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Low unit weight Most sizes of Toplite blocks meet thehealth and safety standards for single-person repetitive handling, helping to protect you from injury. > Fast build blocks Toplite blocks are light and easy tohandle, decreasing your build time. Thermal insulation Toplite blocks have exceptionalthermal insulation properties which combined with added insulation can meet the requirements of Part Lђ of the Building Regulations. Sound Toplite blocks have excellent sound insulationproperties that can comply with the Robust Details Specification of the Building Regulations. Fire resistant The...

Toplite blocks are white to grey with a characteristic keyed surface pattern.Each product type is supplied in shrink- wrapped packs for protection and easy identification on site. > BS EN 771-4 Toplite products have excellent working characteristics. They are light and easy to handle and quick to install. They can be easily cut, chased and fixed into. Toplite is suitable for finishing with render, cladding, plaster or drylining. > AllTopblock manufacturing plants operate an environmental management system conforming to ISO:14001. All sites are independently assessed for compliance by BSI....

215mm440mm 65mm215mm Application Cavity inner leaves and / or solid wallsToplite GTI Toplite Coursing or StandardbricksSeparating wallsToplite StandardToplite CoursingbricksHigher loadbearing wallsToplite 7ђToplite Coursingbricks > 215mm440mm 215mm440mm Application Solid walls below dpcToplite FoundationCavity walls below dpcToplite GTI, Standard or 7ђ > 440mmWidth535 or360mm Application Beam and block floorsToplite Floor 4 >

GTI, Standard and '7' Toplite Toplite combines low unit weight with high thermal insulation, in strengths from 2.9 to 7.3 N/mm2. Toplite GTI offers a high level of thermal insulation and can be used to reduce the amount of additional insulation. It is ideally suited for the construction of inner leaves and solid external walls. Toplite Standard can be used for all general-purpose walling applications including inner leaves, solid walls, internal partitions and walls below DPC. Toplite Standard is recommended for use in separating walls including those conforming to Robust Detail E-WM-6, as...

GTI, Standard and '7' Fire Toplite blocks are non-combustible and conform to Class O rating for the surface spread of flame. The fire resistance values shown are in accordance with BRE Report 'Guidelines for the Construction of Fire-resisting Structural Elements' (1988). The application of finishes will generally improve the fire resistance. Further details are available. Sound insulation Toplite blocks may be used to provide acoustic insulation between internal rooms. The Building Regulations Approved Document E requires certain internal walls and floors in dwellings to meet a performance...

Foundation is produced specificallyfor use below DPC in solid walls. It replaces the inner and outer leaf, wall ties and concrete cavity fill associated with traditional construction methods. This means that construction time may be halved compared to cavity walling and that the wall becomes stable soon after laying, eliminating the risk of collapsed cavities. Insulation Screed DPC Foundation can be used to support cavity, solid walls or frame constructions. Owing to its excellent insulatingproperties, the product provides perimeter insulation to ground floors. U-values can be calculated...

Coursing bricks are designed foruse with the range of Toplite blocks, to avoid thermal bridging and minimise wastage. Typical application > Toplite Coursing bricks should be used for general coursing work, infilling small areas of wall such as between timber floor or roof members as well as closing cavities at eaves, reveals and sills. Their use will eliminate cutting and wastage. > 500500500 > Note Unit and laid weights, which are given for design purposes, are approximate andbased on 3% moisture content 8 >

Floor blocks are suitable for use insuspended floors in conjunction with precast concrete beams. They are light and quick to install,and provide effective sound and thermal insulation for ground and internal floors meeting the requirements of the Building Regulations.The use of Toplite Floor blocks canachieve economy in the overall design of the floor: firstly by a reduced dead load; secondly the size of the block allows much more flexibility in beam spacing, allowing fewer beams to be used. The blocks have been tested at a440mm and 535mm clear span to sustain a point load of 3.5KN. This...

Toplite products can be used toconstruct walls below ground. They can be used in sulfate soil conditions as shown in the table opposite and as confirmed by British Board of Agrment Certificate No. 02/3896. In addition they are resistant to the freeze / thaw conditions likely to occur below the DPC, as confirmed by tests to MOAT 12.Toplite Foundation blocks shouldbe specified to construct 260- 300mm solid walls below ground. They are intended to support cavity or solid walls of equivalent width above ground. TopliteStandard (or any higher strength Toplite product) can be used to construct...

2 min) > RD - no sitetesting required 2 x Toplite Standard 2 x 100mm Toplite 7Ғ Nominal 8mmparging 75mm min cavityDrylining (8kg/m > Site testing required 2 x 100mm Toplite 7Ғ 13mm drylining or plaster(10kg/m 75mm min cavity2 x Toplite Standard > 2 min) > Wall blocks comprising 100mm Toplite GTI Օ 100mm Toplite Standard 100mm Toplite Ց7Infill blocks comprisingҕ 100mm Toplite Floor Plaster or drylining 50mm min sand/cement screedAny ceiling finish > No site testing required 13mm plaster (10kg/m > 2 min)13mm plaster (10kg/m 215mm Toplite Standard Օ 215mm Toplite 7ђ > Site testing required 2...

The Robust Detail testingprogramme that led to the aircrete separating wall specification (E-WM-6) demonstrated that these constructions performed as well as higher density aggregate block constructions. As a result of this, Table 3 of the Robust Details handbook allows Toplite cavity separating walls to be used in combination with the separating floor constructions E-FC-1, E-FC-3 & E-FC-4. This indicates that Toplite blocks can be used in both the flanking and separating walls, thereby gaining the twin benefits of excellent thermal and sound insulation. When using these options, however,...