TS EN 14190

TS EN 14190 is the Turkish adoption of the European Standard for gypsum board products made from reprocessing, bringing together definitions, requirements and test methods for this product family. Its subject is not primary gypsum board manufacture, but products obtained by reworking boards manufactured to EN 520, EN 15283-1 and EN 15283-2; in other words, it focuses on the technical characteristics of boards after they have been adapted for use in building applications.

How reprocessed gypsum board products are configured

General technical context: reprocessing may include cutting, perforating, edge profiling, decorating, laminating membranes of other materials for functional or decorative purposes, and attaching fixings, including supports used for partitions. These operations change how a board performs and presents itself without changing the fact that it remains a gypsum-board-based product. In practice, this allows the same base material to be adapted for different architectural, visual and functional needs, from simple shaped panels to more elaborate modular or non-modular solutions.

Applications and the limits of the standard’s scope

The products covered are intended for wall, ceiling and floor applications. They may be fixed directly to the background, or used in systems assembled with the structure to form separate or suspended linings. The standard also sets clear boundaries: it does not cover gypsum board thermal/acoustic insulation composite panels according to EN 13950, nor prefabricated gypsum board panels with a cellular paperboard core according to EN 13915. That distinction matters because those products belong to different construction concepts and structural configurations, even if they may look similar in use.

For users, the practical value of this standard is that it defines a common technical framework for reprocessed gypsum board products whose form, finish and fixing details have been altered for a specific application. It helps distinguish customised gypsum-board-based solutions from other composite or prefabricated panel categories.