EN 13164: Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) products - Specification

Standard: EN 13164: Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) products - Specification

 Certification: CE Marking

Factory made extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) products should meet the requirements as described in the standard EN 13164, which is a harmonized standard under the Construction Products Regulation (EU) 305/2011.

Scope: This European Standard specifies the requirements for factory made products of extruded polystyrene foam, with or without facings or coatings, which are used for thermal insulation of buildings. The products are manufactured in the form of boards which are also available with special edge and surface treatment (tongue & grooves, shiplap etc.).

Products covered by this standard are also used in prefabricated thermal insulating systems and composite panels; the performance of systems incorporating these products is not covered.

This standard describes product characteristics and includes procedures for testing, evaluation of conformity, marking and labelling.

The standard does not specify the required level of a given property to be achieved by a product to demonstrate fitness for purpose in a particular application. The levels required for a given application are to be found in regulations or non-conflicting standards.

Products with a declared thermal resistance lower than 0,25 m²K/W or a declared thermal conductivity greater than 0,060 W/(mK) at 10ºC are not covered by this standard.

This standard does not cover in situ insulation products, nor products intended to be used for the insulation of building equipment and industrial installations (covered by EN 14307), or civil engineering applications (covered by EN 14934).

Related Standards:

• EN 13501-1: Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests
• EN 13823: Reaction to fire tests for building products — Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item
• EN 12667: Thermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods — Products of high and medium thermal resistance
• EN 12939: Thermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods — Thick products of high and medium thermal resistance  

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