Textured
A WEATHERED APPEAL IN 18 NATURAL COLOURS
Textured masonry adds a natural weathered appeal in no less than 18 colour variations and has been setting the standards of aesthetic quality and dimensional accuracy for over five decades.
Within the Textured range there is also the ability to manufacture two alternative face options:
Recent developments have also meant the addition of two new colours to the range, Steel Grey and Limestone. Limestone was originally a special colour produced for Welbeck College at Loughborough and has now been incorporated into the range.
For all sales enquiries please contact our Thornley Customer Service office
Additional Information
Forticrete's Design and Sitework guides provide a comprehensive tool to assist both the designer and end user with the information needed to create impressive buildings.
As a quick reference useful sections from these guides can be downloaded below, as an alternative to the full guides (listed on the document tab).
- Design - Modular Design
- Design - Movement Control
- Design - Fixing and Detailing
- Design - Reinforced Masonry Lintels
- Design - Fire Resistance
- Sitework - Cleaning Procedures
- Sitework - Site Preparation
Mean Compressive Strength (air
dry):
Solid: 17.5 N/mm²
Hollow/cellular: 10.4 N/mm²
Net Dry Density*: 2100 kg/m³
*For Gross Dry Densities, please refer to Table 3
in the Forticrete
Masonry Design Guide
Manufacturing Tolerance:
D1 (+2,-2mm in
all directions)
Category: I
Thermal Properties
as CIBSE Guide A table
3.1:
Protected: 1.46 W/mK
Exposed: 1.56 W/mK
Durability:
see table 12: BS 5628-3:2005
Water Absorption:
<75 g/m²/s0.5
Moisture Movement:
0.45mm/m
Water Vapour Permeability:
(tabulated from EN 1745): 5/15µ
Reaction to Fire:
Euroclass A1
Shear Bond Strength:
(tabulated from EN 998-2:2003 Annex C)
0.15 N/mm²
Configuration to BS EN 1996-1-1
Solid: Group 1
Hollow/Cellular: Group 2
Air Leakeage:
Solid: <5m³/hr/m²
Hollow/Cellular <7.5m³/hr/m²
Textured masonry is manufactured from a carefully controlled mixture of aggregates and cement in accordance with BS EN 771-3:2003 'Specification for masonry units' and meets the statutory requirements of the relevant sections of The Building Regulations 2000 and The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (amended 2001).
Download Textured Specification
For Textured units, the darker tint areas on the illustrations indicate faces which are Textured as standard. Additional requirements for Texturing should be indicated on the architects drawing. The additional finishing process ensures that factory cut faces have an appearance complementary to the other finished faces.
Other special shapes are available to order - click here to see the full range.
The reproduction of colour is as close as possible within the
photographic processess. To obtain samples either call our Thornley office or complete the
online form. 
Recent Projects completed using Textured masonry:
- Welbeck College, Loughborough
- St Benedicts, Primary School, Redcar
- Camden Street, Newcastle
- K2 Sports Centre, Crawley
- St Maurice's Comprehensive, Cumbernauld
- Darlington College
- LES Music School, Loughborough
- Nominet Offices, Oxford Science Park
- Dixons City Academy, Bradford
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Texture and Fairface Brochure (858 KB) | Click here to download |
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Size & Weights brochure (1471 KB) | Click here to download |
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Case Study - Royal Skandia - Isle of Man - Textured (68 KB) | Click here to download |
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Textured NBS (87 KB) | Click here to download |
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Masonry Design Guide (1615 KB) | Click here to download |
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Masonry Sitework Guide (1085 KB) | Click here to download |
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COSHH Data Sheet - Masonry - Aug 2007 (43 KB) | Click here to download |
