The floor should be constructed in one of the following ways.

  • A. a structural slab direct finished to receive the applied flooring;
  • B. a levelling screed bonded to a prepared concrete slab;
  • C. an unbonded levelling screed or overslab or floating levelling screed thick enough to provide sufficient rigidity and reduce the likelihood of curling.

Levelling screeds laid in large areas can curl as they dry and shrink and can crack later when loaded if the bond to the base is insufficient. They use of unbonded and floating levelling screeds might not be acceptable for some floorings, which would be affected by excessive curling or movement at joints.

Of the three methods of construction described above, method a), which avoids the use of a levelling screed, is the only one that guarantees that hollowness, curling and cracking of screeds is a avoided.

Where a damp-proof membrane is required.

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