Most standards for resilient floor covering have been developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Committee F6 at the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). These standards are divided into four categories. They are listed below, and can be obtained at the ASTM website at www.astm.org. For more information, contact ASTM at telephone 610 832-9500 or fax 610 832-9555.

Practices

(A definite set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations that does not produce a test result)
F 693 Sealing Seams of Resilient Sheet Flooring Products by Use of Liquid Seam Sealers
F 710 Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Flooring
F 1482 Installation and Preparation of Panel Type Underlayments to Receive Resilient Flooring
F 1516 Sealing Seams of Resilient Flooring Products by the Heat Weld Method
F 1869 Measuring Moisture Vapor Emission Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous Calcium Chloride
F 2170 Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs Using in Situ Probes
F 2419 Installation of Thick Poured Gypsum Concrete Underlayments
F 2471 Installation of Thick Poured Lightweight Cellular Concrete Underlayments

Specifications

(An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service)
F 1066 Vinyl Composition Floor Tile
F 1303 Sheet Vinyl Floor Covering with Backing
F 1344 Rubber Floor Tile
F 1700 Solid Vinyl Floor Tile
F 1859 Rubber Sheet Floor Covering Without Backing
F 1860 Rubber Sheet Floor Covering With Backing
F 1861 Resilient Wall Base
F 1913 Vinyl Sheet Floor Covering Without Backing
F 2034 Sheet Linoleum Floor Covering
F 2169 Resilient Stair Treads
F 2195 Linoleum Floor Tile

Terminology

(Document comprising definitions of terms)
F 141 Resilient Floor Coverings

Test Methods

(A definitive procedure that produces a test result)

Performance
F 142 Indentation of Resilient Floor Tiles
F 510 Resistance to Abrasion of Resilient Floor Coverings Using an Abrader with a Grit Feed Method
F 924 Resistance to Puncture of Cushioned Resilient Floor Coverings
F 925 Resistance of Chemicals of Resilient Flooring
F 970 Static Load Limit
F 1037 Visual Rating of Appearance of Resilient Floors After In-Service Exposure to Foot Traffic
F 1265 Resistance to Impact for Resilient Floor Tile
F 1514 Measuring Heat Stability of Resilient Flooring by Color Change
F 1515 Measuring Light Stability of Resilient Flooring by Color Change
F 1914 Short-Term Indentation and Residual Indentation
F 2199 Determining Dimensional Stability of Resilient Floor Tile After Exposure to Heat
F 2420 Determining Relative Humidity on the Surface of Concrete using Probes

Products/Materials
F 137 Flexibility of Resilient Flooring Materials with Cylindrical Mandrel Apparatus
F 150 Electrical Resistance of Conductive and Static Dissipative Resilient Flooring
F 373 Embossed Depth of Resilient Floor Coverings
F 386 Thickness of Resilient Flooring Materials Having Flat Surfaces
F 387 Measuring Thickness of Resilient Flooring With Foam Layer
F 410 Wear Layer Thickness of Resilient Floor Coverings by Optical Measurement
F 511 Quality of Cut (Joint Tightness) of Resilient Floor Tile
F 1304 Deflection of Resilient Floor Tile
F 2055 Size and Squareness of Resilient Floor Tile by Dial Gage Method
F 2421 Measuring of Resilient Floor Planks by Dial Gage

Guides

(A compendium of information or series of options that does not recommend a specific course of action)
E 1907 Methods of Evaluating Moisture Conditions of Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Floor Coverings

To obtain these standards visit the ASTM website at www.astm.org or telephone 610 832-9500 or fax 610 832-9555