TYPICAL WEIGHTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS





Material
Weight (Kg/Sqm)
BRICKS,BLOCKS and Paving
Caly Brick-102.5mm
Low Density
                      205.00
Medium density
                      221.00
High density
238.00
Calcium silicate brickwork-102.5mm
                      205.00
Cnoncrete block work,aerated
                        78.00
Cnoncrete block work,light weight aggregate
                      129.00
Concrete flagstones (50mm)
                      115.00
Glass Blocks (100mm thick) 150X150
                        98.00
Glass Blocks (100mm thick) 200X200
                        83.00
ROOFING
Thatching (300mm thick)
  40.00
Tiles-Plain Clay
                        63.50
Tiles-Plain Concrete
                        93.00
Tiles single lap concrete
                        49.00
Tile battens (50X25) and felt underlay
7.70
Bituminous felt underlay
                         1.00
Bituminous felt ,sanded topcoat
                         2.70
3 Layers bituminous felt
                         4.80
HD/PE breather membrane under lay
 0.20
SHEET MATERIALS
Aluminium (0.9mm)
                         2.50
Copper (0.9mm)
                         4.88
Cork board (standard )per 25mm thickness
                         4.33
Cork board (compressed )per 25mm thickness
                         9.65
Hardboard (3.2mm)
                         3.40
Glass (3mm)
                         7.30
Lead (1.32mm-code 3)
                        14.97
Lead (3.15mm-code 7)
 35.72
Particle board /Chipboard (12 mm)
                         9.26
Particle board /Chipboard (22 mm)
                        16.82
Planking,Softwood strip flooring (ex.25mm)
                        11.20
Planking,hardwood strip flooring (ex.25mm)
                        16.10
Plasterboard (9.5mm)
                         8.30
Plasterboard (12.5mm)
                        11.00
Plasterboard (19mm)
                        17.00
Plywood per 25mm
                         1.75
PVC Floor tiling (2.5mm)
                         3.90
strawboard (25mm)
                         9.80
weatherboarding (20mm)
                         7.68
woodwool (25mm)
  14.50
Glass fibre thermal (100 mm)
                         2.00
Glass fibre acoustic (100 mm)
                         4.00
APPLIED MATERIALS
Asphalte (18mm)
                        42.00
Plaster,2 coat work
                        22.00
STRUCTURAL TIMBER
Rafters and joists (100X50 @ 400 c/c)
                         5.87
Floor Joists (225X50 @ 400 C/C)
                        14.93


DENSITIES
Material
Approx.Density (Kg/Cum)
Cement
                   1,440.00
Concrete aerated
                      640.00
Concrete Broken brick
                   2,000.00
Concrete natural aggregates
                   2,300.00
Concrete no-fines
                   1,760.00
Concrete reinforced
                   2,400.00
Metals
Aluminium
                   2,770.00
Copper
                   8,730.00
Lead
                  11,325.00
Steel
                   7,850.00
Timer (Softwood /Pine)
 480 (average)
Timer (hardwood eg.maple,teak,oak
 720(average)
Water
                   1,000.0