The Mapestone Line and the new UNI 11714-1:2018 Standard
A complete range of products for stone architectural floors.
DURABILITY AND SAFETY
These are the essential requirements of natural stone paving according to the UNI 11714-1:2018 standard, together with regularity, maintainability/cleanability, sustainability and specific performances.
Durability and safety must be already planned during the design phase and are influenced by:
■ environmental and working conditions;
■ nature of the substrate;
■ design quality;
■ product quality;
■ installation quality.
NATURAL STONE PAVING CLASSIFICATION
The new UNI 11714-1:2018 standard introduces the classification of natural stone pavings according to the type of traffic loads and identifies the main design conditions or each class (P4, P5, P6, P7, P8 and P9).
P4: PEDESTRIAN USE ONLY
Balconies, terraces, patios, courtyards, domestic paths and pavements.
P5: PEDESTRIAN USE ONLY
External terraces of restaurants/bars, pavements for pedestrian and cycle use only.
P6: PEDESTRIAN AND LIGHT VEHICLE USE
Pavements suitable for parking, carparks or ramps/garage pathways, courtyards, adjacent lots and pathways for the connection between buildings and their parking lots.
P7: PEDESTRIAN AND LIGHT VEHICLE USE
Squares used occasionally by slow moving vehicles, including heavy vehicles (parvises, cemeteries, etc.), market squares, loading/off loading areas, and squares for events, town festivals, etc.
P8: PEDESTRIAN AND LIGHT VEHICLE USE
Areas with a 30 km/h speed limit,streets or squares with limited access to vehicles, public carparks and public access ramps.
P9: HEAVY VEHICLE USE
Streets, streets with lanes for public transport or prescribed lanes, high-traffic roads,roundabouts and speed bumbs.
INSTALLATION ON COMPACT BEDSSTONE ELEMENTS WITH CONSTANT OR VARIABLE THICKNESS
MAPESTONE SYSTEM, made up of MAPESTONE TFB60, pre-blended mortar for installation beds, and MAPESTONE PFS2, pre-blended mortar for grouting joints.
■ recommended by the standard for classes P4, P5, P6, P7, P8;
■ prescribed by the standard for class P9.
INSTALLATION ON COMPACT BEDS - STONE ELEMENTS WITH A TRAPEZOIDAL SECTION OR HIGH THICKNESS
MAPESTONE SYSTEM, made up of MAPESTONE TFB60, pre-blended mortar for installation beds, and MAPESTONEPFS2 VISCO, pre-blended mortar for grouting joints.
■ recommended by the standard for classes P4, P5, P6, P7, P8.
■ prescribed by the standard for class P9.
INSTALLATION ON LOOSE BEDS
MAPESTONE JOINT, solvent-free polyurethane binder for elastic and pervious natural stone paving
■ recommended by the standard for classes P4, P5, P6, P7, P8;
■ prescribed by the standard for class P9.
