Resin Flooring

BS 8202 Protective coatings for floors using BS 8202

The BS 8202 standard is designed as a guideline for Architects, Engineers, Specifiers, Contractors and Applicators in formulating floor protection systems.

This guide is intended as a basic introduction to BS 8202 with a choice of approved Complete Coating Services Specifications.

Three easy steps to follow

1. Select Environment

2. Select Durability

3. Select System

1. Select Environment

Application

SELECTION OF FLOORING TO BE APPLIED

The new BS 8204-6 (following the FeRFA Guide) states in section 4.2 that:

“It is essential that, in the design and construction stages, there should be full consultation with the manufacturer of the synthetic resin flooring to ensure that the product to be selected is entirely suited for the conditions both during application and in subsequent service”.

Light duty (LD)	Medium duty (MD)	Heavy duty (HD)	Very heavy duty (VHD)
light foot traffic, occasional rubber tyred vehicles	regular foot traffic, frequent fork lift truck traffic, occasional hard plastic-wheeled trolleys	constant fork lift truck traffic, hard plastic wheeled trolleys, some impact	severe heavily loaded traffic and impact

Flooring for the following industries, inter alia:

Pharmaceutical	Commercial	Multi storey car parks
Food Processing	Petrochemical	Healthcare
Hotels	Anti-Static	Meat Processing
Drink Processing	Dairy	Bridge Decking

2. Select Durability: life expectancy (* localised overcoating may be required)

Life expectancy

2 years *

3 -5 years *

5+ years

Heavy duty 3 years
Medium duty 5 – 7 years

Heavy duty 3 – 4 years
Medium duty 6 – 8 years

Heavy duty 5 – 7 years
Medium duty 10 – 12 years

Heavy duty 8 – 10 years
VHD 5 – 8 years

VHD 10 – 12 years

Type	Name	Typical thickness	Description	Preparation Method	Life expectancy
1	Floor seal	Dry film thickness up to 150 um	Applied in 2 or more coats: generally solvent or water borne.	Shotblasting Grinding	2 years *
2	Floor coating	Final thickness of 150 – 300 um	Applied in 2 or more coats: generally solvent-free but may be solvent- or water-borne.	Shotblasting Grinding	3 -5 years *
3	High build floor coating	Final thickness of 300 – 2,000 um	Applied in 2 or more coats: generally solvent-free.	Shotblasting Grinding	5+ years
4	Multi-layer flooring	1 mm+	Multiple layers of floor coatings or flow-applied floorings with aggregate dressing: often described as ‘sandwich’ systems.	Shotblasting Grinding Planing	Heavy duty 3 years Medium duty 5 – 7 years
5	Flow applied flooring	2 to 3 mm	Often referred to as ‘self-smoothing’ or ‘self-levelling’ flooring, and having a smooth surface: or may be given a surface dressing.	Shotblasting Grinding Planing / Scabbling Multi-Stripping	Heavy duty 3 – 4 years Medium duty 6 – 8 years
6	Screed flooring	4 mm+	Heavily filled, trowel-finished systems, generally incorporating a surface seal coat to minimise porosity.	Shotblasting Grinding Planing / Scabbling Multi-Stripping	Heavy duty 5 – 7 years Medium duty 10 – 12 years
7	Heavy duty flowable flooring	4 to 6 mm	Aggregate-filled system, having a smooth surface: or may be given a surface dressing.	Shotblasting Grinding Planing / Scabbling Multi-Stripping	Heavy duty 8 – 10 years VHD 5 – 8 years
8	Heavy duty screed flooring	6 mm+	Trowel-finished, aggregate-filled, system which is effectively impervious throughout its thickness.	Shotblasting Grinding Planing / Scabbling Multi-Stripping	VHD 10 – 12 years

Resin Types

MMA	Epoxy	Polyurethane
Fast curing even at low temperatures	Well known for chemical, mechanical	High chemical resistance (equal to Ucrete)
Resistant to weak acids and alkalis	Cost effective	Flexible
Reaches full cure in 1 to 2 weeks	Not UV stable	Good for water exposure, high humidity, high temperature washing, good resistance to fungi and mould
UV stable	Non-toxic, non-tainting	UV stable
Maximum heat 65 Celsius	Decorative Quartz and Fleck	Fast cure
Decorative Quartz and Fleck		Decorative Quartz and Fleck
	Waterbased Epoxies
	Hygienic Anti-Microbial
	Non taint
	Environmental friendly
	Restricts downtime