EN 14215:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-april-2024
Tekstilne talne obloge - Specifikacija preprog in tekačev
Textile floor coverings - Specification of rugs and runners
Textile Bodenbeläge - Klassifizierung von maschinengefertigten Teppichen und Läufern
Revêtements de sol textiles - Spécification des carpettes et passages
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 14215
ICS:
97.150 Talne obloge Floor coverings
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 14215
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2024
ICS 97.150 Will supersede EN 14215:2018
English Version
Textile floor coverings - Specification of rugs and runners
Revêtements de sol textiles - Classification des Textile Bodenbeläge - Klassifizierung von
carpettes et passages à velours manufacturés maschinengefertigten Teppichen und Läufern
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Identification requirements . 5
Table 1 — Identification characteristics . 6
5 Basic requirements . 6
Table 2 — Basic requirements . 6
6 Level of use intensity . 7
Table 3 — Level for use intensity – Change in appearance – Requirements . 7
7 Luxury rating requirements . 8
Table 4 — Luxury rating class . 8
8 Additional performance properties . 8
Table 5 — Additional performance properties . 8
9 Report . 8
Annex A (normative) Criteria for the assessment of stair suitability . 9
Table A.1 — Stair suitability for loop pile runners . 9
Table A.2 — Stair suitability for cut pile runners . 10
Table A.3 — Tuft withdrawal force requirements . 11
Table A.4 — Stair suitability for runners without pile . 11
Table A.5 — Stair suitability for flat needled runners . 11
Table A.6 — Stair suitability for pile needled runners . 12
Annex B (normative) Summary test report . 13
Table B.1 — Test report . 13
Table B.2.1 — Ref 1 – Type of manufacture . 14
Table B.2.2 — Ref 2 – Type of surface (combinations are possible) . 14
Table B.2.3 — Ref 3 – Type of primary backing (combinations are possible) . 14
Table B.2.4 — Ref 4 – Type of additional backing (combinations are possible) . 15
Table B.2.5 — Ref 5 – Type of pile fibre composition (combinations are possible) . 17
Table B.2.6 — Ref 6 – Type of colouring/patterning . 18
Bibliography . 19

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European foreword
This document (prEN 14215:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 134 “Resilient,
textile, laminate and modular mechanical locked floor coverings”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 14215:2018.
prEN 14215:2024 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 14215:2018:
— Title of document: Classification of rugs and runners has been changed into Specification of machine-
made rugs and runners ; Deleted “machine-made” from title.
— Clause 1 Scope: classification has been changed into level of use intensity.
— Clause 2 Normative references: general update and included publication dates of referred norms.
— Clause 3 Terms and definitions: definitions of abbreviations deleted, added definitions of needled
floor coverings.
— Table 1 Characteristics: tolerances aligned with Table 2 of EN 1307:2014+A3:2018. Changed
footnote of table.
— Clause 4 Identification requirements: aligned with EN 1307:2014+A3:2018.
— Clause 5 Table 2 Basic requirements: modified basic requirements.
— Clause 6 Classification for level of use intensity: classification scheme changed in Level of use
intensity with suitability for areas of use requirements.
— Table 4 Luxury rating classes: requirements aligned with Table 18 of EN 1307:2014+A3:2018.
— Annex A Criteria for the assessment of stair suitability: aligned with Annex C of
EN 1307:2014+A3:2018.
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1 Scope
This document specifies requirements for woven, tufted, knitted, needled, flocked, bonded, hand-tufted
rugs and runners, including a level of use intensity and luxury.
