Xella Silka Elements System
SILKA ELEMENTS SYSTEM
SILKA ELEMENTS SYSTEM
The Economic Building Solution For Multi-residential Projects
Silka calcium silicate elements are particularly suitable for medium to large-scale developments such as care homes, student accommodation, hotels, apartments, schools, etc.
Projects should ideally have a large number of loadbearing walls and ideally on each floor the wall design is repeated.
Due to the large dimensions, working with these elements contributes to fast building, reducing the build programme and therefore cost effective. The elements have a high compressive strength and density offering excellent acoustic properties.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Xella
COLLECTION
Silka
PRODUCTION
Made in UK
ENVIRONMENT
Outdoor
DETAIL
Projects should ideally have a large number of loadbearing walls and ideally on each floor the wall design is repeated. Due to the large dimensions, working with these elements contributes to fast building, reducing the build programme and therefore cost effective.
INSTALLATION
- Quick
- Clean
USE
Construction
MATERIAL
Concrete Formwork
ELEMENTS
The elements have a high compressive strength and density offering excellent acoustic properties.
PROCESSING TECHNIQUE
The Silka wall elements are mechanically processed using an element stacker and supporting equipment.
This method of building is flexible, fast, work-friendly, requires little preparation, and produces less waste than its alternatives. Expensive investments in materials, such as concrete formwork and heavy building cranes, aren’t needed.
Building prefab means building ‘just-in-time’ and fast. Silka wall elements are made to measure, can be delivered on demand, and offer a quick, clean installation with minimal waste.
The resulting cost and time savings are considerable. With the Xella blue.sprint digital service the Silka elements are integrated into BIM to make building even more efficient.
TOOLS
- Hammer
- Thin bed mortar applicator
- (Electric) mixer and trough
- The classic mason tools
- Manual block grab
- Mechanical block cutting device
- And/or milling machine
- Thin joint mortar
- Trimming knife and trowel
APPLICATION
INNER WALLS
The high density and compressive strength, as well as the easy building process, make the Silka elements perfect for load-bearing or non- loadbearing inner walls.
MULTIRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Discover the Silka Elements building system for large scale residential projects. The system is perfect to build loadbearing or non-loadbearing partition walls or inner leafs of cavity walls. You fill the cavity with thermal insulation to reach the requested insulation level.
PARTITION WALLS
Especially between appartments a good sound insulation is important. The Silka elements have a high compressive strength and density offering excellent acoustic properties.
ADVANTAGES
SUSTAINABLE
Sustainability manifests itself in a variety of ways. Silka calcium silicate is sustainable because it is manufactured from natural raw materials using an environmentally friendly production process reducing the amount of energy used to produce the Silka elements. The construction method is efficient and rapid, and the delivery of cut- to- size blocks reduces wastage on site. The high quality Silka elements give buildings a longer lifespan.
FIRE-RESISTANT
Silka calcium silicate is incombustible. Depending on the thickness of the wall, Silka walls are able to withstand a fire for longer than 360 minutes. The material retains its characteristics and does not deform.
NOISE INSULATING
Thanks to the high density of calcium silicate, walls made of Silka elements have a high acoustic insulation capacity. That is why the fast-track system is often used to build large-scale residential projects and care homes, where people live close to each other and silence is highly appreciated.
HEAT ACCUMULATING CAPACITY
Calcium silicate absorbs the heat in a room and releases it again when room cools down. This means that outside temperatures only affect inside temperatures after a certain amount of time. Because of this, rooms are cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
Calcium silicate is a heavy and solid material. The Silka elements have a density of 1800 kg/m³ which makes them particularly suitable for load-bearing applications. This material enables up to 10 floors to be constructed without a separate load-bearing structure. The normalised compressive strength is 13N/mm².
