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BS 8000-9:2003

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Workmanship on building sites – Cementitious levelling screeds and wearing screeds. Code of practice

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BSI 2003 22
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This part of BS 8000 gives recommendations on laying cementitious levelling screeds and wearing screeds.

This British Standard does not cover laying concrete bases or direct finished concrete wearing surfaces, recommendations for which are given in BS 8204‑1 and BS 8204‑2 respectively.

Recommendations on design aspects of levelling screeds and wearing screeds are given in BS 8204‑1 and BS 8204‑2 respectively.

NOTE This code of practice includes supplementary elements in the form of commentaries to assist in its use and understanding. Compliance with the commentaries is not necessary in order to be able to claim conformity with the standard.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 BRITISH STANDARD
2 Committees responsible for this British Standard
3 Contents
4 Foreword
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 base
3.2 flooring
3.3 direct finished base slab
3.4 screed material
3.5 screed
3.6 levelling screed
3.7 wearing screed
8 Figure 1 Illustration of layers in a ground-supported concrete floor
9 Figure 2 Illustration of layers in a suspended concrete floor
10 3.8 surface regularity
3.9 departure from datum
3.10 in situ crushing resistance (ISCR)
4 Materials handling and preparation
4.1 General
4.2 Checking, handling and site storage of materials and components
11 4.3 Preparation of work, materials and components
12 Table 1 Effects of standards of workmanship on screed performance
14 Table 2 Guidance on changes in mix proportions of cement/sand screeds when damp sand is�used
15 5 Laying of levelling and wearing screeds
5.1 General
17 5.2 Bay sizes
5.3 Placing and compacting
18 5.4 Finishing
5.5 Surface treatments after laying
5.6 Inspection and testing
19 6 Curing screeds
7 Protection
20 Bibliography
21 Index
BS 8000-9:2003
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