Lightweight concrete LATERMIX 1600

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Latermix Béton 1600 is a 35 MPa lightweight structural concrete mix which, thanks to the Laterlite Structural Expanded Clay content as in replacement of traditional aggregates, allows a structural dead load reduction of at least 800 kg (1 tonne) per m3, with a density of 1600 kg/m3 compared to the 2400/2500 kg/m3 of a plain or current structural concrete, i.e. 33% lighter. It is very useful in renovation and in the construction of new lightweight RC structures, while achieving high compressive strength – 35 MPa.Thanks to its low thermal conductivity compared to traditional concrete, Latermix Béton 1600 is also an “Insulating Structural Concrete” bagged, very useful to avoid thermal bridges in the building envelope. Based on structural expanded clay, with a fine to medium-coarse particle sizes,, Latermix Béton 1600 is ready for casting on site, after mixing with only water, and with a simple and traditional method of application. It is suitable for the realisation of fair-faced concrete elements. Structurally strengthening existing floors (timber, steel, or concrete) using composite floor construction New structural floors (mixed floors in steel + concrete, timber + concrete, concrete floor slabs, etc.) Improving the strength of loadbearing masonry (edge beams, columns, etc.) Industrial floors Reducing thermal bridging in the structural elements of a building envelope As a replacement for concrete in all situations where traditional concrete is ordinarily used.