modifications to the Foreword
Replace the existing paragraph referring to the relationship with EU Directive(s) with the following
paragraph: „For relationship with EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR), see informative Annex
ZA, which is an integral part of this standard.”
3 Modifications to Clause 2
Replace
"EN 350-1, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Natural durability of solid wood — Part 1:
Guide to the principles of testing and classification of the natural durability of wood
EN 350-2, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Natural durability of solid wood — Part 2:
Guide to natural durability and treatability of selected wood species of importance in Europe"
by
"EN 350, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Testing and classification of the durability to
biological agents of wood and wood-based materials"
4 Modifications to the Scope
Replace the sentence "It provides for the evaluation of conformity and the requirements for marking
these products." with the following: "It provides for the assessment and verification of constancy of
performance and the requirements for marking these products."
5 Modifications to Clause 3 "Terms and definitions"
Add to 3.2 the following note: "Note 1 to entry: For the purpose of this document panelling relates to
interior applications; cladding to exterior applications."
6 Modifications to Clause 4 "Requirements"
Delete 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5.
Renumber remaining 4.6 into Clause 4.
The following sub clauses change in numbering. Cross-references within the document need to be updated.
Add a paragraph after the paragraph of the new 4.1 "Biological durability":
"If sapwood is not specifically excluded this shall be identified."
Change the term "timber" into "wood" in the whole new 4.2 "Timber treated against biological attack" as
shown below:
"4.2 Wood treated against biological attack"
"4.2.1 General "
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"Wood treated against biological attack shall meet regulatory requirements valid in the place of use of
the products."
"4.2.2 Wood"
7 Modifications to 5.1 "Reaction to fire"
nd
Add the following sentence at the end of the 2 paragraph: "Given that climatic conditions provided for
testing in EN 13501-1 represent average interior climatic conditions, as an alternative for exterior use
to represent average exterior conditions, the test specimen may be conditioned at 20 °C and 65 %
relative humidity."
8 Modifications to 5.2
Change the word "are" by "shall be" in the second sentence of 5.2.1.
9 Modifications to 5.6 "Thermal conductivity"
Delete "or sidings" in the first sentence of the first paragraph.
10 Modifications to Clause 6 "Evaluation of conformity"
Replace the existing Clause 6 "Evaluation of conformity" with the new Clause 6 "Assessment and
verification of constancy of performance - AVCP":
"
6 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance - AVCP
6.1 General
The compliance of solid wood panelling product and cladding product with the requirements of this
standard and with the performance declared by the manufacturer in the DoP shall be demonstrated by:
 determination of the product-type on the basis of type testing;
 factory production control by the manufacturer, including product assessment.
6.2 Type testing
6.2.1 General
All performance related to characteristics included in this standard shall be determined when the
manufacturer intends to declare the respective performance unless the standard gives provisions for
declaring them without performing tests. (e.g. use of previously existing data, CWFT and conventionally
accepted performance).
Assessment previously performed in accordance with the provisions of this standard, may be taken into
account provided that they were made to the same or a more rigorous test method, under the same
AVCP system on the same product-type, such that the results are applicable to the product in question.
NOTE 1 Same AVCP system means testing by an independent third party laboratory where relevant, under the
responsibility of a notified product certification body where relevant.
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For the purposes of assessment, the manufacturer's products may be grouped into families, where it is
considered that the results for one or more characteristics from any one product within the family are
representative for that same characteristics for all products within that same family.
NOTE 2 Products may be grouped in different families for different characteristics.
Reference to the assessment method standards should be made to allow the selection of a suitable
representative sample.
In addition, the determination of the product-type shall be performed for all essential characteristics
included in the standard for which the manufacturer declares the performance:
 at the beginning of the production of a new or modified solid wood panelling product and cladding
product (unless it is a member of a same product range), or
 at the beginning of a new or modified method of production (where this may affect the stated
properties); or
 they shall be repeated for the appropriate essential characteristic(s), whenever a change occurs in
the solid wood panelling product and cladding product design, in the raw material or in the
supplier of the components, or in the method of production (subject to the definition of a family),
which would affect significantly one or more of the performance.
Where components are used whose performance have already been determined, by the component
manufacturer, on the basis of assessment methods of other product standards, these performance need
not be re-assessed. The specifications of these components shall be documented.
Products bearing regulatory marking in accordance with appropriate harmonized European
specifications may be presumed to have the performance declared in the DoP, although this does not
replace the responsibility on solid wood panelling product and cladding product manufacturer to
ensure that the solid wood panelling product and cladding product as a whole is correctly
manufactured and its component products have the declared performance values.
6.2.2 Test samples, testing and compliance criteria
The number of samples of solid wood panelling product and cladding product to be tested/assessed
shall be in accordance with Table 5.
Table 5 — Number of samples to be tested and compliance criteria
No. of
Compliance criteria
Assessment
samples
Characteristic Requirement
method

[to be assessed]
CWFT, Table 1
Reaction to fire 5.1 Table 1 or
see Table 1
EN 13501-1
Classes according to
EN 13501-1 EN 13501-1
Release of dangerous substances
see Annex C Only for internal use
Release of 5.2.1 Annex C
According to Annex C
formaldehyde
E1 or E2
See Only for internal use
Content of 5.2.2 CEN/TR 14823
according to
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pentachlorophenol CEN/TR 14823 CEN/TR 14823
-6n
> 5 × 10 or
-6n
≤ 5 × 10
As relevant Only for internal use
Release of other 5.3
according to As relevant acc. to 5.3
dangerous
5.3
substances
- Not when there is an
Water vapour 5.4 Table 2 or
air gap between
EN ISO 12572
permeability
cladding/panelling
and wall.
Tested in accordance
with 5.4 and value
not under declared
value.
- Only for internal use
Sound absorption 5.5 Table 3 or
Value not under
EN ISO 354
declared value
- Only for internal use
Thermal resistance 5.6 5.6
See 5.6
expressed as
Value not under
thermal
declared value
conductivity
- See 5.7
Resistance to 5.7 5.7
fixings

