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News Release from: Mapei UK | Subject: Mapetherm thermal insulation system
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Mapei and Thermal Insulation
Mapei has obtained the ETA certification for its Mapetherm thermal insulation system.
Directive 89/106 issued by the European Community in 1989 set essential performance requirements for building materials These requirements include:
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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European Product Directives contain the "essential requirements" and/or "performance levels" and "Harmonized Standards" to which products must conform.
Harmonized Standards are the technical specifications (European Standards or Harmonization Documents) which are established by several European standards agencies (CEN - European Committee for Standardization, CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization etc).
CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer's declaration that the product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislation, in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives.
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CE Marking on a product indicates to governmental officials that the product may be legally placed on the market in their country.
2.
CE Marking on a product ensures the free movement of the product within the EFTA and European Union (EU) single market (total 28 countries).
3.
CE Marking on a product permits the withdrawal of the non-conforming products by customs and enforcement/vigilance authorities.
Of course, not all products need to meet the same standards.
This is why CEN has issued special technical guidelines detailing the properties required by each type of product to receive the CE symbol.
There are also complex products, and systems, which are not composed of just one material, but several, often all quite different form each other but perfectly compatible.
A typical example of this are the thermal insulation systems composed of an adhesive, insulating panel, smoothing compound, mesh and set accessories.
In cases like this, each material has its own specific properties and serves its own purpose to ensure the entire system works correctly.
For cases such as this, the EOTA (European Organisation for Technical Approvals) has set down guidelines called ETAGs outlining the procedures and type of test each element must undergo to ensure the entire system is certified.
This certificate is called an ETA (European Technical Approval).
An ETA guarantees the entire system has passed a series of stringent tests which certify that it is suitable for the use for which it was designed.
In addition to this conformity award, the ETA also authorises manufacturers to use the CE symbol on their products.
The ETA has been compulsory for thermal insulation systems since May 2003.
This means that anybody selling a complete package for the thermal insulation of buildings, must first have carried out the relevant tests and have been issued an ETA by an authorised European Body (laboratories authorised and recognised on a European level).
An ETA certified system will mean that it is being sold with detailed installation instructions, provided by the manufacturer, including how to prepare the substrate and information about the kind of environmental conditions in which it may be installed.
This leaves very little room for chance error.
Mapei has obtained the ETA certification for its Mapetherm thermal insulation system.
The ETA for the Mapetherm system (ETA no.
04/0061) was issued by ITC-CNR (Building Technology Institute - National Research Council) on 18th November 2004.
This certification applies to the following Mapei products:.
- Adhesive and Smoothing Compound: ADESILEX FIS 13 or Mapetherm AR1.
- Insulating Agent: Styrofoam IB-A (extruded polystyrene panels manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company in a thickness of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 80mm).
- Reinforcement: Mapetherm NET fibreglass mesh.
- Primer: SILEXCOLOR PRIMER.
- Coating: SILEXCOLOR TONACHINO.
Mapei does not just guarantee the system, which has received ETA: thanks to series of guarantees about the durability of its own products, highly stringent supplementary tests and user references, it has also obtained 10-year insurance cover for the Mapetherm system.
This means that Mapei's guarantee is not just confined to meeting basic requisites, but goes even further and leaves plenty of freedom of choice for designers when selecting the materials to use.
This makes Mapetherm a perfect choice, providing buildings with well-applied and long-lasting insulation and protection systems. Request a free brochure from Mapei UK ...
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