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;
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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.
Diese Europäische Norm gilt für Deckenlagen, einzelne Bauteile von Unterkonstruktionen, Bausätze für Unterkonstruktionen und Bausätze für abgehängte Decken, die in Verkehr gebracht werden als auch für eingebaute Unterdeckensysteme. 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 Beur-teilung 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 Decken-unterkonstruktionen und Decklagenelemente fest.