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Article: ASTM fire test may need updating: Class A listed EPDM and TPO roof systems fail flame-spread tests.(News)
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- Roofing Siding Insulation
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Cincinnati, OH -- Research completed by the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association (MRCA) shows that the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) E108-00 Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Roof Coverings may be in dire need of an update.
Jesse Beitel, a chemist and senior scientist at Hughes Associates, conducted third party testing of new Class A-listed EPDM and TPO roofing systems at three different testing laboratories. He found that almost all of these systems failed the E108 spread of flame test and did not qualify for a Class A rating.
Beitel announced the results during a Technical & Research Committee program at MRCA's 54th annual ...
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