BS EN 350:2016

This standard BS EN 350:2016 Durability of wood and wood-based products. Testing and classification of the durability to biological agents of wood and wood-based materials is classified in these ICS categories:

• 79.040 Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber

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.