SILKA calcium silicate elements - Xella UK

ContentsChapter 1 Introduction 41.1 Calcium silicate, environmentally friendly products 41.2 Production process 41.3 Use of SILKA blocks 51.4 SILKA calcium silicate elements 61.5 Clamping devices and dowels 7Chapter 2 Construction methods 82.1 Ordering and delivery procedure 92.2 On-site instructions 112.3 Materials and tools 122.4 Constructing 142.4.1 Work sequence 142.4.2 Profile adjustment 142.4.3 Kicker course construction 142.4.4 Distribution plan 152.4.5 Setting up the crane 152.4.6 Thin joint mortar - Silkafix 152.4.7 Erecting walls 162.4.8 Scaffold work and shoring 16Chapter 3 Anchoring SILKA elements 183.1 Wall ties 183.1.1 Coupling strips 193.1.2 Wall anchors 193.1.3 Cavity wall anchors 203.1.4 Railing anchors 203.1.5 Edge formwork anchors 213.1.6 Fusible anchors 213.2 Purlins 21Chapter 4 Working in summer and winter 224.1 Working in summer 224.2 Working in winter 22Chapter 5 Movement joints 245.1 Movement joint advice 245.2 Movement joints 265.3 Controlling movement joints 265.4 Finishing movement joints 27Chapter 6 Connecting inner cavity walls to boundary walls 286.1 Partitioning wall 296.1.1 SILKA elements in inner leaf of cavity walls 296.1.2 SILKA blocks in inner leaf of cavity walls 296.2 Lintels and frame connections 29Chapter 7 Wall finishing &projects 307.1 Thin plastering 307.2 Tile-work 307.3 Multi-storey buildings,commercial, officeand industrial buildings 31Chapter 8 Product information SILKA calcium silicate elements 32SILKA Calcium Silicate Elements3