Zonolite lightweight insulating concrete.
Vermiculite concrete roof deck.
Structural concrete deck a cast in place concrete deck serves as an integral part of the structure and is designed to carry heavy loads normal weight concrete is typically used for cast in place construction.
Vermiculite is formed by hydration of certain basaltic minerals.
Vermiculite concrete roof screeds should be protected with a minimum of 13mm inch sand cement.
Vermiculite concrete roof screeds are suitable for concrete flat slab low pitched and barrel vault roofs and those constructed of wood wool slabs hollow tile or pre cast concrete beams.
These systems will use a lightweight concrete consisting of portland cement water and vermiculite concrete aggregate.
Goodwin in concrete energy conservation guidelines publication eb083 01b of the portland cement association.
The bag in which the perlite or vermiculite is purchased recommends the mix proportions needed to achieve various unit weights of fresh concrete and oven dry concrete.
Vermiculite is a form of mica that expands when heated.
Beneath the roof cover structural concrete roof decks are commonly topside insulated using adhered insulation panels or cast in place.
Vermiculite concrete roof deck systems allow architects engineers and contractors versatility in design high performance and reasonable cost.
Vermiculite concrete and screeds are ideal for.
Vermiculite concrete roof deck systems allow architects engineers and contractors versatility in design high performance and reasonable cost.
Structural concrete deck a cast in place concrete deck serves as an integral part of the structure and designed to carry heavy loads.
R values have been given on a slightly different normally dry unit weight basis by stanley e.
Over dense concrete roof and floor slabs.
Any other installation that required lightweight concrete with a compressive strength not exceeding 8 n mm 2 for concrete and 13 n mm 2 for screed.
Vermiculite for roof decks can be placed over various kinds of form boards fiber fiberglass acoustical and asbestos cement.
Pig pens and farrowing pens.
These systems will use a lightweight concrete consisting of portland cement water and vermiculite concrete aggregate.
Vermiculite concrete roof deck systems allow architects engineers and contractors versatility in design high performance and reasonable cost.
The lighter the concrete the better lower the k factor.
Large commercial vermiculite mines currently exist in south africa china brazil and several other countries.
Roofs decks over metal profile decking.
A principal derived from this material is zonolite stabilized concrete aggregate.
The most common use of vermiculite lightweight concrete is for light structural roof decks and for insulation fill over metal decking and structural concrete.
