Professional Documents
Culture Documents
STONE ASSEMBLIES
INDEX TO ARTICLES
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 Contract Documents
1.2 Work Included
1.3 Related Work Specified Elsewhere
1.4 Quality Assurance
1.5 Design Requirements
1.6 Stone Support and Anchorage
1.7 Submittals
1.8 Mock-up Panels
1.9 Tolerances
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 Stone Materials
2.2 Substrate Materials
2.3 Thin Setting and Grouting Materials
2.4 Stone Support System
2.5 Miscellaneous Materials
2.6 Spare Stock
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 General
3.2 Preparation of Concrete and Masonry Base Elements
3.3 Application of Substrate Components
3.4 Application Waterproofing and Protective Screed
3.5 Stone Fabrication
3.6 Installation of Stonework
3.7 Setting Wall Panels:
3.8 Protection
3.9 Cleaning and Repairing
ii) Irrespective SCOF, take cognisance that a wet floor is the result
of poor maintenance, which may attribute to a slippery floor and
as such include wet floor maintenance procedure in stonework
Maintenance Manual, as part of the over regime to sustain the
specified SCOF.
2.1.3 Performance Requirements of Stones
a) Comply with the following performance requirements for different types of
stones:
Resistance*
Compressive Strength
Modulus of Rupture
Type of Stones
Flexural Strength
and
Corresponding
ASTM C1353
(kg/m3, min.)
Referenced
ASTM C170
ASTM C880
(wt%, max.)
Absorption
(MPa, min.)
(MPa, min.)
(MPa, min.)
ASTM C97
ASTM C97
ASTM C99
Standards
Abrasion
(Ha, min.)
Density
Granite >
< 0.40 > 2560 > 131 > 8.27 >25
ASTM C 615 10.34
Marble
< 0.20 > 52 >7 >7 >10
ASTM C 503
Calcite > 2595
Thickness 25 mm to 40 mm
A < 2 mm < 3 mm