BS 5385-4:1992

Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General
4 Movement
4.1 General
4.2 Drying shrinkage movement
4.3 Moisture movement (wetting and drying)
4.4 Moisture movement (long-term expansion)
4.5 Thermal movement
4.6 Vibration
4.7 Movement joints
Section 2. Specific conditions
5 Traffic and load conditions
5.1 General
5.2 Compression
5.3 Impact
5.4 Abrasion
5.5 Slipperiness
5.6 Floor tile joints
5.7 Movement joints
6 Damp and wet conditions (not continuously
      immersed)
6.1 General
6.2 Installations in high humidity areas
6.3 Installations not immersed but subjected to
      occasional wetting
6.4 Installations not immersed but subjected to
      frequent contact
7 Wet conditions
7.1 General
7.2 Internal swimming pools of concrete construction
      (excluding salt water pools)
7.3 External swimming pools of concrete construction
      (excluding salt water pools)
7.4 Salt water pools, tanks and reservoirs of concrete
      construction
7.5 Concrete tanks and service reservoirs
7.6 Pools, tanks and reservoirs of metal construction
7.7 Tanks for aggressive liquids
7.8 Tanks for liquids at elevated temperatures
8 Chemical attack
8.1 General
8.2 Design considerations
8.3 Materials
8.4 Bedding methods
9 Sterile conditions
9.1 General
9.2 Bedding and jointing
9.3 Movement joints
10 Thermal effects (climatic and environmental)
10.1 General
10.2 Natural thermal influences (climatic)
10.3 Environmental thermal influences
10.4 Movement joints
11 Thermal insulation
11.1 General
11.2 Wall tiling
11.3 Floor tiling
11.4 Movement joints
12 Sound insulation
12.1 Walls
12.2 Floors
13 Anti-static conditions
13.1 General
13.2 Laying tiles
13.3 Grouting
13.4 Movement joints
13.5 Maintenance
13.6 Periodic testing
14 Radioactivity
14.1 General
14.2 Bedding and jointing
14.3 Movement joints
Appendix
A Method of test for determining the electrical
      resistance of anti-static floors
B Bibliography
Tables
1 Suitability of tiles for wall tiling in specific
      conditions
2 Suitability of tiles for floor tiling in specific
      conditions
3 Suitability of bedding methods for wall tiling in
      specific conditions
4 Suitability of bedding methods for floor tiling in
      specific conditions
5 Resistance of tile bed, grout and sealant
      materials to various liquids
Publications referred to

Presents recommendations for installation of ceramic wall and floor tiling and mosaics in places where there are specific functional or environmental requirements and/or conditions that are potentially detrimental to installation or background or both. Gives recommendations for choice of materials, application practices and design of backgrounds and structural bases. Supplements recommendations in BS 5385 : Parts 1, 2 and 3 and unless the specific condition requires different materials, design or methods of fixing the recommendations given in appropriate Part of BS 5385 should be followed.