SynC · Topic
These are the standards in the SynC Standards library that cover Flooring. Each one is a complete, plain-language specification: the scope it applies to, the requirements that govern it, and a structured equipment datasheet listing the values a project has to decide — ratings, materials, setpoints, and the standards each is verified against. All of it is free to read without an account and published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
A standard usually carries several topics, so most of the entries below also appear under neighbouring subjects. The topics each one carries are listed on its own page.
Tufted and woven carpet for commercial, institutional, healthcare, educational, hospitality, and multi-family interior applications — modular carpet tile and broadloom. Covers product format and construction, face fiber and dye method, face weight and pile, primary and secondary backing, flammability and smoke performance, static control, indoor-air-quality (IAQ) certification, accessories (adhesives, tackifier, separate cushion, transition strips), concrete and wood subfloor preparation, moisture and alkalinity acceptance and testing, direct glue-down, double-glue, free-lay, and stretch-in installation methods, seaming, transitions and accessibility, field quality, initial maintenance, and warranty.
Ceramic, porcelain, quarry, glazed wall, and mosaic tile, and gauged porcelain tile panels and slabs, installed by the thin-bed (thin-set) method over interior and protected exterior floors, walls, wainscots, tub and shower surrounds, and countertops in commercial, institutional, healthcare, educational, hospitality, and multi-family construction. Covers tile selection and water-absorption classification, slip resistance, setting materials (dry-set and modified mortars, organic adhesive, epoxy), bonding mortar selection by substrate, crack-isolation and waterproof membranes, grout type selection (cementitious and epoxy), movement-joint design, substrate preparation and flatness, large-format and gauged-panel installation, field testing, and warranty.
Permanently installed entrance flooring and walk-off systems that capture moisture, soil, grit, and snowmelt from foot and rolling traffic at building entrances before it reaches the interior finish floor. Covers recessed and surface-mounted rail grilles with replaceable tread inserts in lift-out, hinged, and roll-up construction, recessed and surface-mounted link and modular mats, and walk-off carpet tile and broadloom in the interior wiper zone. Addresses the arrangement of the exterior scraper, threshold scraper-wiper, and interior wiper zones, walk-off length, rail and frame materials, recess depth and drainage, rolling load rating, tread inserts, accessibility of the walking surface, slip resistance, flammability and low-emitting requirements for textiles, installation, cleaning, warranty, and attic stock.
Interior and protected exterior natural dimension-stone tile, cut-to-size stone, and gauged thin stone slab — granite, marble, limestone, travertine, slate, quartzite, sandstone, serpentine, onyx, soapstone, and basalt — set on floors, walls, wainscots, stair treads and risers, thresholds, base, and countertops. Covers stone type and the governing ASTM dimension-stone material specifications, physical-property and abrasion testing, slip resistance, form, dimensions, and surface finish, pattern and vein match, setting method and bonding mortar, crack-isolation and waterproof membranes, joint filler and joint width, movement-joint design, substrate preparation and moisture, installation, field inspection, cleaning, and sealing.
Mechanically ground, honed, and polished concrete floor finishes produced in place by progressive bonded-abrasive diamond processing of a structural or topping concrete slab, including chemical densification and optional coloring with dye or stain. Covers true bonded-abrasive polishing (full grind-hone-polish to a measured gloss and clarity), grind-and-seal finishes, and burnished guard finishes; aggregate exposure selection (cement fines, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate), gloss and clarity levels, densifier chemistry, joint and crack filling, slip resistance, abrasion resistance, and the coordination required to protect a finished slab that is also the building's structural floor.
Resilient floor coverings for commercial, institutional, healthcare, educational, and multi-family interior applications — luxury vinyl tile and plank (LVT/LVP), vinyl composition tile (VCT), sheet vinyl with and without backing, rubber tile and sheet, and sheet linoleum. Covers product type and construction, wear-layer and gauge selection, flammability and smoke performance, slip resistance, indoor-air-quality (VOC) certification, accessories (adhesives, transition strips, resilient base), concrete and wood subfloor preparation, moisture testing and mitigation, full-spread glue-down and floating installation methods, heat- and chemical-welded seaming for sheet goods, field testing, initial maintenance, and warranty.
Fluid-applied, seamless resinous floor finishes installed over concrete in commercial, institutional, industrial, food and beverage, healthcare, laboratory, and cleanroom applications. Covers epoxy, polyurethane, cementitious urethane (urethane mortar), methyl methacrylate (MMA), and polyaspartic resin chemistries; thin-film coating, broadcast (sand, quartz, or vinyl flake) media, and trowel-applied mortar system types; slip resistance, chemical and thermal-shock resistance, abrasion, and electrostatic-dissipative and conductive (ESD) systems; concrete surface preparation and profiling, moisture testing and topical moisture mitigation, integral cove base, and seamless wall-to-floor detailing.
Cold-formed steel deck for floor and roof construction in commercial, institutional, industrial, and multi-family buildings. Covers composite floor deck (acting compositely with structural concrete topping), non-composite form deck (acting as a permanent stay-in-place form for a concrete slab), and roof deck profiles (Type B wide-rib, Type N deep-rib, Type A narrow-rib, Type F intermediate-rib). Addresses material grade and galvanized coating selection (G60, G90), deck profile and depth, gauge, attachment to supports (arc spot welds, powder-actuated fasteners, screws), side-lap fastening, diaphragm action, concrete fill for composite slabs, openings and reinforcement, accessories (closures, pour stops, ridge and valley plates), and field inspection.
Poured-in-place terrazzo floor and base finishes for commercial, institutional, civic, educational, healthcare, and transportation interiors — epoxy (resinous) thin-set terrazzo and the cementitious systems (polyacrylate, monolithic, bonded, and sand-cushion). Covers matrix system selection, marble/granite/glass/recycled aggregate, divider and control strips, substrate flatness and moisture testing, physical-property requirements for the resin matrix, crack-isolation and joint detailing, grinding/grouting/polishing/sealing, integral cove and topset base, and precast terrazzo bases and stair treads. Suitable for new construction and for terrazzo restoration where the existing system is sound.