What is BS EN 13353 - Requirements for solid wood panels about?
BS EN 13353 is one of a series of standards regarding solid wood panels.
BS EN 13353 specifies requirements for solid wood panels as defined in EN 12775 with a maximum thickness of 80 mm for use in dry, humid and exterior conditions as defined in service classes 1, 2 and 3 of EN 1995-1-1.
Who is BS EN 13353 - Requirements for solid wood panels for?
BS EN 13353 on solid wood panels is useful for:
- Wood flooring and laminates companies
- Quality control personnel
- Architects
- Interior designers
- Carpenters
Why should you use BS EN 13353 - Requirements for solid wood panels?
Solid wood panels are used in the flooring, ceiling and cladding of a building. There are various features of solid wood panels that need to be thoroughly evaluated to for quality concerns.
BS EN 13353 provides guidance on performance characteristics for solid wood panels such as dimensional tolerances, moisture content, bonding strength, biological durability and Formaldehyde release. BS EN 13353 provides references to documents that will help you verify these characteristics. BS EN 13353 also lays down minimum production provisions and procedures for solid wood panels.
Overall, the guidance of BS EN 13353 helps you to produce solid wood panels that fulfil the necessary performance requirements and the minimum production requirements.
What’s changed since the last update?
EN 13353:2003 supersedes EN 13353:2008 which is withdrawn.
Compared to EN 13353:2003 the following changes have been made:
- Classification introduced according to non-structural use, structural use and declared values
- Information on moisture content of chemically or thermally treated wood added in 4.2;
- Relationship between shear strength and wood failure percentage in introduced in 4.3.3;
- Provisions for adhesives other than thermosetting for structural applications added in 4.3.4
- Different requirements for single and multi-layer solid wood panels for structural applications specified in 4.5.2