This document is not applicable to hand-knotted rugs and runners, to barrier mats or to bathroom rugs.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 984:2001, Textile floor coverings – Determination of the mass per unit area of the use surface of needled
floor coverings
EN 14159:2014, Textile floor coverings - Requirements for tolerances on (linear) dimensions of rugs,
runners, carpet tiles and wall-to-wall carpet and for tolerances on pattern repeat
EN 14499, Textile floor coverings – Minimum requirements for carpet underlays
EN ISO 105-B02:2014, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon
arc fading lamp test (ISO 105-B02:2014)
EN ISO 105-E01:2013, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part E01: Colour fastness to water (ISO 105-
E01:2013)
EN ISO 105-X12:2016, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing (ISO 105-
X12:2016)
EN ISO 9405:2017, Textile floor coverings - Assessment of changes in appearance (ISO 9405:2015)
ISO 1763:2020, Textile floor coverings - Determination of number of tufts and/or loops per unit length and
per unit area
ISO 1765:1986, Machine-made textile floor coverings - Determination of thickness
ISO 1766:1999, Textile floor coverings - Determination of thickness of pile above the substrate
ISO 2424:2007, Textile floor coverings - Vocabulary
ISO 4919:2012, Carpets - Determination of tuft withdrawal force
ISO 8543:2020, Textile floor coverings - Methods for determination of mass
ISO 10361:2015, Textile floor coverings – Production of changes in appearance by means of Vettermann
drum and hexapod tumbler tester
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 2424:2007 and the following
apply.
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3.1
nominal value
value stated by the manufacturer
3.2
flat needled floor covering type A1
flat needled homogeneous floor covering
flat needled floor covering with one visible layer
Note 1 to entry: Layers such as secondary backing are also taken into consideration for the determination of the
number of layers.
3.3
flat needled floor covering type A2
flat needled floor covering with more than one visible layer, the bonding compound of which does not
reach the top of the use surface
Note 1 to entry: Layers such as secondary backing are also taken into consideration for the determination of the
number of layers.
3.4
flat needled floor covering type A3
flat needled floor covering with more than one visible layer the bonding compound of which is present
throughout its thickness
Note 1 to entry: Layers such as secondary backing are also taken into consideration for the determination of the
number of layers.
3.5
pile needled floor coverings type B1
needled textile floor covering with pile in which the use-surface is composed of entangled fibres bonded
together by a mechanical and a chemical process, of which the mechanical bonding system is a
consolidation of a batt of fibres through entanglement by multiple penetrations of barbed needles in one
or more (visible) layers and needles are used for structuring this pre-needled felting material, the use
surface is either a geometric or linear design, a velours or a rib pattern
3.6
pile needled floor coverings type B2
needled textile floor covering with pile in which the use-surface is composed of entangled fibres bonded
together by a mechanical and a chemical process, of which the mechanical bonding system is a
consolidation of a batt of fibres through entanglement by multiple penetrations of barbed needles in one
or more (visible) layers and mechanically brushing machines are being used for structuring this pre-
needled felting material, resulting in a roughened surface with relatively long and coarse protruding
fibres and for which the bonding system is applied to the back
3.7
pile needled floor coverings type B3
needled textile floor covering in which the use-surface is composed of fibre spheres bonded together by
a mechanical and a chemical process, the chemical bonding system being incorporated in the backing
4 Identification requirements
This clause specifies the requirements for the identification of the product and tolerances for the
identifying properties.
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The following information shall be provided in accordance with the terms and definitions according to
ISO 2424:2007 and in accordance with the list of references in Annex B:
— commercial name,
— composition of use surface (see Annex B, Table B.2.5),
— type of manufacture (see Annex B, Table B.2.1),
— type of surface (see Annex B, Table B.2.2),
— type of primary backing, if applicable (see Annex B, Table B.2.3),
— type of additional backing if applicable(see Annex B, Table B.2.4).
The nominal values of the characteristics shall be declared as listed in Table 1 using the test methods
specified therein. The tolerances of the characteristics shall be in accordance with Table 1.
Table 1 — Identification characteristics
Characteristics Applicable for
(X means applicable)
Tolerances
Test method /
(to nominal
Carpets Carpets
Reference Flat Pile
value)
with pile without needled needled
pile
Fibre composition of use-surface Table B.2.5 Ref 5.  X X X X
Dimensions EN 14159:2014 EN 14159:2014 X X X X
Table 1
Total thickness (in mm) ISO 1765:1986 +15 % / -10 % X X X X
Total mass per unit area (in g/m ) ISO 8543:2020 ± 15 % X X X X
Effective pile mass / Mass of pile X   Type B2,
ISO 8543:2020
per unit area above the substrate +15 % / -10 % B3
EN 984:2001
(in g/m )
Number of tufts/loops per unit X
ISO 1763:2020 +10 % / -7,5 %
area (/m )
5 Basic requirements
All rugs and runners shall meet the basic requirements as specified in Table 2, tested in accordance with
the test methods therein.
