Table of Floor Classification

& Design Parameters

Table of Design Parameters

Joints Special Surfaces Surface Curing Sealing

Finishes and
Isolation Contraction5 Construction Surface Toppings and Protection
Hardeners Textures

Section Section Section Section Section Section Section

3.2.5.1 3.2.5.3 3.2.5.2 8.6 and 8.13 8.7 8.3 8.13 9.1 and 9.2

Expansion joint Tooled or sawed Thickened edges N.A. Self-leveling Troweled smooth Membrane Acrylic
fillers at walls and 10 to 12 (3 to with 1 to 5 slope underlayment or Water Urethane
footings all 3.6 m) on center 5 (1.5 m) apart finish course7 Polyethylene Epoxy
restraint points typically Curing Paper Penetrants

Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1 Non-slip (mineral) Same as Class 1 Troweled smooth Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1
aggregate Broomed
Colored shakes Floated
Light reflective Exposed
shakes aggregate

Same as Class 1 Tooled or sawed Same as Class 1 Same as Class 2 N.A. Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1 Acrylic
at intervals equal Penetrants
to slab widths

Same as Class 1 Sawed spacing in Doweled and/or Same as Class 2 Same as Class 1 Troweled smooth Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1
with blockouts feet 2-3 times slab Keyed
around columns thickness in inches

Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Same as Class 2 N.A. Troweled hard Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1

Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Metallic shakes N.A. Troweled hard Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1
Silica shakes
Non-slip
aggregate
Light reflective
shakes

Same as Class 4 Same as Class 46 Same as Class 4 Natural or Natural aggre- Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1 See appropriate
metallic shakes gate topping class
over topping Metallic aggre-
gate topping
Troweled hard

See appropriate See appropriate See appropriate See appropriate Natural aggregate See appropriate Same as Class 1 See appropriate
class class class class topping class class

Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Same as Class 4 Same as Class 6 See Class 7 or 8 if Troweled hard Same as Class 1 Same as Class 1
appropriate

5. Contraction joints using an early-entry saw should be cut to a minimum

depth of 1. Saw-cut joints should be 1/4 of the slab depth using wet or dry
conventional saw-cut methods. A semi-rigid joint filler should be installed to
support joint edges (See ACI 302, Section 3.2, 5.12, 9.10) where the joint is
exposed to small hard wheeled traffic and/or continual traffic or has exhibited
joint breakdowns in a similar existing facility.

6. Bonded toppings should be cut to 1/2 the topping thickness directly over
the joints in the base slab (see ACI 302, Section 8.7.2).

7. Self-leveling underlayments and toppings are not covered by ACI 302, but
are commonly used for restoring smoothness and levelness to deficient floors.