DIN Standards Committee Building and Civil Engineering
DIN EN 1364-4
Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements - Part 4: Curtain walling - Part configuration; German version EN 1364-4:2014
Feuerwiderstandsprüfungen für nichttragende Bauteile - Teil 4: Vorhangfassaden - Teilausführung; Deutsche Fassung EN 1364-4:2014
Overview
This European Standard specifies a method for determining the fire resistance duration of parts of curtain walling and of the perimeter seal. It examines the fire resistance to internal and external fire exposure of the following elements: the spandrel panel that is downstand, upstand or a combination thereof; the perimeter seal; the fixing of the framing system (anchoring) used to attach the curtain walling to the floor element; combinations of these elements. Results from tests according to this standard form the basis for classification of curtain walling type A. For curtain walling type B results may be used to determine fire resistance of parts of a curtain walling to increase the field of application when previously tested to EN 1364-3. For intended classification EW and for corner/faceted specimens EN 1364-3 should be used. This European Standard does not cover double skin façades, over-cladding systems and ventilated façade systems on external walls. It does not deal with the reaction to fire behaviour of curtain walling. This standard is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1363-1 and EN 1363-2 as well as EN 1364-3 for curtain walling type B. This document has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 127 "Fire Safety in buildings", the secretariat of which is held by BSI. At DIN, the body responsible for this standard is NA 005-52-02 AA "Brandverhalten von Baustoffen und Bauteilen - Bauteile (SpA zu CEN/TC 127/WG 1 sowie Teilbereichen von CEN/TC 127/WG 7 und ISO/TC 92/SC 2)" ("Reaction to fire of building materials and building components - Building components (national mirror committee for CEN/TC 127/WG 1 and subsections of CEN/TC 127/WG 7 and ISO/TC 92/SC 2)").
