DECRA prescribes to the following physical properties test methodology, conducted at independent laboratories, for its stone-coated steel roof panels.
Stone-coated steel roofing systems are largely known for their strong performance in passing national building code compliance tests involving primarily wind and fire to satisfy U.S. International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC) requirements. DECRA goes one step further – undertaking extensive DECRA roof panel physical properties testing – going well beyond core U.S. national building code minimum required test standards.
Download the entire physical properties testing report here.