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Polished concrete floor build up - concrete sub slab needed?

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Hello, we are planning for a polished concrete floor. I had a question as to whether the subfloor slab is required or not, as we'll already be laying 100mm of concrete at the top... 

 
  • 100mm polished concrete (poured over UFH pipes)
  • Vapour control layer
  • 200mm EPS insulation
  • DPM
  • 100mm concrete subfloor slab --> Do we need this? If we are pouring concrete as the final layer, is the subslab needed?
  • Hardcore
 
 

There was a similar thread last week regarding this.

I personally can’t see the point in double slabs if the ground is good and compacted hardcore is there.

bbut if I remember correctly one or moreBCO’s had wanted the sub slab

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Thanks @markc -  that's useful to validate my thinking. I've pinged our BCO to get their view too. 

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