Unit Mass of Building Materials based on BS 648

Asphalt
Roofing 19mm thick42 Kg/m²
Damp-Proofing 19mm thick41 Kg/m²
Road & Footpath 19mm thick44 Kg/m²
Bitumen Roofing Felt
Mineral Surface Bitumen 3.5 Kg/m²
Blockwork
Solid 25mm thick stone aggregate55 Kg/m²
Areated 25mm thick stone aggregate 15 Kg/m²
Board
Blockboard 25mm thick12.5 Kg/m²
Brickwork
Solid clay 25mm thick55 Kg/m²
Solid concrete 25mm thick59 Kg/m²
Cast stone 2250 Kg/m³
Concrete2400 Kg/m³
Flagstones
Concrete 50mm thick120 Kg/m²
Glass fibre
25mm thick slab2 – 5 Kg/m²
Gypsum panels and partitions
Building panels 75mm thick44 Kg/m²
Lead
Sheet 2.5mm thick30 Kg/m²
Linoleum
3 mm thick 6 Kg/m²
Plaster
Gypsum. 13mm thick22 Kg/m²
Plastic sheeting corrugated4.5 Kg/m²
Plywood ( per mm thick)0.7 Kg/m²
Reinforced concrete2400 Kg/m²
Rendering
Cement : sand (1:3) 13 mm thick30 Kg/m²
Screeding
Cement : sand (1:3) 13 mm thick30 Kg/m²
Slate tiles
(Depending upon thickness & source)(24 – 78) Kg/m³
Steel
Solid mild steel 7850 Kg/m³
Corrugated roofing sheets per mm thick10 Kg/m²
Tarmacadam (25 mm thick)60 Kg/m²
Terrazzo (25 mm thick)54 Kg/m²
Tiling / roof
Clay70 Kg/m²
Timber
Softwood590 Kg/m³
Hardwood1250 Kg/m³
Water1000 Kg/m³
Wood wool
Slabs 25mm thick15 Kg/m²

Unit Mass of Building Materials

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