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Salient Characteristics & Specifications for Wall Protection Department of Veterans Affairs VA Palo Alto Healthcare System 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304

1. GENERAL

Due to the heavy use of patient rooms with the movement of furniture, medical equipment and garbage containers. The walls have been scratched and created infection control problems. The walls require constant patching and painting. The solution is to install high- impact rigid wallcovering sheets to protect the patient room walls.

2. STATEMENT OF LINE REQUIREMENTS

Wall Protection

· Engineered PETG rigid sheet to be CS Acrovyn 4000 0.060N Sheet or equal:

Nominal .060" thick rigid sheet supplied in 4' x 10' sheet sizes in standard Suede texture, color: #933 Mission White

· Matching color of the corner guards, wainscot trims, odd degree corner guards and caulking with the wall protection.

3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION AND MEASUREMENTS

933 Mission White in Suede texture or Equal

· Manufacturer’s qualifications: Not less than 5 years-experience in the production of specified products and a record of successful in-service performance.

· Code compliance: Assemblies should conform to all applicable codes including IBC, UBC, SBCCI, BOCA, Life Safety and CA 01350.

· Fire performance characteristics: Provide engineered PETG wall protection system components with UL label indicating that they are identical to those tested in accordance with ASTM E84 for Class A/1 characteristics listed below:

· Flame spread: 25 or less

· Smoke developed: 450 or less

· Impact strength: Provide wall protection components that have been tested in accordance with the applicable provisions of ASTM F476. Failure height: 8”, Failure Type: >3/8”.

· The wall covering should meet a minimum requirement for the following physical properties: Specific Gravity (ASTM D-792) 1.31 Tensile Strength (ASTM D-638) 5,715 psi Flexural Strength (ASTM D-790) 7,024 psi Flexural Modulus (ASTM D790) 242,000 psi Hardness (ASTM D-785) 71 Heat Distortion Temperature (ASTM D-648) 150.4 degree F

· In accordance to ASTM D4060-07 Abrasion Resistance of Organic Coatings by Taber Abraser: the wear cycle to fully deplete Suede Texture is 10,000 cycles.

· The fungus resistance rating according to ASTM G21-96 shall be 0, the wall protection panel shall not support fungi growth.

· Chemical and stain resistance: Provide wall protection system components with chemical and stain resistance in accordance with ASTM D543.

· Provide all components of the wall protection system manufactured by the same company to ensure compatibility of color, texture and physical properties.

· Color match: Provide wall protection components that are color matched in accordance with the following:

1. Delta Ecmc of no greater than 1.0 using CIELab color space.

2. Wall protection components include, but not limited to, wainscot trims, inside corner wainscot molding, corner guards, odd degree corner guard, and color matching caulking.

4. CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHING REQUIREMENTS

· Fabricate wall covering to comply with requirements indicated for design, dimensions, detail, finish and sizes.

· Adhesive: the wall covering shall be furnished as a complete packaged system, including appropriate standard adhesive, primer, caulking and trims.

· Adhesive shall be heavy duty water based mastic at an application of 125 sq ft/ gal.

· Prior to installation, clean substrate to remove dirt, debris and loose particles. Perform additional preparation procedures as required by manufacturer's instructions.

· Install the work of this section in strict accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations using approved adhesive.

· Temperature at the time of installation must be between 65-75ºF (18-24ºC) and be maintained for at least 48 hours after the installation to allow for proper adhesive set-up.

· Relative humidity shall not exceed 80%.

· Do not expose wall covering to direct sunlight during or after installation. This will cause the surface temperature to rise, which in turn will cause bubbles and delamination.

· Immediately upon completion of installation, clean material in accordance with manufacturer's recommended cleaning method.

5. SUSTAINABILITY

· The rigid sheet wallcovering shall be rated Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold

6. WARRANTY

· The wall protection wallcovering and components shall be free of defects in materials or workmanship. It shall cover a minimum of 5 years of limited warranty. The manufacturer will replace or repair any defective product free of charge within the warranty period.

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