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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
Aluminium - Bronze
76.00 kN/m3
Aluminium - Cast alloy
27.00 kN/m3
Asphalt - Paving/Roofing
21.00 kN/m3
Ballast
See Gravel
Balsa wood
1.00 kN/m3
Bitumen
11.00-13.00 kN/m3
Blockwork - Aerated concrete
5.00-9.00 kN/m3
Blockwork - Dense aggregate
20.00 kN/m3
Blockwork - Lightweight
7.00-14.00 kN/m3
Books - Bulk
8.00-11.00 kN/m3
Books - On shelves
7.00 kN/m3
Brass Cast
85.00 kN/m3
Brickwork - Blue
24.00 kN/m3
Brickwork - Engineering
22.00 kN/m3
Brickwork - Fletton
18.00 kN/m3
Brickwork - London stock
19.00 kN/m3
Brickwork - Sand lime
21.00 kN/m3
Bronze Cast
83.00 kN/m3
Cast stone
23.00 kN/m3
Cement
15.00 kN/m3
Chalk
22.00 kN/m3
Chippboard
7.00 kN/m3
Clay Undisturbed
19.00 kN/m3
Coal Loose lump
9.00 kN/m3
Concrete - Aerated
10.00 kN/m3
Concrete - Lightweight aggregate
18.00 kN/m3
Concrete - Normal reinforced
24.00 kN/m3
Copper Cast
87.00 kN/m3
Cork Granulated
1.00 kN/m3
Felt Insulating
1.00 kN/m3
Glass Clear float
25.00 kN/m3
Glass Crushed/refuse
16.00 kN/m3
Gold
194.00 kN/m3
Granite
27.30 kN/m3
Granite - Bath (Wiltshire)
26.00 kN/m3
Granite - Mansfield (Nottinghamshire)
25.00 kN/m3
Gravel - Loose
16.00 kN/m3
Gravel - Undisturbed
21.00 kN/m3
Hardboard
6.00-8.00 kN/m3
Hardcore
19.00 kN/m3
Hardwood - Greenheart
10.00 kN/m3
Hardwood - Iroko-teak
7.00 kN/m3
Hardwood - Mahogany
6.00 kN/m3
Hardwood - Oak
8.00 kN/m3
Hollow clay pot slabs
15.00 kN/m3
Iron - Cast
72.00 kN/m3
Iron - Wrought
77.00 kN/m3
Ivory
19.00 kN/m3
Lead Cast
114.00 kN/m3
Lime - Hydrate (bags)
6.00 kN/m3
Lime - Lump/quick (powder)
10.00 kN/m3
Lime - Mortar (putty)
18.00 kN/m3
Limestone - Bath (Wiltshire)
21.00 kN/m3
Limestone - Mansfield (Nottinghamshire)
22.00 kN/m3
Limestone - Portland (Dorset)
22.00 kN/m3
MDF Sheet
8.00 kN/m3
Macadam Paving
21.00 kN/m3
Magnesium
18.00 kN/m3
Mercury
136.00 kN/m3
Mortar
17.00-18.00 kN/m3
Mud
17.00-20.00 kN/m3
Patent Glazing
25.00 kN/m3
Peat
11.00 kN/m3
Plaster
9.00 kN/m3
Plaster Traditional lime
20.00 kN/m3
Plywood
7.00 kN/m3
Polystyrene Expanded sheet
2.00 kN/m3
Roofing tiles Clay - plain
19.00 kN/m3
Roofing tiles Clay pantile
19.00 kN/m3
Roofing tiles Concrete
24.00 kN/m3
Roofing tiles Slate
28.00 kN/m3
Sand Dry/loose
16.00 kN/m3
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
Soils - Loose sand & gravels
16.00 kN/m3
Soils - Soft/firm clays and silts
18.00 kN/m3
Soils - Stiff clays and silts
21.00 kN/m3
Steel Mild
78.00 kN/m3
Stone - Granite Cornish (Cornwall)
26.00 kN/m3
Stone - Granite Rublislaw (Grampian)
25.00 kN/m3
Terracotta Terracotta
18.00 kN/m3
Terrazzo Paving
22.00 kN/m3
Timber - C16
3.60 kN/m3
Timber - C24
4.10 kN/m3
Timber - Softwood
6.00 kN/m3
Water Fresh
10.00 kN/m3
Woodwool slabs Standard
6.00 kN/m3
Zinc Cast
72.00 kN/m3
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