Building safety

Burglar resistance using masonry and walls made of lightweight concrete

The product range of lightweight-concrete and concrete block masonry includes both heavy, high-strength blocks for interior walls, party walls, and double-skinned, additionally insulated (ETICS) exterior walls, as well as lightweight, highly heat-insulating blocks for monolithic exterior walls.

Whilst the installation of burglar-resistant building elements in masonry of heavy, high-strength lightweight-concrete and concrete blocks has always been covered by DIN EN 1627 up to resistance class RC 6, no regulation has to date been in place governing the installation in lightweight, highly...

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