No-fines concrete in the UK social housing stock: 50 years on

James Sommerville; Nigel Craig; Antoinette Charles

doi:10.1108/02630801111162369

No-fines concrete in the UK social housing stock: 50 years on

James Sommerville, Nigel Craig, Antoinette Charles

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Abstract

No-fines concrete (NFC) is an open textured cellular concrete obtained by eliminating either fines or sand from the normal concrete mix. Research in the 1950s showed this material to be capable of energy and cement savings and worthy of being seen as a material that would revolutionise the way affordable homes could be built. In today's context, it may be argued that homes built using this material suffer from fuel poverty as a result of their thermal performance characteristics. This paper seeks to discuss the performance characteristics of NFC in social housing by identifying the nature of the material and the influence of pore structure on heat loss through the fabric of the building.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-302
Number of pages	9
Journal	Structural Survey
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801111162369
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

concrete
social housing
affordable homes

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