Floors
These pictures show foam concrete being placed at a development of small industrial units in Croydon, south London.
Foam concrete was specified for the construction of the sub-base to the internal floors, as the flowing and self-levelling properties of the material contribute towards a faster installation and a less expensive option than using traditional concrete.
Another advantage to using foam concrete in this application is that the bearing capacity of the foam concrete reduces the required thickness of the structural concrete slab.
The designed level of the internal floors was built up using a 1200 kg/m3 foam concrete, placed via a standard concrete pump and finished with a dense concrete slab a few days later.
Click here to download a copy of a feature about using foam concrete in floor construction applications, which appeared in the February 2003 edition of Concrete magazine.
