1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 235:2002 Wallcoverings Vocabulary and symbols The European Standard EN 235:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 91.180; 01.040.91; 01.080.20 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 235:2002 This British Standard, having been prepare
2、d under the direction of the Consumer Products and Services Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 25 February 2002 BSI 25 February 2002 ISBN 0 580 39127 2 National foreword This British Standard is the official Engli
3、sh language version of EN 235:2001. It supersedes BS 1248-1:1990 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CW/35, Wallcoverings, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to
4、 its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI
5、 Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enqu
6、irers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprise
7、s a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 17 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN235 Dec
8、ember2001 ICS01.040.91;01.080.20;91.180 SupersedesEN235:1989 Englishversion WallcoveringsVocabularyandsymbols RevtementsmurauxVocabulaireetsymboles WandbekleidungenBegriffeundSymbole ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon3November2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationsw
9、hichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(Engli
10、sh,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Ic
11、eland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserve
12、d worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN235:2001EEN235:2001(E) 2 Contents page 1 Scope 4 2 Generalterms. 4 3 Generictypesofwallcovering. .6 4 Subtypesofwallcovering . .7 5 Cleanabilityterms 9 6 Matchandpatternterms . 10 7 Removalterms . 11 8 Colourfastnesstolightterms 12 AnnexA (informative) Inde
13、x . .15 Bibliography 17EN235:2001(E) 3 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC99 “Wallcoverings“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationof anidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2002,an
14、dconflictingnational standardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyJune2002. ThisEuropeanStandardsupersedesEN235:1989. Thisrevisionincludesnewtermsadoptedforcorkwallcoveringsandupdatesallreferencesto therevisedspecificationsandmethodsoftestforwallcoverings. AnnexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInte
15、rnalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsof thefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium, CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnited Kingdom.EN235:2001(
16、E) 4 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandarddefinestermsofinteresttotheusersofwallcoveringsthataresupplied inrollformforhangingontowallsandceilingsbymeansofanadhesive.Corkpanelsarealso includedinthescopeofthisstandard. Thisstandardalsoprovidesthenecessarydefinitionsandsymbolsforthepurposesofother EuropeanStanda
17、rdsforwallcoverings(seereferencesinclause2). Table1givesthesymbolstobeused. 2 Generalterms 2.1 wallcovering allformsofflexiblewebssuppliedinstripsinrollformforhangingontowallsorceilingsby meansofanadhesive.Tapestriesandother similarwallhangingsareexcluded 2.2 finishedwallcovering wallcoveringthatisn
18、otintendedtobedecoratedafterhanging 2.3 wallcoveringforsubsequentdecoration wallcoveringintendedfordecorationafterhanging,forexample,bytheapplicationofpaint 2.4 walllining wallcoveringintendedtoserveasapreparatorylayeronthesupportpriortotheapplicationofa finishedwallcoveringorawallcoveringforsubsequ
19、entdecoration 2.5 baseweb thatpartofamultilayerwallcoveringintendedtocontactthesupport 2.6 cork protectivelayerofthecorkoaktree( Quercussuber L.)whichcanbeperiodicallyremovedfrom itstrunkandbranchestoprovidetherawmaterialforcorkproducts 2.7 corkproducts 2.7.1 granulatedcork fragmentsofcorkobtainedby
