These drafts of Egyptian standards applies to: Gypsum and gypsum based products and its families, gypsum plaster, gypsum fibre boards, prefabricated gypsum board panels with a cellular paperboard core, gypsum plaster core reinforced, gypsum based adhesives and identifies the various methods fixing, joining, adhesives and fastening, gypsum fibre boards, gypsum plasterboards and gypsum boards.
These drafts specify the requirements, specifications, types, reprocessing, composition, and test methods, thermal/acoustic insulation composite panels - adhesives for thermal/acoustic insulation, composite panels and plasterboards, metal framing components for gypsum board systems, mechanical fasteners for gypsum plasterboard systems, fibrous reinforcement with mat reinforcement and gypsum fiber boards, characteristics and performance of fire protection, sound, or racking strength and, performance characteristics: reaction to fire, flexural (yield) strength and loadbearing capacity of suspension components, fire resistance, water vapor permeability, flexural strength, impact resistance, direct airborne sound insulation and thermal resistance. and verification and test methods. also, covers additional technical characteristics that are of importance for the use, acceptance, conformity of this product,
These drafts standards provide assessment, verification of constancy of performance, test methods and evaluation of conformity of the products. also, covers additional technical characteristics that are of importance for the use and acceptance of the product by the construction industry.
Worth mentioning is that these standards comply with EN 520:2004+A1; EN 13950:2014; EN 14190:2014; EN 14195:2014; EN 14496:2005; EN 14566:2008+A1; EN 15283-1:2008+A1; EN 15283-2:2008+A1.
Gypsum, Gypsum plasterboards and Gypsum based products. ICS: 91.100.10; 91.100.60; 91.120.10; 91.120.20; 01.040.91.