Table 2 — Basic requirements
Characteristics Test methods Requirements
a
EN ISO 105-B02:2014, ≥ 5
Colour fastness to light
using Exposure cycle 1
≥ 4
- man-made fibres
(Table 2) and Exposure
- natural fibres
method 2 (par. 8.3.3)
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Characteristics Test methods Requirements
Colour fastness to rubbing EN ISO 105-X12:2016
≥ 3
- wet
≥ 3 – 4
- dry
Colour fastness to EN ISO 105-E01:2013,
using multifibre adjacent
Water (change in colour)
fabric (par. 4.3.1)
- uni coloured  ≥ 3 – 4
- other than uni coloured  ≥ 4
Water (staining)
a
- all colours
≥ 2 - 3
Tuft withdrawal force: ≥ 3,0 N
- woven cut pile ≥ 10,0 N
- tufted cut pile ≥ 10,0 N
- woven loop pile ≥ 20,0 N
ISO 4919:2012
- tufted loop pile ≥ 5,0 N
- cross-over (with no individual result
below 50 % of the above
minimum requirement)
a
Conformity may be declared by supplier for each of the colour range of the specified product.
6 Level of use intensity
Rugs and runners will be suitable for the level of use intensity when in accordance with the basic
requirements of Clause 5 (for all levels of use) and in accordance with the requirements for change of
appearance of Table 3.
The change in appearance is determined in accordance with EN ISO 10361:2015 Method A using the
Vettermann drum tester or EN ISO 10361:2015 Method B using the Hexapod tumbler tester, both using
the number of cycles for short term tests. The tested specimens shall be assessed in accordance with
EN ISO 9405:2017 and the median grade for change in appearance shall meet the requirements specified
in Table 3.
The use of an underlay is optional but shall always be mentioned in the reporting. If the rug or runner is
to be tested over an underlay, the underlay shall have a work compression of (175 ± 25) J/m in
accordance with EN 14499.
Table 3 — Level for use intensity – Change in appearance – Requirements
Level of use Test methods Assessment method Requirements
Suitable for use in EN ISO 10361:2015 Method A
EN ISO 9405:2017 ≥ 2
domestic areas (Vettermann drum) at 5000 revolutions
or
EN ISO 10361:2015 Method B (Hexapod)
at 4000 revolutions
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Level of use Test methods Assessment method Requirements
Suitable for occasional EN ISO 10361:2015 Method A EN ISO 9405:2017 ≥ 3
use in commercial (Vettermann drum) at 5000 revolutions
areas
or
EN ISO 10361:2015 Method B (Hexapod)
at 4000 revolutions
Suitable for intensive EN ISO 10361:2015 Method A EN ISO 9405:2017 ≥ 3,5
use in commercial (Vettermann drum) at 5000 revolutions
areas
or
EN ISO 10361:2015 Method B (Hexapod)
at 4000 revolutions
7 Luxury rating requirements
Rugs and runners shall be classified as specified in Table 4.
Table 4 — Luxury rating class
Luxury rating class Test method Requirement (in g/m ) Conformity without testing
LC1 ISO 8543:2020 / ≤ 400 - Carpets without pile
EN 984:2001
- Flat needled carpets types
A1/A2/A3
LC2 > 400 - Pile needled carpets type B3
LC3 > 600
LC4 > 800
LC5 > 1000
8 Additional performance properties
The following additional performance properties may be made for products described in this document,
based on the characteristics and corresponding requirements in Table 5.
Table 5 — Additional performance properties
Characteristics Test methods Requirements
Castor chair suitability EN ISO 4918:2021, textile r ≥ 2,4
floor coverings (par.
- Intensive use r ≥ 2,0
9.1.5) Test A
- Occasional use
Suitability for use on stairs (runners only) EN ISO 12951:2020 Test B As described in Annex A
9 Report
The results taken from the test reports of the individual test required for specification of rugs and runners
shall be summarized as shown in Annex B.
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Annex A
(normative)
Criteria for the assessment of stair suitability
This annex shall be used only for runners that are intended to be installed without the use of protective
stair nosing. For runners that are intended to be installed using protective stair nosing, the overall level
of use shall determine the stair suitability.
For loop pile runners, the thickness of the pile ab
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