20、grindingand/ormillingrawormanufacturedcorkEN235:2001(E) 5 2.7.2 agglomeratedcompositioncork productobtainedfromtheagglutinationofgranulatedcorkwiththeadditionofabindernot derivedfromcorkcells 2.7.3 expandedcork corkboard productmadefromgranulatedcorkexpandedandbondedexclusivelywithitsownnatural bind
21、erexudedfromcorkcellsbyheatingunderpressure 2.8 support surfacetowhichthewallcoveringisapplied,e.g.wallorceiling NOTE ThisisindicatedbyathicksolidlineintheappropriatesymbolsinTable1. 2.9 meansofapplication methodbywhichthewallcoveringistobeattachedtothesupportduringhanging,i.e.the surface(s)towhicha
22、suitableadhesivehastobeapplied,orhasalreadybeenappliedand requiresactivation NOTE Theappropriatesymbolstoindicatemeansofapplicationareserialnumbers5.1to5.3ofTable1.Wherethe meansofapplicationrequiretobecombined,thenecessarysymbolsfromTable1shouldbeusedtogether,separatedbya+ signofequivalentsizetothe
23、symbols. 2.10 overlapanddoublecut methodbywhichtheedgesofadjoininglengthsofwallcoveringcanbemadetobutttogether. Theadjoiningedgesofadjacentlengthsofwallcoveringareoverlappedonthesupportduring applicationandboththicknessesarecutthroughinacontinuousmovementwithasharpknife. Thejointisopenedandsurpluswa
24、llcoveringmaterialremovedbeforetheadjoiningedgesare realigned NOTE Theappropriatesymboltoindicateadvicetooverlapanddoublecutisserialnumber7.1ofTable1. 2.11 impactresistance abilityofaheavydutywallcoveringtomaintainitssurfaceintactundertheeffectofimpact NOTE Awallcoveringcanbeclaimedtobeimpactresista
25、ntifitsatisfiestheimpactresistancerequirementsofEN2592, theappropriatesymboltoaccompanysuchaclaimbeingserialnumber7.3ofTable1. 2.12 productionbatch definitequantityofsomecommoditymanufacturedorproducedunderconditionswhichare presumeduniform 2.13 referencesample sampleusedforreferencepurposestoevalua
26、tethechangesthathaveoccurredafterthe varioustestscarriedoutonthespecimensEN235:2001(E) 6 3 Generictypesofwallcovering 3.1 wallpaper finishedwallcoveringmadeofpaper,the frontfaceofwhichisdecorated 3.2 wallvinyl 3.2.1 vinylwallcoveringonpaper finishedwallcoveringcomprisingapaperbasewebwithalayerofmate
27、rialbasedonpolyvinyl chlorideoranotherpolymeronitsfrontsurface.Thefrontoftheweboritsvinylcoatingis decorated.Thecoatingisofsuchthicknessandstrengththatitcanberemovedfromitsbase webasacontinuousselfsupportingfilm 3.2.2 vinylwallcoveringontextileornonwoven finishedwallcoveringcomprisingatextileornonwo
28、ventypebasewebwithalayerofmaterial basedonpolyvinylchlorideoranotherpolymeronitsfrontsurface.Thefrontoftheweborits vinylcoatingisdecorated.Thecoatingisofsuchthicknessandstrengththatitcanberemoved fromitsbase webasacontinuousselfsupportingfilm 3.3 plasticswallcovering finishedwallcoveringmadeentirely
29、ofplastics,thefrontfaceofwhichisdecorated 3.4 heavydutywallcovering finishedwallcoveringclaimedtohavehighmechanicalresistanceandcleanability 3.5 textilewallcovering finishedwallcoveringwithatextilefrontface 3.6 corkwallcovering productmainlymadefromcorkoragglomeratedcompositioncork,suppliedeitherinp
30、anelor rollform,whosemainintendeduseisforindoorapplication 3.7 border/frieze decorativestripoffinishedwallcoveringinrollform,ofwidthnotlessthan32mmdesignedand usedasasupplementarydecorativeelement NOTE Borders/friezesareavailableinmosttypesofwallcovering,unpastedorreadypasted.EN235:2001(E) 7 4 Subty
31、pesofwallcovering 4.1 coatedwallpaper wallpaperwithathintransparentcoatingbasedonpolyvinylacetateorasimilarplastics materialappliedoverthetopofthedecoration,thecoatinghavinginsufficientthicknesstobe removableasacontinuousselfsupportingfilm 4.2 reliefwallcovering wallcoveringwithapronouncedthreedimen
