Industrial and farm floors
Most industrial and farm floors that take traffic are concrete, not screed. A levelling screed carries a floor finish; it isn't built to be driven on. A liquid screed is non-structural and non-wearing: it's the layer under the floor finish. BS 8204 has a separate part, Part 2, for concrete wearing surfaces.
Screeds still have a place on these sites: offices, canteens, dairies' finished rooms, stores with a resin or tiled finish, and resurfacing. Farm concrete itself is specified under S.100.
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Screed or concrete?
| Floor | Usually | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse, forklift traffic | Power floated concrete | A wearing surface (BS 8204-2), not a levelling screed |
| Offices, canteens, toilets in a unit | Levelling screed + finish | A flat base for vinyl, tiles or carpet |
| Farm yards, slatted sheds, silage slabs | Concrete to S.100 | Department of Agriculture minimum specification |
| Farm office, dairy rooms with tiles or resin | Screed + finish | A flat, true base for the finish |
| Old silo floor | Resurfacing to S.128A | A Department specification of its own |
S.100 farm concrete, in short
- Mix A: C35/45, at least 360 kg/m³ cement, water/cement ratio 0.5 at most, for silage pits, slabs, aprons and effluent channels.
- Mix B: C30/37, at least 310 kg/m³ cement, 0.55 at most, for all other farm structures.
- Exposed yard slabs with freeze/thaw: Mix A, or Mix B with at least 3.5% air entrainment.
- Other Department specifications include S.101 (structure of farm buildings), S.128 (silage bases), S.128A (resurfacing silo floors) and S.129 (yards and roads).
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Questions people ask
Can screed be used as a warehouse floor?
Not as the wearing surface. A levelling screed carries a finish; trafficked floors are concrete wearing surfaces (BS 8204-2), usually power floated.
What concrete is used on farms?
S.100: Mix A (C35/45) for silage structures, Mix B (C30/37) for everything else, from the Department of Agriculture's specification.
Is there a specification for resurfacing silo floors?
Yes: the Department of Agriculture's S.128A, listed by the Irish Concrete Federation.
Where are screeds used on farms?
In farm offices, dairy rooms and stores with a tiled, vinyl or resin finish, where a flat base is needed.
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