ASTM Committee Announces Critical pH Testing Standard Guide for Resilient Flooring Installation

ASTM Committee F06 on Resilient Floor Coverings member, Dean Craft, a principal with ISE Logik, announces the passage of a new standard guide to evaluate the potential impact of soluble alkali salts in the near surface region of a concrete slab. Craft and the entire F06 team worked for over six years to gain passage of this new standard.

According to the new guide, “there is typically a higher concentration of soluble alkali salts in the surface region of a concrete slab due to the initial bleeding process of a freshly placed concrete slab. If after a resilient floor covering material is installed there is sufficient moisture to place these salts into solution, a potentially damaging, high pH situation can develop beneath the installed material.”