Ceramic Tile Weight Capacity

Weight per box approx.

Ceramic tile weight capacity.

The break strength of a tile is the amount of weight that it can withstand unsupported before it breaks. Portland cement micron marble powder mar ble chip admixture special chemicals color pigment back layer. By comparison a direct bond of tile to concrete weighs 5 pounds square foot for ceramic tile and 7 for stone tile. Load capacity refers to the maximum demand stress or load that may be placed on a given raised floor system under normal or otherwise specified conditions for an extended period of time.

0 80 mm steel sheet. Portland cement sand dolomite finishes. Most handbook methods lie somewhere in between with membranes levelers and underlayments weighing more than a direct bond method but less than sand cement and reinforcing mesh. The ansi requires a break strength of at least 250 lbs.

Tiles meter length 25x25 25 mm 55 kg 16 4 30x30 30 mm 70 kg 11 11 3 33 40x40 40 mm 90 kg 6 25 2 5 terrazzo technical data materials front layer. Ceramic glazed coloured floor tiles 300x300 30x30 12x12 7 11 13 8 2000 0 99 1980 2 ceramic glazed digital coloured floor tiles 400x400. Size cm thickness weight sq m. Ceramic tiles used on floors and walls must be able to withstand the expected load bearing capacity of various installations.

If you re looking at a break strength lower than that you can t use that tile on the floor. Increasing the total weight on the floor to 4 480 pounds however results in a live load of 40 psf which is beyond the floor s load capacity. Evaluate the break strength rating in comparison with industry requirements. Box per container sqm per box approx.

Simply to say weight capacity is just that how much weight the raised floor system will hold also refer to load bearing capacity. I weighed a 12 x 12 x 1 4 standard ceramic tile this morning it was exactly 3 lbs 9 ounces. Sqm per container. Scratch hardness moh s hardness scale tile surface resistance to scratching by different minerals the softest being talc 1 and the hardest diamond 10.

Weight of ceramic floor tile.