ASTM International

Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Textile, Paper or Polymeric (Including Vinyl) Wall or Ceiling Coverings, and of Facings and Wood Veneers Intended to be Applied on Site Over a Wood Substrate, to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
 N E2404 REV A

Annotation

This practice describes procedures for specimen preparation and mounting when testing textile, paper, vinyl, expanded vinyl or other polymeric wall or ceiling covering materials to assess flame spread and smoke development as surface burning characteristics using Test Method E84.

This practice applies also to facings or wood veneers intended to be applied on site over a wood substrate (see 8.7).

This practice applies also to water-resistive barriers that are used as a component of exterior wall systems, as part of the exterior envelope (see 3.2.10 and 8.9).

This practice does not apply to the following:

Laminated products factory produced with a wood substrate, which are covered by Practice E2579.

Water-resistive barriers comprised of foam plastic materials contained within the wall system (see 5.3.1).

Water vapor retarders used, in conjunction with thermal insulation, on the interior or exterior side of an exterior wall (see 3.2.11 and 5.3.1).

Testing is conducted with Test Method E84.

This practice does not provide pass/fail criteria that can be used as a regulatory tool.

Use the values stated in inch-pound units as the standard, in referee decisions. The values in the SI system of units are given in parentheses, for information only; see IEEE/ASTM SI-10 for further details. 1.8 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative measures.