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BS 8201:1987
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Code of practice for flooring of timber, timber products and wood based panel products
Hardcopy , PDF
30-10-2011
English
27-02-1987
Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Materials
4. Performance factors
5. Selection
6. Design considerations
7. Care on site
8. Exchange of information
9. Time schedule
Section two. Board and strip
10. General considerations
11. Work off site
12. Work on site
13. Inspection
Section three. Blocks
14. General considerations
15. Work off site
16. Work on site
17. Inspection
Section four. Mosaic
18. General considerations
19. Work off site
20. Work on site
21. Inspection
Section five. Overlay and parquet
22. General considerations
23. Work off site
24. Work on site
25. Inspection
Section six. Flooring of wood based panel products
26. General considerations
27. Care, conditioning and selection
28. Work on site
29. Inspection
Section seven. Upkeep and maintenance
30. Routine maintenance
31. Maintenance of moisture content after installation
32. Renovation of block floors
33. Renovation of old wood floors
Appendix
A. Tests for dampness of concrete bases
Tables
1. Timbers suitable for floors for heavy pedestrian
traffic
2. Timbers suitable for floors for normal pedestrian
traffic
3. Timbers suitable for floors for light pedestrian
traffic
4. Timbers suitable for decorative floors
5. Timbers suitable for heavy duty industrial floors
6. Timbers suitable for light duty industrial floors
7. Timbers suitable for floors with high resistance to
chemicals and acids
8. Timbers suitable for floors with small movement
9. Timbers suitable for gymnasium floors
10. Timbers suitable for ballroom floors
11. Timbers suitable for skating rink floors
12. Consolidated recommendations for fixing
13. Maximum spans for tongued and grooved softwood board
14. Maximum spans for wood chipboard complying with type
II or type II/III of BS 5669: 1979
15. Summary of recommendations for laying and fixing
plywood panels
16. Summary of recommendations for laying and fixing
wood chipboard panels
Figures
1. Typical forms of fixed floor construction for use
with timber or wood based panel flooring
2. Typical forms of floating floor construction to
provide impact and airborne sound resistance
3. Typical forms of ground floor construction for use
with wood based panel products
4. Typical range of designs for wood block flooring
5. Apparatus for measuring dampness in concrete bases
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