What are the IS Codes used for Flooring, Wall Finishing And Roofing?

Here is the list of the Indian Standard codes required by an engineers if they are looking for Flooring, Wall Finishing And Roofing. These IS Codes Cover the field of flooring made of materials such as concrete, concrete tiles, magnesium oxychloride, linoleum, rubber, bitumen mastic and plastics; acid and alkali resisting flooring including acid resisting plasters, wall finishing, bitumen impregnated roofing sheets, plastics based roofing sheets etc. But these exclude metal and asbestos cement sheets.

IS 653:1992 Specification for linoleum sheets and tiles

IS 657:1982 Specification for materials for use in the manufacture of magnesium oxychloride flooring compositions

IS 658:1982 Code of practice for magnesium oxychloride composition floors

IS 809:1992 Specification for rubber flooring materials for general purposes

IS 1195:2002 Bitumen-mastic for flooring – Specification

IS 1196:1978 Code of practice for laying bitumen mastic flooring

IS 1197:1970 Code of practice for laying of rubber floors

IS 1198:1982 Code of practice for laying, fixing and maintenance of linoleum floors

IS 1237:1980 Specification for cement concrete flooring tiles

IS 1443:1972 Code of practice for laying and finishing of cement concrete flooring tiles

IS 1542:1992 Specification for sand for plaster

IS 1630:1984 Specification for mason’s tools for plaster work and pointing work

IS 1661:1972 Code of practice for application of cement and cement-lime plaster finishes

IS 2114:1984 Code of practice for laying in-situ terrazzo floor finish

IS 2394:1984 Code of practice for application of lime plaster finish

IS 2571:1970 Code of practice for laying in-situ cement concrete flooring

IS 3461:1980 Specification for PVC asbestos floor tiles

IS 3462:1986 Specification for unbacked flexible PVC flooring

IS 3464:1986 Methods of test for plastic flooring and wall tiles

IS 4441:1980 Code of practice for use of silicate type chemical resistant mortars

IS 4442:1980 Code of practice for use of sulphur type chemical resistant mortars

IS 4443:1980 Code of practice for use of resin type chemical resistant mortars

IS 4456(Part I):1967 Methods of test for chemical resistant mortars:Part I Silicate type and resin type

IS 4456(Part II):1967 Methods of test for chemical resistant mortars:Part II Sulphur type

IS 4457:2007 Ceramic unglazed vitreous acid resisting tile – Specification

IS 4631:1986 Code of practice for laying of epoxy resin floor toppings

IS 4832(Part I):1969 Specification for chemical resistant mortars: Part I Silicate type

IS 4832(Part II):1969 Specification for chemical resistant mortars: Part II Resin type

IS 4832(Part III):1968 Specification for chemical resistant mortars: Part III Sulphur type

IS 4860:1968 Specification for acid-resistant bricks

IS 4971:2007 Recommendations for selection of industrial floor finishes

IS 5317:2002 Specification for pitch-mastic for bridge decking and roads

IS 5318:1969 Code of practice for laying of flexible PVC sheet and tile flooring

IS 5491:1969 Code of practice for laying of in-situ granolithic concrete floor topping

IS 5766:1970 Code of practice for laying burnt clay brick flooring

IS 7956:1975 Recommendations for selection of dairy floor

IS 8374:1977 Specification for bitumen mastic, anti-static and electrically conducting grade

IS 9162:1979 Methods of tests for epoxy resins, hardeners and epoxy resin compositions for floor topping

IS 9197:1979 Specification for epoxy resin, hardners and epoxy resin compositions for floor topping

IS 9510:1980 Specification for bitumen mastic, acid-resisting

IS 9704:1980 Methods of tests for linoleum sheets and tiles

IS 10132:1982 Method of test for materials for use in the preparation of magnesium oxychloride flooring

IS 10403:1983 Glossary of terms relating to building finishes

IS 12583:1988 Specification for corrugated bitumen roofing sheets

IS 12866:1989 Specification for plastic translucent sheets made from thermo-setting polyester resin (glass fibre

IS 13026:1991 Specification for bitumen mastic for flooring for industries handling LPG and other light hydrocarbon products

IS 13074:1991 Code of practice for laying of bitumen mastic flooring for industries handling LPG and other light hydrocarbon products

IS 13630(Part 1):2006| 10545-2 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 1 Determination of dimensions and surface quality

IS 13630(Part 2):2006 | 10545-3 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 2 Determination of water absorption and bulk density

IS 13630(Part 3):2006 | 10545-10 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 3 Determination of moisture expansion using boiling water

IS 13630(Part 4):2006| 10545-8 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 4 Determination of linear thermal expansion

IS 13630(Part 5):2006 | 10545-9 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 5 Determination of resistance to thermal shock

IS 13630(Part 6):2006 | 10545-4 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 6 Determination of modulus of rupture and breaking strength

IS 13630(Part 7):2006 | 10545-13 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 7 Determination of chemical resistance unglazed tiles (first revision)

IS 13630(Part 8):2006| 10545-13&14 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling andBasis for Acceptance Part 8 Determination of chemical resistance glazed tiles

IS 13630(Part 9):2006| 10545-11 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 9 Determination of crazomg resistance – glazed tiles

IS 13630(Part 10):2006| 10545-12 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 10 Determination of frost resistance

IS 13630(Part 11):2006 | 10545-7 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 11 Determination of resistance of surface abrasion – Glazed tiles

IS 13630(Part 12):2006| 10545-6 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 12 Determination of resistance to deep abrasion – Unglazed tiles

IS 13630(Part 13):2006 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 13 Determination of scratch hardness of surface according to MOHS

IS 13630(Part 14):2006 | 10545-5 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 14 Determination of impact resistance by measurement of coefficient

IS 13630(Part 15):2006 | 10545-1 Ceramic Tiles – Methods of Test, Sampling and Basis for Acceptance Part 15 Ceramic tiles sampling and basis for acceptance

IS 13712:2006 | ISO 13006 Ceramic tiles – Definitions, classifications, characteristics and marking

IS 13801:1993 Chequered cement concrete tiles – Specification

IS 15193:2002 Code of practice for laying of pitch-mastic flooring for industries handling heavy hydrocarbon product like kerosene, diesel and furnace oil

IS 15194:2002 Pitch-mastic flooring and industries handling heavy hydrocarbon products like kerosene, diesel and furnace oil – Specification

IS 15224:2002 Laying of plastic translucent sheets made from thermosetting polyester resin (glass fibre reinforced) alone or in conjunction with asbestos cement sheets/steel sheets/aluminium sheets – Code of practice

IS 15401:2003 Wall coverings in roll forms – Vocabulary

IS 15418:2003 Wall coverings in roll form for finished wall papers, wall vinyls and plastic wall coverings – Specification

IS 15622:2006 |ISO 13006 Pressed ceramic tiles – Specification (Superseding| IS 13753, IS 13754, IS 13755 and IS 13756)

IS 15658:2006 Precast concrete blocks for paving – Specification

This list is updated as on September 2, 2011 on engineeringcivil.com. We have tried to list all Indian Standard Codes but might have missed a few. If you know any code which we have missed, just comment below and help us add it in this list.

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