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P5 Flooring Grade Chipboard P5 • CE Marked • FSC® or PEFC™ Certified

Moisture resistant flooring boards with interlocking tongues and grooves.

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P3 Moisture Resistant Chipboard P3 • CE Marked • PEFC™ Certified

Moisture resistant chipboard panels, suitable for furniture applications and wall partitions where exposure to moisture is possible.

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P2 Furniture Grade Chipboard P2 • CE Marked • FSC® or PEFC™ Certified

A versatile and cost-effective chipboard with many uses.

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Melamine Faced Chipboard

Chipboard panels coated with a decorative & resin-permeated paper overlay.

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Fire Retardant Chipboard P2 • EN 13501-1 • CE Marked • PEFC™ Certified

P2 Furniture Grade Chipboard treated with fire retardand phosphate salts to meet Euroclass B.

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Chipboard Specifiers Guide

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About Chipboard (Particleboard)

Particleboard, or chipboard, consists of woodchips, flakes, shavings and sawdust which are compressed and bonded with heat and resin. It has smooth surfaces without knots or voids. Most chipboards incorporate recycled chipped timber of which the
proportion used in UK manufactured panels is typically between 65%-70%.

The manufacture of chipboard originated from the wish to utilise wooden waste and has since evolved into a carefully controlled and refined production process. Boards are now produced with smooth, sanded faces which allows for lamination, veneering and painting.

Flooring Grade chipboard comes complete with slip resistant and protective films while Furniture Grade chipboard is perfect for veneering for a decorative, yet cost effective, alternative to most solid woods. Different grades and thicknesses are available, enabling the product to be used in a variety of structural and non-structural applications.

 

EN 312 - Particleboards - Specifications

Chipboard to be used in construction in Europe must comply with the Construction Products Regulation and be CE marked. In order to be CE marked, the product must comply with the harmonised European standard for wood-based panel products, EN 13986. This harmonised standard refers to EN 312 in order to specify chipboard panels.

The standard lists values that relate to product properties but they are not characteristic values to be used in design calculations. In order to use Chipboard in a structural design, characteristic values should be determined using EN 789 and EN 1058 or with EN 12369-1.

There are 7 grades of panel classification that chipboard (or particleboard) panels can meet the requirements for. These are listed in the h Quick Reference Guide for Chipboard below.

Quick Reference Guide - Chipboard (Particleboard)
Type
Application & Climatic Conditions
Use Classes (EN 335)
P1
Internal, non-structural applications
Use Class 1
P2
Internal, non-structural furniture items
Use Class 1
P3
Non-structural applications similar to those listed under P2 above. However, P3 is suitable for use in humid conditions
Use Classes 1 & 2
P4
Internal, structural applications
Use Class 1
P5
Structural applications similar to those listed under P4 above, however P5 is suitable for humid conditions
Use Classes 1 & 2
P6
Heavy-duty internal structural applications
Use Class 1
P7
Heavy-duty structural applications in humid conditions
Use Classes 1 & 2