Dec 11, 2008

The new and improved edition of ASTM Masonry Standards for the Building Industry is now available in print or CD-ROM from ASTM International. 

The 6th Edition features 104 ASTM masonry standards compiled from three volumes of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.  It includes specifications for products such as mason’s lime; concrete building brick; building brick and hollow brick (clay or shale); paving brick; hollow and solid load-bearing concrete masonry units; masonry and portland cement; facing title; and mortar and prefabricated masonry panels.

ASTM Masonry Standards for the Building Industry also features tests for sampling and testing brick, structural clay tile, concrete masonry units and grout.  Also included are methods for measuring drying shrinkage of concrete block, bond strength of mortar to unit masonry, splitting tensile strength of masonry units, masonry flexural bond strength, and water penetration and leakage.

Copies of  ASTM Masonry Standards for the Building Industry: 6th Edition (580 pages, soft cover, 8.5” x 11”; ISBN: 978-0-8031-8004-8; stock #MASONRY08) are availble in print and on CD-ROM (ISBN: 978-0-8031-8005-5; stock # MASONRYCD08) for $198. Contact  ASTM Customer Service (phone: 610-832-9585; fax: 610-832-9555; https://www.astm.org/contact/) or visit www.astm.org.

Release #8119/Dec08