Florentine® Polished Finish

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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 - 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 see Table 3 in the Forticrete Masonry Design Guide

Manufacturing Tolerance
D1
length +2,-2mm
width +1,-3mm
height +2,-2mm

Category: I

Thermal Properties
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 Leakage: <3.5m³/hr/m²

Florentine® 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).

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NOTE: the shaded grey area denotes the polished or burnished surface as standard. Other surfaces may be polished or burnished to order. Additional requirements for polishing or burnishing should be indicated on the architects drawing. Florentine® and Venezia^TM units are polished or burnished following cutting in the factory and should not be cut on-site. Non-standard lengths can be supplied pre-cut and polished or burnished to order. The thicknesses indicated are nominal, as actual thicknesses will be reduced by approximately 2mm during polishing or burnishing.

Other special shapes are available to order - click here to see the full range.

To obtain samples either call our Thornley office or complete the online form.

Recent Projects completed using Florentine® Masonry:

• Cambuslang Gate, Glasgow
• University of Dundee