Novastone
A fine textured masonry finish with time-weathered appeal. Novastone is a range of components which will give you that natural, weathered appeal from the day they are laid, enabling brand new buildings to blend into established surroundings with impressive ease. Available in the broadest variety of shapes and sizes, Novastone is yet another true innovation from Forticrete.
For sales enquiries please contact our Thornley 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 - Fire Resistance
- Sitework - Cleaning Procedures
- Sitework - Site Preparation
Mean Compressive Strength (air
dry):
Solid: 17.5 N/mm²
Hollow: 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
Novastone 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).
Please contact our Thornley office for further information on the range of products available in Novastone.
The reproduction of colour is as close as possible within the photographic processess. To obtain samples please call our Thornley office or complete the online request form.
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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 |
