EN 14527:2006/FprA1

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2010
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Shower trays for domestic purposes
Duschwannen für den Hausgebrauch
Receveurs de douche à usage domestique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14527:2006/FprA1
ICS:
91.140.70 Sanitarne naprave Sanitary installations
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 14527:2006
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
March 2010
ICS 91.140.70
English Version
Shower trays for domestic purposes
Receveurs de douche à usage domestique Duschwannen für den Hausgebrauch
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for second unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical
Committee CEN/TC 163.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 14527:2006. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Foreword
This document (EN 14527:2006/FprA1:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 163
“Sanitary appliances”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
nd
This document is currently submitted to the 2 UAP.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA which is an integral part of this document.
This document supports the unified approach for CE marking of sanitary appliances covered by harmonised
European Standards elaborated by CEN/TC 163 under the Mandate M/110 "Sanitary appliances".
1 Modification to Clause 1 “Scope”
In the first paragraph, delete the wording “of cleanability”.

2 Modification to sub-clause 3.3
Replace with the following:
“3.3
durability
attributes of materials and their surfaces intended to come into contact with water, which allow the anticipated
working life of the product”.
3 Insertion of new Clause 4 as follows:
“4 Classification
Class 1: Products complying with the requirements of Clause 5
Class 2: Products complying with the requirements of Clause 6”

Renumber and modify all cross references accordingly.

4 Modification to the heading of the renumbered Clause 5 (former Clause 4) as
follows:
Replace
“5 Requirements”
with
“5 Requirements for class 1 products”

5 Modification to the renumbered sub-clause 5.3.1 as follows: (former sub-clause
4.3.1)
Delete “of cleanability” at the end of the sentence.

6 Deletion of the renumbered sub-clause 5.4 “Dangerous substances” (former sub-
clause 4.4)
7 Insertion of new Clause 6 as follows:
“6 Requirements for class 2 products
6.1 General
The manufacturer shall provide instructions with each shower tray covering installation and care.
NOTE Annex B gives advice which manufacturers can include in their instructions.
6.2 Cleanability
6.2.1 Appearance of surface
When a shower tray is inspected under strong and oblique illumination, the surfaces intended to come into
contact with water shall be visibly smooth, non-absorbent and free from inaccessible corners that would impair
the cleanability.
NOTE Surfaces with cracks, chips, crazing and other similar defects are not considered to be smooth.
6.2.2 Drainage of water
Shower trays shall have at least one waste outlet hole. The dimensions of the waste outlet hole shall comply
with the requirements of EN 251. Other dimensions are permissible, if the manufacturer provides or
recommends a suitable waste fitting.
All water shall empty from the shower tray unless prevented by surface tension.
6.3 Durability
6.3.1 General
Shower trays shall be readily cleanable for their anticipated working life when normal cleaning and
maintenance is carried out.
6.3.2 Materials
Experience has shown that shower trays made from plastics materials, enamelled steel, enamelled cast iron,
stainless steel, glazed ceramics or glass and their surfaces intended to come into contact with water have the
properties described in 6.3.1.”

Renumber and modify all cross references accordingly.

8 Insertion of new Clause 7 as follows:
“7 Dangerous substances
NOTE See Annex ZA, ZA.1 and ZA.3.”

Renumber and modify all cross references accordingly

9 Modification to Clause 9 (former Clause 6)
Replace this clause with the following:
“9 Marking, labelling and packaging
The relevant Essential Characteristics for shower trays including their abbreviations are given in Table 3.
Table 3 — Characteristics and abbreviations
Abbreviation Characteristics
EN 14527 Number of European Standard for shower trays for product description
CA Cleanability
CL 1 Class 1 product complying with the requirement of Clause 5
CL 2 Class 2 product complying with the requirement of Clause 6
DA Durability
All shower trays shall be designated in accordance with the following system:
Class
Number of standard
EN 14527 – CL 1
CA — DA
Cleanability
Durability
The second line of the designation code can be omitted when those characteristics are fulfilled.
EXAMPLE 1 For a shower tray of Class 1 where all Essential Characteristics specified in accordance with Annex ZA
are satisfied.
EN 14527 – CL 1
Class
Number of standard
EN 14527 – CL 1+CL 2
CA — DA
Cleanability
Durability
The second line of the designation code can be omitted when those characteristics are fulfilled.
EXAMPLE 2 For a shower tray of both Class 1 and Class 2 where all Essential Characteristics specified in accordance
with Annex ZA are satisfied.
EN 14527 – CL 1 + CL 2
NOTE For CE marking, see Annex ZA.”

10 Modification to sub-clause 10.2.3 “Samples, testing and compliance criteria”
(former sub-clause 7.2.3)
Replace the existing text in 10.2.3 with the following:
"The shower tray shall be subjected to and pass the relevant tests in Table 4 or Table 5 before delivery
commences.
Table 4 — Type testing for class 1 products
Characteristics to be tested Assessment method according to Number of Compliance
clauses of this standard samples criteria
Appearance of surface 5.2.1 1 5.2.1
Drainage of water 5.2.2 1 5.2.2
Stability of bottom 8.1 1 5.3.2.
Resistance against chemicals and staining 8.2 1 5.3.3.1
agents
Requirements of shower trays made from 5.3.3.2 1 5.3.3.2
enamelled steel and cast iron
Resistance to temperatures changes 8.3 1 5.3.4

Table 5 — Type testing for class 2 products
Characteristics to be tested Assessment method according to Number of Compliance
clauses of this standard samples criteria
Appearance of surface 6.2.1 1 6.2.1
Drainage of water 6.2.2 1 6.2.2
Durability 6.3
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