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Resin flooring provides a long-lasting, high performance
system for the most exacting situations, but choosing the
correct system to meet your specific flooring requirements
is an important part of the selection
process. To assist in this,
FeRFA has produced a classification system
for the different
floor types which forms the basis of the British
Standard BS 8204-6.
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| TYPE |
NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
DUTY* |
TYPICAL THICKNESS |
| 1 |
Floor seal |
Applied in two or more coats.
Generally solvent or water borne. |
LD |
up to 150 µm |
| 2 |
Floor coating |
Applied in two or more coats.
Generally solvent free. |
LD/MD |
150 µm to 300 µm |
| 3 |
High build Floor coating |
Applied in two or more coats.
Generally solvent free. |
MD |
300 µm to 1000 µm |
| 4 |
Multi-layer flooring |
Aggregate dressed systems based on multiple layers of floor coatings or flow-applied floorings, often described as 'sandwich' systems. |
MD/HD |
> 2 mm |
| 5 |
Flow applied flooring |
Often referred to as 'self-smoothing' or 'self-levelling' flooring and having a smooth surface. |
MD/HD |
2 mm to 3 mm |
| 6 |
Resin screed flooring |
Trowel-finished, heavily filled systems, generally incorporating a surface seal coat to minimize porosity. |
MD/HD |
> 4 mm |
| 7 |
Heavy duty flowable flooring |
Having a smooth surface. |
HD/VHD |
4 mm to 6 mm |
| 8 |
Heavy duty Resin flooring |
Trowel-finished, aggregate filled systems effectively impervious throughout their thickness. |
VHD |
> 6 mm |
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| Duty* |
Description |
| LD |
(Light duty) light foot traffic, occasional rubber tyred vehicles |
| MD |
(Medium duty) regular foot traffic, frequent fork lift truck traffic, occasional hard plastic-wheeled trolleys |
| HD |
(Heavy duty) constant fork lift truck traffic, hard plastic wheeled trolleys, some impact |
| VHD |
(Very heavy duty) severe heavily loaded traffic and impact |
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