The concept of floors with no joints is obviously attractive to building users. However, it is important to recognise that all floors including “jointless” floors have construction joints between floor panels. Jointed floors have additional sawn joints cut into them at typically 6m spacing. Both types have their merits in different applications. Pile supported floors will invariably be jointless, while ground supported slabs can be jointless or jointed.
The choice for ground supported slabs should be based on the costs associated with the construction method and the resulting benefits for the floor user.
Tony Hulett, Technical Director of Face Consultants Ltd, discusses those construction methods and the benefits but has confined it to ground-supported floors only. This technical article also featured in The Concrete Society’s publication, Concrete Magazine. Read More
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