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BS 8204 Bonding

This document provides guidance on concrete bases and cementitious levelling screeds used to receive floorings. It discusses bonding of the levelling screed to the base and notes that maximum bond is achieved through preparation and cement slurry bonding of the base. A tamped base surface alone is not suitable without further preparation. Bonding agents can be used as an alternative to cement grout to improve bonding. Levelling screeds over contaminated bases or those with damp proof membranes or insulation between layers should be considered unbonded unless special conditions apply. It provides guidance on laying the levelling screed in layers when thick, placement of reinforcement, and ensuring compaction over compressible layers.

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BS 8204 Bonding

This document provides guidance on concrete bases and cementitious levelling screeds used to receive floorings. It discusses bonding of the levelling screed to the base and notes that maximum bond is achieved through preparation and cement slurry bonding of the base. A tamped base surface alone is not suitable without further preparation. Bonding agents can be used as an alternative to cement grout to improve bonding. Levelling screeds over contaminated bases or those with damp proof membranes or insulation between layers should be considered unbonded unless special conditions apply. It provides guidance on laying the levelling screed in layers when thick, placement of reinforcement, and ensuring compaction over compressible layers.

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BS 8204-1:2003+A1:2009

Screeds, bases and in situ floorings


Part 1: Concrete bases and cementitious levelling screeds to receive floorings — Code of practice

6.4.2 Bonding
NOTE See A.4 for the use of lightweight aggregates.

The adequacy of the bond of the levelling screed to the base should be considered in relation to the flooring to be applied.

To achieve the maximum possible bond between the levelling screed and the base, the method for preparation and cement
slurry bonding of the base given in 7.4.2 and 7.4.3 should be followed. A base with a tamped surface is not suitable without
further preparation and a levelling screed laid over such a base should be considered as unbonded. Slurry bonding,
incorporating a bonding agent (see 7.4.3), of vertical daywork joints of the set or hardened levelling screed may be
used to achieve a bond to the fresh screed material being applied in an adjacent strip or bay. This helps to reduce
curling that can occur at an unrestrained vertical butt joint as described in 6.5.3.

Proprietary bonding agents may be used mixed with cement to form a grout or applied direct to the base as an alternative to
cement grout. Bonding agents that are based on epoxy resin, which also act as damp-proofing membranes, are available. If
bonding agents are used, it is essential that the recommendations for cleaning and roughening the base and bonding
treatment given in 7.4.2 and 7.4.3 are still followed.

Levelling screeds laid over concrete bases that have been contaminated (e.g. with oil), or contain waterproofing admixtures,
or have a damp-proof membrane between the levelling screed and the base, should be considered as unbonded, except where
the damp-proof membrane is an epoxy resin, which can also function as a bonding agent. Where an insulating quilt or board
is between the levelling screed and the base, the screed should be considered as floating.

7.8 Laying the levelling screed


NOTE See A.13 for the use of lightweight aggregates.

Narrow strips of screed material, laid and compacted to finished level, should be used to establish the level of the screed.
Immediately after laying the strips, the infilling screed material should be placed and compacted. Where the edge of a strip
forms a daywork joint it should be formed or cut to produce a vertical joint. Alternatively, screed battens, carefully levelled
and trued, should be fixed at the correct height for the required thickness of screed. Battens should be removed before laying
the adjacent bay of screed. At daywork joints all bedding screed beneath the battens should be cut away to form a vertical
joint.

The screed material should be spread on the prepared base with adequate surcharge, thoroughly compacted, either by heavy
tamping or by mechanical means, and levelled with a screed board.
In order to facilitate the compaction of thicker levelling screeds, i.e. over 50 mm thickness, the screed may be laid in two
layers. Both layers should be of approximately equal thickness and the same constituent material proportions and water
content. To ensure satisfactory adhesion, the surface of the compacted lower layer should be lightly roughened by raking
before adding the second layer.

Where reinforcement is used it should be placed in about the middle third of the thickness of the screed.
This can only be achieved if the thickness of the reinforcement is correctly chosen in relation to the thickness of the screed
so that the total thickness of the steel fabric at the overlaps can fit into the middle third of the screed depth. This can be
achieved by laying the screed to about half its thickness, compacting it, lightly roughening the surface with a rake, laying the
reinforcement on the compacted layer and then immediately placing and compacting the upper layer.

Where a levelling screed is laid on a compressible insulation layer, extra attention should be given to ensure adequate
compaction, e.g. by the use of a slightly wetter mixed screed material.

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