BS ISO 13746:2019

What is ISO 13746 - Guidelines for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs about?  

ISO 13746 provides guidelines for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs. ISO 13746 provides recommendations for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs for both residential/domestic and contract/commercial purposes. 

Note 1: ISO 13746 covers all products composed of textile material with a pile or non-pile use surface including the use of such products in tile form. 

Note 2: ISO 13746 is applicable only to carpets that are intended to be installed without the use of protective stair nosings. For carpets that are intended to be installed using protective stair nosings, the overall use class determines the stair suitability. 

Note 3: In many split-level dwellings, a room can have one or two steps between different levels. This situation differs from a stairway in several important respects: 

• The steps are usually wider and therefore traffic intensity in any one place is usually lower 
• The carpet can be bent oversteps in either the machine direction or the across-machine direction. On a stairway, it is normal practice to lay the carpet with the pile lying down the stairs 

Who is ISO 13746 - Guidelines for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs for? 

ISO 13746 on the guidelines for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs is useful for: 

• Floor covering producers 
• Floor covering installers 
• Quality control department 

Why should you use ISO 13746 - Guidelines for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs?  

ISO 13746 provides recommendations for the installation and use of textile floor coverings on stairs for both residential/domestic and contract/commercial purposes. which is important to guide you on installing floor covering to provide good service to consumers. 

ISO 13746 provides installation guidelines for textile floor coverings on stairs for both residential/domestic and contract/commercial purposes, which allows installers to ensure that textile floor coverings are safe to use and fit for purpose. 

ISO 13746 aims to help manufacturers and installers to provide excellent quality service to consumers by providing these guidelines. 

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS ISO 13746:2019 supersedes BS ISO 13746:2000, which is withdrawn.  

BS ISO 13746:2019 includes some technical changes with respect to BS ISO 13746:2000. These include: 

• BS ISO 13746:2019 has been aligned with EN 1307:2014+A3:2018, Annex C 
• A reference to ISO 1766, ISO 12951 and ISO 4919 has been added