Typical weights of building materials (weights are based on materials available in United Kingdom)
Most common materials: Material
Description
Weight in kN/m2 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
Full list of materials: Material A Aggregate Aluminium
Asphalt
B
Description
Cast alloy Longstrip roofing Bronze Roofing - 2 layers Paving
Thickness/ quantity of unit
0.8 mm 25 mm
Weight in kN/m2 U.N.O.
16 kN/m3 27 kN/m3 0.022 76 kN/m3 0.58 21 kN/m3
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 London stock Sand lime Cast
18 mm
C Cast stone Cement Chalk Chippboard
Cork
Sheet Sheet Flat roof finish Undisturbed Aerated Lightweight aggregate Normal reinforced Loose lump Cast Longstrip roofing Granulated
F False ceiling
Steel framing
Chippings Clay Concrete
Coal Copper
18mm 22mm 1 layer
0.6 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
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
0.1
Felt
G Glass
Glass wool Gold Granite Gravel
H Hardboard Hardcore Hardwood
Hollow clay pot slabs
I Insulation
Iron Ivory
Roofing underlay Insulating 3 layer plus chippings
50 mm
0.015 0.05 0.35
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)
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
Crushed/refuse Clear float Single glazing Double glazing Quilt
Glass fibre Glass fibre Polystyrene Rockwool Cast Wrought
300 mm thick overall 100 mm thick overall
100 mm 150 mm 25 mm
0.02 0.03 0.04 0.01 72 kN/m3 77 kN/m3 19 kN/m3
L Lead
Lime
Linoleum M Macadam Magnesium Metal roof cladding MDF Mercury Mortar Mud P Partitions
Patent glazing Pavement stones Peat Plaster
Cast Sheet Sheet Hydrate (bags) Lump/quick (powder) Mortar (putty) Sheet
1.8 mm 3.2 mm
3.2 mm
Paving
114 kN/m3 0.21 0.36 6 kN/m3 10 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.05
21 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.07 8 kN/m3 136 kN/m3 17-18 kN/m3 17-20 kN/m3
Alloys Sheet
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
12.5 mm 19 mm 13 mm 19 mm
100 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
Polystyrene Precast concrete
Q Quarry tiles R Raised floors
Ribbed slab Roofing tiles
S Sand Screed
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
Including mortar & bedding
12.5 mm
0.32
Heavy duty Medium weight Lightweight 250-500 mm Clay - plain Clay pantile Concrete Slate
Dry, loose Wet, compact Sand/cement 50 mm 75 mm
Slate Snow Softwood
Slab Fresh Wet, compacted
0.5 0.4 0.3 4.0-5.7 0.77 0.42 0.51 0.3
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
Soils
Stainless steel roofing Steel Stone Granite Limestone
Marble Sandstone
Slate Suspended ceiling
T Timber Terracotta Terrazzo Thatch W
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
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 Aluminium Steel
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
C16 C24
3.6 kN/m3 4.1 kN/m3 18 kN/m3 0.42 0.45
Paving Including battens
20 mm 305 mm
Waffle slab Water Woodwool slabs Z Zinc
Standard moulds Fresh
Cast Longstrip roofing
325-525 mm
0.8 mm
6.0-8.6 10 kN/m3 6 kN/m3
72 kN/m3 0.06