This European Standard describes and specifies the requirements for classification of needled floor coverings
in sheet form into use classes in respect of wear and appearance retention and a class for luxury rating.
This European Standard is also applicable to tiles, the additional requirements for which are given in Annex A.
This European Standard is not applicable to needled pile floor coverings.
This European Standard refers to the classification as defined in EN 685.
EN 1470:2008 Referenced Document
EN 1269 Textile floor coverings - Assessment of impregnations in needled floor coverings by means of a soiling test*, 2015-11-01 Update
EN 1471 Textile Floor Coverings - Assessment of Changes in Appearance (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2003)
EN 15115 Textile floor coverings - Determination of sensitivity to spilled water*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 1963 Textile Floor Coverings - Tests Using the Lisson Tretrad Machine
EN 984 Textile floor coverings - Determination of the mass per unit area of the use surface of needled floor coverings*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 985:2001 Textile floor coverings - Castor chair test
EN 986 Textile floor coverings - Tiles - Determination of dimensional changes due to the effects of varied water and heat conditions and distortion out of plane*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 994 Textile floor coverings - Determination of the side length, squareness and straightness of tiles*, 2012-01-01 Update
EN ISO 105-A01 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part A01: General principles of testing*, 2010-01-01 Update
EN ISO 105-B02 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test*, 2014-08-01 Update
EN ISO 105-E01 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part E01: Colour fastness to water*, 2013-03-01 Update
EN ISO 105-X12 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing*, 2016-06-01 Update
EN ISO 11378-2 Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test - Amendment 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)*, 2017-08-02 Update
EN ISO 140-8 Acoustics - Measurement of Sound Insulation in Buildings and of Building Elements - Part 8: Laboratory Measurements of the Reduction of Transmitted Impact Noise by Floor Coverings on a Heavyweight Standard Floor ISO 140-8: 1997
EN ISO 354 Acoustics - Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room ISO 354:2003
EN ISO 717-2 Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 2: Impact sound insulation (ISO 717-2:2020)*, 2020-11-30 Update
ISO 1765 Machine-made textile floor coverings; Determination of thickness
ISO 2551 Textile floor coverings and textile floor coverings in tile form — Determination of dimensional changes due to the effects of varied water and heat conditions and distortion out of plane*, 2020-05-12 Update
ISO 3415 Textile floor coverings; Determination of thickness loss after brief, moderate static loading
ISO 6356 Textile and laminate floor coverings - Assessment of static electrical propensity - Walking test*, 2012-07-01 Update
EN 1470:2008 history
2008EN 1470:2008 Textile floor coverings ?Classification of needled floor coverings except for needled pile floor coverings
1997EN 1470:1997 Textile Floor Coverings - Classification of Needled Floor Coverings Except for Needled Pile Floor Coverings