Sparstone Rugged Texture

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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

Gross Dry Density:
Textured: Please refer to Table 3 in the Forticrete Masonry Design Guide
Split: 2090 kg/m³

Manufacturing Tolernace:
D1
Textured: +2,-2mm in all directions
Split: length +2,-2mm
height +2,-2mm

Category: I

Thermal Peoperties
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 Perrmeability:
abulated 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 EN 1996-1-1:
Solid: Group 1
Hollow/Cellular Group 2

Air Leakage: <7.5m³/hr/m²

Sparstone 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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