BS 8203:1987
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Code of practice for installation of sheet and tile flooring
Hardcopy , PDF
15-06-1996
English
31-03-1987
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Exchange of information
Section two. Materials
4. Damp-proofing materials
5. Concrete bases and screeds
6. Underlays
7. Flooring materials
8. Adhesives
Section three. Design
9. Selection of flooring materials
10. Suitability of materials
11. Damp-proofing solid floors and eliminating
construction moisture
12. Concrete and screed bases
13. Timber bases
14. Wood chipboard bases
15. Other bases
16. Fabricated underlays
17. In-situ underlays
18. Smoothing underlayments
19. Protection against heat
20. Fire hazard
21. Patterns and colours
22. Skirtings and covings
23. Edging and dividing strips
24. Stairs
Section four. Laying concrete bases and cement and sand
screeds
25. Workmanship
26. Protection against weather
27. Concrete strength for base
28. Preparation of concrete bases to receive screeds
29. The screed mix
30. Laying the screed
31. Finishing the screed
32. Finishing the base
33. Curing and drying of the base and screed
34. Protection of the surface
35. Inspection and testing of bases and screeds
Section five. Laying underlays and flooring
36. Workmanship
37. Storage
38. Underlays
39. Laying
40. Initial treatment and maintenance
41. Protection
Appendices
A. Dampness testing
B. Assessment of levels and surface regularity
C. Determination of soundness of bonded and unbonded
screeds
D. References
Tables
1. Category of use of floor
2. Classification of surface regularity of screeds
and direct finished concrete
3. Acceptance limits for soundness test
4. Trowel notch details
Figures
1. Apparatus for measuring dampness
2. Slip gauges for checking surface regularity
3. BRE screed tester
Recommendations for installataion of cork, linoleum, rubber, thermoplastic, semi-flexible PVC and flexible PVC flooring. Recommendations for screeds and underlays are included.
| Committee |
PRI/60
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| DevelopmentNote |
REPLACES CP 203:1969 AND CP 203: PART 2:1972. BS DRAFT 95/123986 DC REFERS TO A NEW REVISION
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 6263-2:1991 | Care and maintenance of floor surfaces Code of practice for resilient sheet and tile flooring |
| BS 5606:1990 | Guide to accuracy in building |
| BS 5325:1996 | Code of practice for installation of textile floor coverings |
| BS 2750-6:1980 | Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Laboratory measurements of impact sound insulation of floors |
| BS 5075-3:1985 | Concrete admixtures Specification for superplasticizing admixtures |
| BS 1881-6:1971 | Methods of testing concrete Analysis of hardened concrete |
| BS 1142-2:1971 | Specification for fibre building boards Medium board, medium density fibreboard (MDF) and hardboard |
| BS 5075-1:1982 | Concrete admixtures Specification for accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures and water reducing admixtures |
| BS 877-2:1973 | Specification for foamed or expanded blastfurnace slag lightweight aggregate for concrete. Metric units |
| BS 915-2:1972 | Specification for high alumina cement Metric units |
| BS 8201:1987 | Code of practice for flooring of timber, timber products and wood based panel products |
| BS 5075-2:1982 | Concrete admixtures Specification for air-entraining admixtures |
| BS 5085-1:1974 | Specification. Backed flexible PVC flooring Needle-loom felt backed flooring |
| BS 5085-2:1976 | Specification. Backed flexible PVC flooring Cellular PVC backing |
| BS 3261-1:1973 | Specification for unbacked flexible PVC flooring Homogeneous flooring |
| BS 8110-1:1985 | Structural use of concrete Code of practice for design and construction |
| BS 6263-2:1982 | Code of practice for care and maintenance of floor surfaces. Sheet and tile flooring |
| BS 3797-2:1976 | Pulverized-fuel ash Metric units |
| BS 5442-1:1977 | Classification of adhesives for construction Adhesives for use with flooring materials |
| BS 2750-7:1980 | Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors |
| BS CP204-2(1970) : AMD 6968 | IN-SITU FLOOR FINISHES - METRIC UNITS |
| BS 2750-8:1980 | Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Laboratory measurements of the reduction of transmitted impact noise by floor coverings on a standard floor |
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