BS EN 599-1:2009 Durability of wood and wood-based products - efficacy of preventive wood preservatives as determined by biological tests. Specification according to use class (+A1:2013)
Publication Year
2009
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Describes service conditions for treated wood in terms of 5 use classes, detailing biological tests for evaluating efficacy of wood preservatives and minimum ageing tests. Applicable to wood preservatives in liquid form as preventative treatment of timber against wood-attacking fungi, wood-attacking insects and marine borers and can also be used for fungi causing disfigurement (blue stain) of wood in service, forming the basis of an overall preventative efficacy of the product.
Document History
Supersedes BS EN 599-1:2009. Amendment dated 31 January 2014 - Implementation of CEN amendment A1:2013.
ISBN
9780580828218
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