32、sionaldesignorstructure(raisedand/ordepressed) onthesurfaceformedmechanicallybytheapplicationofpressure,withorwithoutheat,or chemicallyinconjunctionwithafoamingprocess 4.2.1 reliefwallcoveringmechanicallyembossed finishedreliefwallcoveringonwhichthethreedimensionaldesignorstructureismechanically for
33、medbytheapplicationofpressure,withorwithoutheat 4.2.1.1 inkembossedwallcovering finishedreliefwallcoveringwhichhasbeensimultaneouslyprintedandmechanicallyembossed 4.2.1.2 inregisterembossedwallcovering finishedreliefwallcoveringwhichismechanicallyembossedinregistertoaprint 4.2.1.3 duplexembossedwall
34、covering mechanicallyembossedreliefwallcoveringmadefromtwowebswhichhavebeenlaminated withanadhesiveatthemechanicalembossingstage NOTE1 Theappropriatesymboltoindicateaduplexembossedwallcoveringisserialnumber7.2ofTable1. NOTE2 Thetermduplexshouldnotbeconfusedwiththesamewordsometimesusedinthepaperindus
35、tryinconnection withtwolayerpapers. 4.2.2 reliefwallcoveringchemicallyexpanded 4.2.2.1 blownvinyl/texturedvinyl finishedreliefwallcoveringwherethethreedimensionaldesignorstructureismadebyfoaming alayerand/ordepositofpolyvinylchlorideorotherpolymericmaterial 4.2.2.2 chemicallyembossed/sculpturedwallc
36、overing finishedreliefwallcoveringwherethethreedimensionaldesignorstructureismadebya chemicalprocessofembossingalayerand/ordepositofpolyvinylchlorideorotherpolymeric materialEN235:2001(E) 8 4.3 prepastedwallcovering/readypastedwallcovering wallcoveringthatcarriesitsownfactoryappliedadhesivethatnorma
37、llyhastobeactivatedby wateratthetimeofhanging NOTE Theappropriatesymboltoindicatethatawallcoveringisprepastedisserialnumber5.3ofTable1. 4.4 flockedwallcovering finishedwallcoveringthesurfaceofwhichhasbeendecoratedbycuttextilefibres,bondedat oneendtothesurfacebyadhesiveandstandingmoreorlessperpendicu
38、lartothesurface 4.5 metalfoilwallcovering finishedwallcoveringinwhicharolledfilmofmetalisbondedtoabasewebtogiveadecorative effect 4.6 metallizedwallcovering finishedwallcoveringinwhichametallizedplasticsfilmisbondedtoabasewebtogivea decorativeeffect 4.7 metalliceffectwallcovering finishedwallcoverin
39、gwithacoatedorprintedsurfacethatincorporatesametalpowderora powdergivingametalliceffectinthecoatingoronthesurface 4.8 ingrainwallcovering wallcoveringconsistingofpaperstructuredbytheincorporationofwoodparticlesforuseasa baseforafinishedwallcoveringorforuseasawallcoveringforsubsequentdecoration 4.9 m
40、ural finishedwallcoveringwithapictorialmotifwhichisnonrepetitive.Itcanextendovermorethan onewidth 4.10 texturedeffectwallcovering finishedwallcoveringwherematerialslikegrass,corkorgranulatesoforganicandinorganic materialarefixedontoabasematerial 4.11 selfadhesiveborders 4.11.1 selfadhesiveborder bor
41、derwithafactoryappliedpermanentlytackyadhesive 4.11.2 peelandstickadhesiveborder selfadhesiveborderwhereatemporarybackingpaperisremovedbeforeapplyingtheborderEN235:2001(E) 9 4.11.3 selfwoundadhesiveborder selfadhesiveborderwithoutbackingpaperthatisappliedtothewalldirectlyfromtheroll 4.12 glassfibrew
42、allcovering wallcovering,madeofwovenornonwovenglassfibre,whichmayormaynotbedecorated 5 Cleanabilityterms 5.1 spongeablewallcovering wallcoveringfromwhichthehangingadhesivemaybewipedoffthefrontfacewithadampcloth orspongeatthetimeofhangingwithoutcausingvisibledamageprovidingitisdonewhilstthe adhesivei
43、sstilldamp.Nosubsequentwashabilityisclaimedorimplied NOTE Awallcoveringcanbeclaimedtobespongeable,ifitsatisfiestheappropriaterequirementsofclause6of EN12956:1999,theappropriatesymboltoaccompanysuchaclaimbeingserialnumber1.1ofTable1. 5.2 washablewallcovering finishedwallcoveringfromwhichdirtandsomedo
44、mesticwaterbasedstainsmaybecleaned carefullyfromthefrontfacewithadampclothandsoapywater.Oils,fatsandsolventbased stainsarenotexpectedtoberemovable NOTE Awallcoveringcanbeclaimedtobewashable,ifitsatisfiestheappropriaterequirementsofclause6of EN12956:1999,theappropriatesymboltoaccompanysuchaclaimbeingserialnumber2.1ofTable1. 5.3 extrawashablewallcovering
