ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the problems associated with floor construction. It also provides an insight into the defects affecting the associated parts of floors such as the substrate and finishes.
Ground-bearing floors have not been a high-risk area in recent years. However, failures have occurred, particularly in concrete screeds, due to chemical attack, usually by sulphates, on the concrete base slab and through insufficient support to the slab by inadequately compacted hardcore.
