Surface Coatings: (Part 1 – Dry Shake Toppings)
January 6, 2010
My recent articles have dealt, almost exclusively, with joints because they are the most important elements of any floor. The surfaces of floors are also important but we must keep things in perspective.
Out of the first 11 articles in this series seven have been on the subject of joints, so regular readers are beginning to appreciate their importance in all aspects of design, construction and maintenance.
In the last edition, I described how the load carrying capacity alongside joints is only half of the capacity at the centre of the slab.
Although there is more to floors than just joints and I will be dealing with other topics later, joints are the most significant design considerations in floors.
In recent articles we have been looking at the construction and maintenance of joints in floors.