EN 350:2016

European foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Sampling of wood and wood-based materials to be tested
5 General principles for testing and classification
6 Test methods and classification system
Annex A (informative) - Example of scheme for sampling heartwood
Annex B (informative) - Guide to biological durability and treatability
        of wood species marketed in Europe
Annex C (informative) - Classification of treatability with aqueous
        wood preservatives
Annex D (informative) - Classification of permeability to water
Annex E (informative) - Testing durability to disfiguring fungi
Annex F (informative) - Classification of performance
Annex G (informative) - Form to be used for the inclusion of
        new data on wood species / wood-based material
Bibliography

This European Standard gives guidance on methods for determining and classifying the durability of wood and wood-based materials against biological wood-destroying agents.The methods can be applied either to individual wood species, batches of wood and processed wood-based materials, including heat-treated, preservative-treated wood and modified wood. However, this standard is not intended to replace testing of the efficacy of biocides.The wood-destroying agents considered in this standard are:—wood-decay fungi (basidiomycete and soft-rot fungi);—beetles capable of attacking dry wood;—termites;—marine organisms capable of attacking wood in service.Data on the biological durability of selected wood species considered of economic importance in European countries are presented in Annex B (informative), which also provides information relating to their geographical origin, density, sapwood width and treatability.NOTETreatability, durability to disfiguring fungi, permeability to water and performance in use of wood and wood-based materials are also important issues. However, because standardized methods aiming to assess and classify these factors do not exist and/or have not been extensively experienced yet, preliminary guidance is given in Annex C (informative) for the classification of wood treatability with aqueous wood preservatives, Annex D (informative) for the classification of the permeability to water, Annex E (informative) for the durability to disfiguring fungi, and Annex F (informative) for the classification of performance.