Hanson UK has produced a comprehensive guide to Thermalite aircrete blocks which it says is set to become the leading reference source for the specifier.<br> <br> This technical manual details Thermalite's sustainability credentials and product performance highlighting how the range can help meet all current Building Regulations and legislation such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and Part L.<br> <br> Thermalite blocks contain up to 80% recycled content and can be used in a wide variety of applications from foundations, floors and partitions to separating and external walls. They feature millions of tiny pockets of trapped air giving them high thermal performance and sound insulation, good compressive strength, lightness for handling, moisture resistance and thermal mass.<br> <br> The Thermalite range of aircrete blocks offers cost-effective solutions to meet current and future Part L requirements, including guidance on linear thermal bridging. The new guide provides over 900 U-value calculations for the three most common construction types – full fill, partial fill and solid wall.<br> <br>