Standard Practice for Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Flooring

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1.1 This practice covers the determination of the acceptability of a concrete floor for receiving the installation of resilient flooring.  
1.2 This practice includes suggestions for the construction of a concrete floor to ensure its acceptability for installation of resilient flooring.  
1.3 This practice does not cover the adequacy of the concrete floor to perform its structural requirements.  
1.4 This practice covers the necessary preparation of such floors prior to the installation of resilient flooring.  
1.5 This practice does not supersede in any manner the resilient flooring manufacturer's instruction. Consult the individual manufacturer for specific recommendations.  
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: F 710 – 98
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Practice for
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Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Flooring
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 710; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Used In Contact With Soil or Granular Fill Under Concrete
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Slabs
1.1 This practice covers the determination of the acceptabil-
E 1486 Test Method for Determining Floor Tolerances Us-
ity of a concrete floor for the installation of resilient flooring.
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ing Waviness, Wheel Path, and Levelness Criteria
1.2 This practice includes suggestions for the construction
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F 141 Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings
of a concrete floor to ensure its acceptability for installation of
F 1869 Test Method for Measuring Moisture Vapor Emis-
resilient flooring.
sion Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous Calcium
1.3 This practice does not cover the adequacy of the
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Chloride
concrete floor to perform its structural requirements.
1.4 This practice covers the necessary preparation of con-
NOTE 1—Specifications and test methods for cements and other related
crete floors prior to the installation of resilient flooring.
materials are found in ASTM Volume 04.01. Specifications and test
methods for concretes and related materials are found in ASTM Volume
1.5 This practice does not supersede in any manner the
04.02.
resilient flooring or adhesive manufacturer’s written instruc-
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tions. Consult the individual manufacturer for specific recom-
2.2 ACI Guides:
mendations.
302.1R Guide for Concrete Floor and Slab Construction
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
117R Standard Tolerances for Concrete Construction and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Materials
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
2.3 Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI):
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Recommended Work Practices for the Removal of Resilient
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Floor Coverings
1.7 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
2.4 Other Standards:
as standard. The values in parentheses are mathematical
MASTERSPEC Guide Spec Section 03300, “Cast-In-
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conversions to SI units and are provided for information only.
Place Concrete”
SPECTEXT Guide Spec Section 03346, “Concrete Floor
2. Referenced Documents 9
Finishing”
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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3. Terminology
C 33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates
C 109/C 109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of
3.1 Definitions— For definitions of terms used in this
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Hydraulic Cement Mortars
practice, see Terminology F 141.
C 309 Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Com-
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4. General Guidelines
pounds for Curing Concrete
C 472 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Gypsum 4.1 Concrete floors to receive resilient flooring shall be
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Cement
permanently dry, clean, smooth, and structurally sound. They
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D 4259 Practice for Abrading Concrete shall be free of dust, solvent, paint, wax, oil, grease, residual
E 1155 Test Method for Determining FF/FL (Floor Flatness
adhesive, adhesive removers, curing, sealing, hardening, or
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and Floor Levelness) parting compounds, alkaline salts, excessive carbonation or
E 1745 Specification for Plastic Water Vapor Retarders
laitence, mold, mildew, and other foreign materials that might
prevent adhesive bond.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-6 on Resilient
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Floor Coverings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F06.40 on Available from American Concrete Institute, 19150 Redford Station, Detroit,
Practices. MI 48219.
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Current edition approved November 10, 1998. Published March 1999. Originally Resilient Floor Covering Institute, 966 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD
published as F 710 – 81. Last previous edition F 710 – 92. 20850.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.02. Available from MASTERSPEC, AIA Master Systems, King Street Station, 225
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01. Reinekers Lane, Suite 215, Alexandria, VA 22314-2875.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.02. Available from SPECTEXT, National Institute of Building Sciences, 1090
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.04. Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005-4905.
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