BS 5385-2:1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
Code of practice
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Exchange of information and time schedules
3.1 Exchange of information
3.2 Provision of utilities, facilities and materials
3.3 Time schedules
Section 2. Materials
4 Transport and storage
5 Ceramic tiles
6 Mosaics
7 Architectural terra cotta and architectural
      faience tiles
8 Cement
9 Sand
9.1 General
9.2 Sand for cement:sand rendering and mortar beds
9.3 Sand for grouting
10 Water
11 Adhesives
11.1 Cementitious adhesives (hydraulically-hardened
      mortars)
11.2 Organic adhesives
11.3 Admixtures to adhesives
12 Bonding agents
13 Sealants and back-up materials for movement joints
13.1 Sealants
13.2 Back-up materials
14 Grouts
14.1 General
14.2 Types of grout
15 Reinforcement for cement:sand rendering
Section 3. Design
16 General
16.1 Initial considerations
16.2 Appearance and effects
16.3 Exposure conditions and protection
16.4 Suitability of tiles or mosaics
16.5 Cleaning and maintenance
17 Backgrounds
17.1 General
17.2 Soluble salts in backgrounds
18 Preparation of backgrounds
18.1 General
18.2 Treatment of backgrounds to receive cement:sand
      rendering
18.3 Treatment of backgrounds to receive tiles by
      direct bedding
19 Cement:sand rendering
19.1 General
19.2 Rendering through anchored reinforcement
19.3 Mix for rendering to various backgrounds
19.4 Application and trueness of rendering
20 Movement joints
20.1 General
20.2 Location
20.3 Disposition and forming
20.4 Back-up materials
20.5 Sealants
Section 4. Application of tiles: methods and materials
21 General
21.1 Workmanship
21.2 Bedding methods
21.3 Compatibility of backgrounds and tile beds
21.4 Setting out
21.5 Preparation of the tiles
21.6 Tolerances for finished tile surfaces
21.7 Tile joint treatment
21.8 Movement joints
21.9 Mixing of tile bed materials
22 Bedding in adhesives
22.1 General
22.2 Backgrounds
22.3 Inspection and preparation of tiles
22.4 Application of adhesive and tiles
23 Tile joint treatment
23.1 General
23.2 Grouting procedure for joints up to 3 mm wide
23.3 Wide joint filling
23.4 Application of coloured grout
Section 5. Application of mosaics: methods and
            materials
24 General
24.1 Preliminary considerations
24.2 Workmanship
24.3 Tolerance for finished mosaic surfaces
24.4 Mosaic beds
25 Setting out
26 Preparation of mosaics
27 Bedding methods for mosaics
27.1 Bedding in adhesives
27.2 Bedding in cement:sand mortar
28 Application of mosaics
28.1 Pregrouting
28.2 Sequence and method of fixing
29 Grouting of mosaics
30 Glass mosaics
Section 6. Cleaning and maintenance
31 Cleaning
31.1 General
31.2 Glazed tiles
31.3 Unglazed tiles
32 Maintenance
Tables
1 Sand for grouts for joints less than 6 mm wide
2 Flexible sealants: summary of properties
3 Backgrounds: summary of data and suitable tile
      beds
Figures
1 Typical movement joint details in external wall
      tiling
2 Position of movement joints in concrete frame
      construction at abutment of brick/block infill

Recommends suitable tiles and treatment of backgrounds. Rendering to receive tiling. Methods of fixing tiles and mosaics and treatment of tile joints. Cleaning and maintenance.