ASTM E1825-17

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Designation: E1825 − 17
Standard Guide for
Evaluation of Exterior Building Wall Materials, Products, and
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Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1825; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This guide covers guidance to design professionals in 4.1 This guide may be used by design professionals and
the evaluation of materials, products, or systems with which others in the building construction industry to provide factual
they are not familiar and to help determine that the selected support for professional judgment of materials, products, or
materials, products, or systems are suitable for use on or as a systems during the design development of new and remedial
part of an exterior building wall. exterior building wall construction.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.2 This guide is intended to provide guidance to the user of
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
this standard in the evaluation and qualification of materials,
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
products, or systems with which they do not have substantial,
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
long-term experience or that are intended to be employed in a
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
new or different manner. The standard may be used to
1.3 This international standard was developed in accor- investigate and assess the probable performance of such
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- materials, products, or systems in relation to the proposed use
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the on or as part of an exterior building wall.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
4.3 The procedures outlined in Section 5 will help guide the
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
user in making informed selections based on the materials,
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
products, or systems performance history on constructed proj-
ects and provide information on limitations of use, the manu-
2. Referenced Documents
facturer’s performance history, and current status. The use of
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2.1 ASTM Standards: this guide will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of in-service
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions performance problems with materials, products, or systems.
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2.2 ASTM Adjunct:
4.4 The procedures listed in this standard are intended for
Adjunct to Appendix X1 of E1825, Standard Guide for use in selecting materials, products, or systems that are critical
Evaluation of Exterior Building Wall Materials, Products,
to the safety, function, or serviceability of a building, or where
and Systems they constitute substantial components of the work. The
recommendations in this guide are not applicable to all
3. Terminology materials, products, or systems that can be incorporated in
buildings. The user must exercise appropriate judgment and
3.1 There are no terms in this standard that require defini-
care regarding the need when applying the various procedures
tion other than as provided by Terminology E631.
included in this guide, including the use of the form included
in Appendix X1, with regard to particular materials, products,
or systems, and specific buildings. Materials, products, or
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance
systems that will be used for a noncritical or incidental use
of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.55 on Perfor-
usually do not require an exhaustive evaluation. Materials,
mance of Building Enclosures.
products, or systems with which the user has first-hand
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2017. Published October 2017. Originally
approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as E1825 – 06(2012).
experience do not generally require an exhaustive evaluation
DOI: 10.1520/E1825-17
since many of the evaluation tasks listed herein should have
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
been performed previously.
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
4.5 Appendix X1 is provided for the user of this guide as a
the ASTM website.
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tool in organizing their thoughts and approach to application of
Available from ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No.
ADJE182517-E-PDF. Original adjunct produced in 2017. the guide. It may also provide usefu
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