This part of BS 8204 gives recommendations for constituent materials, design, work on site, inspection and
testing of in situ concrete direct finished base slabs, with concrete as the wearing surface, and wearing
screeds (formerly known as high strength concrete toppings and granolithic toppings). It applies to both
ground-supported floors and suspended floors.
BS 8204 does not provide guidance on the structural design of ground-supported or suspended floors.
Information on this aspect is given in references [3] and [5] and in BS 8110-1.
The recommendations in this code of practice relate to those other aspects of the design of concrete floors
that affect the performance of their wearing surfaces.
BS 8204-2:2003+A2:2011 Referenced Document
BS 1370 Specification for Low heat Portland cement
BS 4027 Specification for sulfate-resisting Portland cement
BS 6100-9 Building and civil engineering - Vocabulary - Work with concrete and plaster*, 2007-08-31 Update
BS 7979 Specification for limestone fines for use with Portland cement*, 2016-01-31 Update
BS 8102 Protection of below ground structures against water ingress. Code of practice*, 2022-03-31 Update
BS 8500-2 Concrete. Complementary British Standard to BS EN 206 - Specification for constituent materials and concrete*, 2023-11-30 Update
BS EN 1008 Mixing water for concrete - Specification for sampling, testing and assessing the suitability of water, including water recovered from processes in the concrete industry, as mixing water for concrete
BS EN 12878 Pigments for the colouring of building materials based on cement and/or lime. Specifications and methods of test*, 2014-04-30 Update
BS EN 1326 Gas welding equipment - Small kits for gas brazing and welding
BS EN 934-2 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Concrete admixtures. Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling*, 2009-06-30 Update
BS EN 934-3 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Admixtures for masonry mortar. Definitions, requirements, conformity and marking and labelling*, 2009-11-30 Update
BS 8204-2:2003+A2:2011 history
2003BS 8204-2:2003+A2:2011 Screeds, bases and in situ floorings. Concrete wearing surfaces. Code of practice
2003BS 8204-2:2003+A1:2009 Screeds, bases and in situ floorings — Part 2: Concrete wearing surfaces — Code of practice
2003BS 8204-2:2003 Screeds, bases and in situ floorings - Concrete wearing surfaces - Code of practice
2002BS 8204-2:2002 Screeds, bases and in-situ floorings - Concrete wearing surfaces - Code of practice