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Most common materials: Material Blockwork Brickwork Concrete Glass Steel Timber Description Lightweight London stock Normal reinforcement Clear float Mild Softwood Weight in kN/m2 U.N.O. 10 kN/m3 19 kN/m3 24 kN/m3 25 kN/m3 78 kN/m3 6 kN/m3
Full list of materials: Material A Aggregate Aluminium Description Thickness/ quantity of unit Weight in kN/m2 U.N.O.
Asphalt
0.8 mm 25 mm
3 layers and vapour barrier Sheet Aerated concrete Dense aggregate Lightweight On shelves Bulk Cast Blue Engineering Fletton London stock Sand lime Cast 18 mm
0.11 11-13 kN/m3 0.11 5-9 kN/m3 20 kN/m3 7-14 kN/m3 7 kN/m3 8-11 kN/m3 85 kN/m3 24 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 19 kN/m3 21 kN/m3 83 kN/m3
Sheet Sheet Flat roof finish Undisturbed Aerated Lightweight aggregate Normal reinforced Loose lump Cast Longstrip roofing Granulated
0.6 mm
23 kN/m3 15 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 7 kN/m3 0.12 0.15 0.05 19 kN/m3 10 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 24 kN/m3 9 kN/m3 87 kN/m3 0.05 1 kN/m3
Steel framing
0.1
Felt
50 mm
G Glass
100 mm
Loose Undisturbed
16 kN/m3 25 kN/m3 0.3 0.52 0.01 194 kN/m3 27.3 kN/m3 16 kN/m3 21 kN/m3
Greenheart Oak Iroko, teak Mahogany Including ribs & mortar (but not topping)
I Insulation
Iron Ivory
100 mm 150 mm 25 mm
L Lead
Lime
Linoleum M Macadam Magnesium Metal roof cladding MDF Mercury Mortar Mud P Partitions
Cast Sheet Sheet Hydrate (bags) Lump/quick (powder) Mortar (putty) Sheet
1.8 mm 3.2 mm
3.2 mm
21 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.07 8 kN/m3 136 kN/m3 17-18 kN/m3 17-20 kN/m3
Plastered brick Medium dense plastered block Plaster board on timber stud Single glazed Double glazed Cast iron or concrete framed Plasterboard Plasterboard Wallboard and skim coat Lath and plaster Traditional lime plaster Traditional lath + plaster ceiling Plasterboard on timber stud Plastered brick 102 + 2 x 13mm
100 mm 12.5 mm 19 mm 13 mm 19 mm
2.6 2.0 0.35 0.26-0.3 0.52 1.5 11 kN/m3 0.09 0.15 0.12 0.25 20 kN/m3 0.5 0.35 2.6
Plastic Plywood
Plastered medium density block Corrugated Sheet Sheet Expanded sheet Beam and block + 50 mm topping Hollowcore plank Hollowcore plank Hollowcore plank Solid plank plus 50 mm topping 12.5 mm 19 mm 150-225 mm 150 mm 200 mm 250-450 mm 75-300 mm
2.0 0.04 7 kN/m3 0.08 0.12 0.2 kN/m3 1.8-3.3 2.4 2.8 3.7-5.5 3.7-7.4
12.5 mm
0.32
Heavy duty Medium weight Lightweight 250-500 mm Clay - plain Clay pantile Concrete Slate
S Sand Screed
Soils
T&G (Tongue and Groove) T&G (Tongue and Groove) Battens for slating & tiling 25 mm T&G boards on 100x50 timber joists @ 400 crs 25 mm T&G boards on 250x50 timber joists @ 400 crs Loose sand & gravels Dense sand & gravels Soft/firm clays & silts Stiff clays and silts Longstrip Mild Cornish (Cornwall) Rublislaw (Grampian) Bath (Wiltshire) Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) Portland (Dorset) Italian Bramley Fell (West Yorkshire) Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire) Dalrey Dale or Kerridge (Derbyshire) Welsh Aluminium Steel
15.5 mm 22 mm
0.09 0.12 0.03 0.23 0.33 16 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 21 kN/m3 0.05 78 kN/m3 26 kN/m3 25 kN/m3 21 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 27 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 24 kN/m3 23-25 kN/m3 28 kN/m3 0.05 0.1
0.4 mm
Marble Sandstone
325-525 mm
0.8 mm
72 kN/m3 0.06