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  • BS EN 599-1 : 2009

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    DURABILITY OF WOOD AND WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS - EFFICACY OF PREVENTIVE WOOD PRESERVATIVES AS DETERMINED BY BIOLOGICAL TESTS - PART 1: SPECIFICATION ACCORDING TO USE CLASS

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2009

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions, abbreviations and symbols
    4 Assignment to use class(es)
    5 Efficacy
    6 Tests for efficacy according to use class
    7 Derivation of critical values
    8 Marking
    9 Product identification
    Annex A (informative) - Guidance on re-testing after
            making variations in product formulation
    Annex B (informative) - Production control
    Annex C (informative) - Methods of application
    Annex D (informative) - Type of wood
    Annex E (informative) - Artificial ageing procedures
    Annex F (informative) - Significance of specific
             biological agents
    Annex G (informative) - Minimum efficacy requirements
    Annex H (normative) - Validity of test results from former
            standards after their revision
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Defines for each of the five use classes defined in EN 335-1, the biological tests required for evaluating the efficacy of wood preservatives for the preventive treatment of solid timber, together with the minimum ageing tests required for the respective use class.

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    Committee B/515
    Development Note Supersedes 91/58200 DC (09/2005) Supersedes 07/30088601 DC. (02/2010) 2009 Edition Re-Issued in January 2014 and incorporates AMD 1 2013. Supersedes 13/30282196 DC. (01/2014)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    12/30263952 DC : 0 BS EN 61048:2006+A1 - AUXILIARIES FOR LAMPS - CAPACITORS FOR USE IN TUBULAR FLUORESCENT AND OTHER DISCHARGE LAMP CIRCUITS - GENERAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
    08/30143158 DC : DRAFT AUG 2008 BS 644 - TIMBER WINDOWS - FULLY FINISHED FACTORY ASSEMBLED WINDOWS OF VARIOUS TYPES - SPECIFICATION
    BS 5534(2014) : 2014 SLATING AND TILING FOR PITCHED ROOFS AND VERTICAL CLADDING - CODE OF PRACTICE
    BS DD239(1998) : 1998 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRESERVATION OF TIMBER
    BS 8417(2011) : 2011 PRESERVATION OF WOOD - CODE OF PRACTICE
    BS 644:2012 Timber windows and doorsets. Fully finished factory-assembled windows and doorsets of various types. Specification
    BS 644:2009 Timber windows. Fully finished factory-assembled windows of various types. Specification
    12/30218393 DC : 0 BS 644 - TIMBER WINDOWS AND DOORSETS - FULLY FINISHED FACTORY-ASSEMBLED WINDOWS AND DOORSETS OF VARIOUS TYPES - SPECIFICATION
    BS 4261:1999 Wood preservation. Vocabulary
    BS 8417:2003 Preservation of timber. Recommendations
    BS 5534(2003) : 2003 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SLATING AND TILING (INCLUDING SHINGLES)
    13/30271503 DC : 0 BS 5534 - SLATING AND TILING FOR PITCHED ROOFS AND VERTICAL CLADDING - CODE OF PRACTICE
    10/30212804 DC : 0 BS 8417 - PRESERVATION OF WOOD - CODE OF PRACTICE
    BS 144:1997 Specification for coal tar creosote for wood preservation

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    ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
    EN 20-2:1993 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against Lyctus brunneus (Stephens) - Part 2: Application by impregnation (Laboratory method)
    CEN/TS 839:2008 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against wood destroying basidiomycetes - Application by surface treatment
    EN 335-2:2006 Durability of wood and wood-based products - Definition of use classes - Part 2: Application to solid wood
    EN 350-1:1994 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 351-1:2007 Durability of wood and wood-based products - Preservative-treated solid wood - Part 1: Classification of preservative penetration and retention
    EN 84:1997 Wood preservatives - Accelerated ageing of treated wood prior to biological testing - Leaching procedure
    EN 152:2011 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness of a preservative treatment against blue stain in wood in service - Laboratory method
    EN 49-1:2016 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against Anobium punctatum (De Geer) by egg-laying and larval survival - Part 1: Application by surface treatment (Laboratory method)
    EN 47:2016 Wood preservatives - Determination of the toxic values against larvae of Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) - (Laboratory method)
    EN 330:2014 Wood preservatives - Determination of the relative protective effectiveness of a wood preservative for use under a coating and exposed out-of-ground contact - Field test: L-joint method
    EN 275:1992 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against marine borers
    EN 1001-2:2005 Durability of wood and wood based products - Terminology - Part 2: Vocabulary
    EN 118:2013 Wood preservatives - Determination of preventive action against Reticulitermes species (European termites) (Laboratory method)
    ENV 807:2001 Wood preservatives - Determination of the effectiveness against soft rotting micro-fungi and other soil inhabiting micro-organisms
    EN 350-2:1994 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
    EN 46-1:2016 Wood preservatives - Determination of the preventive action against recently hatched larvae of Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) - Part 1: Application by surface treatment (laboratory method)
    EN 49-2:2015 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against Anobium punctatum (De Geer) by egg-laying and larval survival - Part 2: Application by impregnation (Laboratory method)
    EN 46-2:2016 Wood preservatives - Determination of the preventive action against recently hatched larvae of Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) - Part 2: Ovicidal effect (laboratory method)
    EN 117:2012 Wood preservatives - Determination of toxic values against Reticulitermes species (European termites) (Laboratory method)
    EN 460:1994 Durability of wood and wood-based products - Natural durability of solid wood - Guide to the durability requirements for wood to be used in hazard classes
    EN 599-2:2016 Durability of wood and wood-based products - Efficacy of preventive wood preservatives as determined by biological tests - Part 2: Labelling
    EN 73:2014 Wood preservatives - Accelerated ageing of treated wood prior to biological testing - Evaporative ageing procedure
    ISO 9000:2015 Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary
    EN 252:2014 Field test method for determining the relative protective effectiveness of a wood preservative in ground contact
    EN 335-1:2006 Durability of wood and wood- based products - Definition of use classes - Part 1: General
    EN 113:1996/A1:2004 WOOD PRESERVATIVES - TEST METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST WOOD DESTROYING BASIDIOMYCETES - DETERMINATION OF THE TOXIC VALUES
    EN 20-1:1992 Wood preservatives - Determination of the protective effectiveness against Lyctus Brunneus (Stephens) - Part 1: Application by surface treatment (laboratory method)
    EN ISO 9000:2015 Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 9000:2015)
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