Durability
For species listed - Natural durability in
Biological 4.1
in EN 350 accordance with
durability
EN 350
For species and
origins not listed Value same as the
in EN 350, declared value
assessed according
to EN 350
See 4.2.1 - See 4.2.1
Wood treated 4.2
against biological
attack

6.2.3 Test reports
The results of the determination of the product type shall be documented in test reports. All test reports
shall be retained by the manufacturer for at least 10 years after the last date of production of the solid
wood panelling product and cladding product to which they relate.
6.2.4 Shared other party results
A manufacturer may use the results of the product type determination obtained by someone else (e.g.
by another manufacturer, as a common service to manufacturers, or by a product developer), to justify
his own declaration of performance regarding a product that is manufactured according to the same
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design and with raw materials, constituents and manufacturing methods of the same kind, provided
that:
 the results are known to be valid for products with the same essential characteristics relevant for
the product performance;
 in addition to any information essential for confirming that the product has such same
performances related to specific essential characteristics, the other party who has carried out the
1)
determination of the product type concerned or has had it carried out, has expressly accepted to
transmit to the manufacturer the results and the test report to be used for the latter’s product type
determination, as well as information regarding production facilities and the production control
process that can be taken into account for FPC;
 the manufacturer using other party results accepts to remain responsible for the product having
the declared performances and he also:
 ensures that the product has the same characteristics relevant for performance asthe one that
has been subjected to the determination of the product type, and that there are no significant
differences with regard to production facilities and the production control process compared to
that used for the product that was subjected to the determination of the product type;
 keeps available a copy of the determination of the product type report that also contains the
information needed for verifying that the product is manufactured according to the same
design and with raw materials, constituents and manufacturing methods of the same kind.
6.3 Factory production control (FPC)
6.3.1 General
The manufacturer shall establish, document and maintain an FPC system to ensure that the products
placed on the market comply with the declared performance of the essential characteristics.
The FPC system shall consist of procedures, regular inspections and tests and/or assessments and the
use of the results to control raw and other incoming materials or components, equipment, the
production process and the product.
All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer shall be documented.
In case the manufacturer has used shared or cascading product type results, the FPC shall also include
the appropriate documentation as foreseen in 6.2.4.
6.3.2 Requirements
6.3.2.1 General
The effective implementation of the FPC system shall be organised in line with the content of this
product standard. Tasks and responsibilities in the production control organization shall be
documented and this documentation shall be kept up-to-date.
The responsibility, authority and the relationship between personnel that manages, performs or verifies
work affecting constancy of performance of the product, shall be defined. This applies in particular to

1) The formulation of such an agreement can be done by licence, contract, or any other type of written consent.
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personnel that need to initiate actions preventing product non-constancies of performance of the
product from occurring, actions in case of non-constancies of performance of the product and to
identify and register product constancy of performance of the product problems.
The competence (e.g. on the basis of education, training, skills, or experience) of personnel performing
work affecting the constancy of performance of the product shall be recorded.
In each factory the manufacturer may delegate the action to a person having the necessary authority to:
 identify procedures to demonstrate constancy of performance of the product at appropriate stages;
 identify and record any instance of non-constancy of performance;
 identify procedures to correct instances of non-constancy of performance.
The manufacturer shall draw up and keep up-to-date documents defining the factory production
control. The manufacturer's documentation and procedures should be appropriate to the product and
manufacturing process. The FPC system should achieve an appropriate level of confidence in the
constancy of performance of the product. This involves:
a) the preparation of documented procedures and instructions relating to factory production control
operations, in accordance with the requirements of the technical specification to which reference is
made;
b) the effective implementation of these procedures and instructions;
c) the recording of these operations and their results;
d) the use of these results to correct any deviations, repair the effects of such deviations, treat any
resulting instances of non-conformity and, if necessary, revise the FPC to rectify the cause of non-
constancy of performance.
Where subcontracting takes place, the manufacturer shall retain the overall control of the product and
ensure that he receives all the information that is necessary.
If the manufacturer has part of the product designed, manufactured, assembled, packed, processed
and/or labelled by subcontracting, the FPC of the subcontractor may be taken into account, where
appropriate for the product in question.
The manufacturer who subcontracts all of his activities may in no circumstances pass the above
responsibilities on to a subcontractor.
NOTE Manufacturers having an FPC system, which complies with EN ISO 9001 standard and which addresses
the provisions of the present European standard are considered as satisfying the FPC requirements of the
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.
6.3.2.2 Equipment
6.3.2.2.1 Testing
All weighing, measuring and testing equipment shall be checked and regularly inspected according to
documented procedures, frequencies and criteria.
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6.3.2.2.2 Manufacturing
All equipment used in the manufacturing process shall be regularly inspected and maintained to ensure
use, wear or failure does not cause inconsistency in the manufacturing process. Inspections and
maintenance shall be carried out and recorded in accordance with the manufacturer’s written
procedures and the records retained for the period defined in the manufacturer's FPC procedures.
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