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Typical weight of building materials
A list of the most common building materials in the UK and their self weights
Material | Weight |
|---|---|
Sand Wet/compact | 19.00 kN/m3 |
Sandstone - Bramley Fell (West Yorkshire) | 22.00 kN/m3 |
Sandstone - Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire) | 27.00 kN/m3 |
Sandstone Dalrey Dale or Kerridge (Derbyshire) | 23.00-25.00 kN/m3 |
Screed Sand/cement | 22.00 kN/m3 |
Slate Slab | 28.00 kN/m3 |
Slate Steel | 28.00 kN/m3 |
Slate Welsh | 28.00 kN/m3 |
Snow Fresh | 1.00 kN/m3 |
Snow Wet/compacted | 3.00 kN/m3 |
Softwood | 6.00 kN/m3 |
Soils - Dense sand & gravels | 22.00 kN/m3 |
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