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Typical weights of building materials (weights are based on materials available in United Kingdom)

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Most common materials: Material

Description

Weight in kN/m 2 U.N.O.

Blockwork Brickwork Concrete Glass Steel Timber

Lightweight London stock Normal reinforcement Clear float Mild Softwood

10 kN/m3 19 kN/m3 24 kN/m3 25 kN/m3 78 kN/m3 6 kN/m3

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Full list of materials: Material

Description

Thickness/ quantity of unit

Weight in kN/m 2 U.N.O.

A Aggregate Aluminium

Asphalt

Cast alloy Longstrip roofing Bronze Roofing - 2 layers Paving

0.8 mm 25 mm

16 kN/m3 27 kN/m3 0.022 76 kN/m3 0.58 21 kN/m3

B Bituminous felt roofing Bitumen Blockboard Blockwork

Books Brass Brickwork

Bronze

3 layers and vapour barrier Sheet Aerated concrete Dense aggregate Lightweight On shelves Bulk Cast Blue Engineering Fletton

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

London stock Sand lime Cast

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

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

C Cast stone Cement Chalk Chippboard

Chippings Clay Concrete

Coal Copper Cork

18mm 22mm 1 layer

0.6 mm

F False ceiling Felt

Steel framing Roofing underlay Insulating 3 layer plus chippings

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50 mm

0.1 0.015 0.05 0.35

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0.35

Crushed/refuse Clear float Single glazing Double glazing Quilt

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)

300 mm thick overall 100 mm thick overall

6-8 kN/m3 19 kN/m3 10 kN/m3 8 kN/m3 7 kN/m3 6 kN/m3 12 kN/m3 15 kN/m3

Glass fibre Glass fibre

100 mm 150 mm

0.02 0.03

G Glass

Glass wool Gold Granite Gravel

100 mm

H Hardboard Hardcore Hardwood

Hollow clay pot slabs

I Insulation

Iron

Polystyrene Rockwool Cast Wrought

25 mm

Ivory

0.04 0.01 72 kN/m3 77 kN/m3 19 kN/m3

L Lead

Lime

Linoleum

Cast Sheet Sheet Hydrate (bags) Lump/quick (powder) Mortar (putty) Sheet

1.8 mm 3.2 mm

3.2 mm

114 kN/m3 0.21 0.36 6 kN/m3 10 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.05

M Macadam Magnesium Metal roof cladding MDF Mercury Mortar Mud

Paving

21 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.07 8 kN/m3 136 kN/m3 17-18 kN/m3 17-20 kN/m3

Alloys Sheet

P Partitions

Patent glazing Pavement stones Peat Plaster

Plastic Plywood

Polystyrene Precast concrete

Plastered brick Medium dense plastered block Plaster board on timber stud Single glazed Double glazed Cast iron or concrete framed

102 + 2 x 13 mm 100 + 2 x 13 mm 100 + 2 x 13 mm

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 Plastered medium density block Corrugated

12.5 mm 19 mm 13 mm 19 mm

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

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100 mm

150-225 mm 150 mm 200 mm 250-450 mm 75-300 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 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

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Q Quarry tiles

Including mortar & bedding

12.5 mm

0.32

R Raised floors

Ribbed slab Roofing tiles

Heavy duty Medium weight Lightweight 250-500 mm Clay - plain Clay pantile Concrete Slate

0.5 0.4 0.3 4.0-5.7 0.77 0.42 0.51 0.3

S Sand Screed

Dry, loose Wet, compact Sand/cement 50 mm 75 mm

Slate Snow

Slab Fresh Wet, compacted

Softwood

Soils

Stainless steel roofing Steel Stone Granite Limestone

Marble Sandstone

Slate Suspended ceiling

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

15.5 mm 22 mm

16 kN/m3 19 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 1.15 1.8 28 kN/m3 1 kN/m3 3 kN/m3 6 kN/m3 0.09 0.12 0.03 0.23 0.33

0.4 mm

16 kN/m3 22 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 21 kN/m3 0.05 78 kN/m3

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

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

Aluminium Steel

0.05 0.1

C16

3.6 kN/m3

C24

4.1 kN/m3 18 kN/m3

T Timber Terracotta Terrazzo Thatch

Paving Including battens

20 mm 305 mm

0.42 0.45

Standard moulds Fresh

325-525 mm

6.0-8.6 10 kN/m3

W Waffle slab Water Woodwool slabs

6 kN/m3

Z Zinc

Cast Longstrip roofing

72 kN/m3 0.8 mm

0.06

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