Weight of Building Materials

(A) BLOCKWORK, WALLING WEIGHT

1 Clay, hollow per 1" thick 25.9 kg/sq.m
2 Concrete, per 1" thick 34.7 kg/sq.m
3 Concrete, solid per 1" thick 54.7 kg/sq.m

4 Lightweight Concrete
Hollow per 1 thick 25.9 kg/sq.m
Solid per 1 thick 32.2 kg/sq.m

5 Breeze Block
3" thick 43.9 kg/sq.m
4" thick 53.2 kg/sq.m

(B) BRICKWORK
1 Common brick 2,002kg/cu.m
2 Glazed 2,082kg/cu.m
3 Heavy Pressed Brick 2,243kg/cu.m
4 Engineering, Dense 2,403kg/cu.m

(C) GLASS
Per 1/4
" of thickness 17.1kg/sq.m

(D) GLASS FIBER

Thermal Insulation 1" thickness 0.5kg/sq.m

(E) GLAZING, PATENT

1/4 " Glass including lead covered
21 Steel bars at 24" centres 29.3 kg/sq.m
3 Aluminium Alloy bars at 24" centres 19.5 kg/sq.m

(F) PLASTER
1 Acoustic 1/2" thick 9.8kg/sq.m
2 Fibrous 5/8" thick 14.6Kg/sq.m
3 Gypsum 1/2" thick 21.9kg/sq.m
4 Lime 1/2" thick 24.4kg/sq.m
*(Add 1.3 lb/sq. ft for wood or metal lathing)

(G) CONCRETE
1 Natural Aggregates 2,307kg/cu.m
2 Brick 2,002kg/cu.m
3 Clinker 1,522kg/cu.m
4 Pumice 1,121kg/cu.m
5 Reinforced Concrete (about 2% steel) 2,403kg/cu.m

(H) COPPER ROOFING SHEET

24 S.W.G as laid 6.5 kg/sq.m
 (I) CORRUGATED STEEL SHEETING
1 Galvanised 18 B.G as laid 13.7 kg/sq.m
2 Protected 20 B.G as laid 15.6 kg/sq.m

(J) CAST IRON 7,208 kg/cu.m

(K) STEEL, MILD 7,849 kg/cu.m

(L) STONE
1 Bath Stone 2,082 kg/cu.m
2 Portland Stone 2,243 kg/cu.m
3 Marble 2,723 kg/cu.m
4 Sandstone, medium 2,323 kg/cu.m
5 Granite, medium 2,643 kg/cu.m
6 Ballast 1,760 kg/cu.m
7 Gravel 1,920 kg/cu.m

(M) TILING ROOF

1 Clay or concrete roof, plainlaid to 4" gauge 63.5 70.8 kg/sq.m
2 Concrete roof,interlocking 48.8 kg/sq.m

(N) TIMBER, SEASONED

1 Hardwoods Teak,Oak 720.8 kg/cu.m
2 Pitchpine (longleaf dense) 672.8 kg/cu.m
3 Softwoods Pine,Spruce, Douglas Fir 480.6 kg/cu.m

(O) SAND
1 Dry sand, fine 1.28 tonne/cu.m
2 Dry sand, coarse 1.60 tonne/cu.m