Porit

Single-leaf walls provide high levels of living comfort

Building with solid single-leaf walls is an especially cost-efficient construction method. It saves time and resources and ensures high levels of living comfort at low cost. The modular block system from the German company Porit GmbH makes this possible. With a density class of 0.35 and compressive strength class 2 in accordance with standards DIN EN 771-4 and DIN V 4165100, Porit PP2 – 0.35 can be used for all common building types. The design value of a heat conductivity of R = 0.08 W/(mK) with Porit PP2-0.35 enable solid external walls 36.5 cm thick to achieve in practice a U-value of...

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