Insulated concrete forms were designed to provide an insulated concrete wall.
Spider concrete wall.
Virtually no wasted lumber after the pour.
These red spider mites are slightly larger.
The spider tie system is an entirely new approach or system internal form supports this system was designed as an affordable and much easier way to form concrete walls.
The most affordable system on the market.
Needs only basic tools to form a wall.
Since spider ties are webbed the concrete flows through them providing a solid monolithic concrete wall.
This system provides a temporary frame work that you attach your plywood using screws to hold it in place until the concrete has cured.
Works with wood plank as well as plywood.
The design of the spider tie is perfectly suited for the hydraulic pressures that exist during the pouring process of the concrete.
It s low tech and simple to learn.
It looks like spidertie marketing likes to emphasize the fact that the system allows curved walls.
Very easy to use.
Whether this type of wall form makes any sense depends on whether your concrete contractor has any problems with his or her conventional forms.
Chiggers also tend to congregate in groups easily seen as they cross a concrete sidewalk or driveway which they are likely to do several times a year.
Great consideration was given so as not to create any weakness in the wall afterward.
Crazing cracks are very fine surface cracks that resemble spider webs or shattered glass.
With the spider tie system you can form any shape wall in a fraction of the time that s required with all other systems.
Allows you to custom build walls on site.
The spider ties simply function like a 2 4 stud providing a frame to screw your plywood to.
After which you simply unscrew your plywood which may be used again for future projects.
When the top of a concrete slab loses moisture too quickly crazing cracks will likely appear.
You end up with an uninsulated concrete wall in other words a conventional basement wall.
Cost of shipping product is considerably less.
There are two common types of cracks brought on by premature drying.
No expensive forming systems are required.
A product developed by an 30 year experienced builder greg mcdonagh out of a need for builders to be able to form a concrete wall easily and quickly.
While unsightly crazing cracks are not a structural concern.