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 Quad-Lock Technical Data
Below are links to technical & instructional materials for the Quad-Lock Insulating Concrete Forms: Instructional Material
Technical Bulletins
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Quad-Lock Benefits
- Owners of Quad-Lock buildings consistently praise their living comfort, noise reduction, energy efficiency, and strength. View our Concrete Home Benefits video.
Fast, Simple, Accurate
- The Quad-Lock Insulating Concrete Forms are infinitely versatile, allowing design and construction flexibility unmatched in other types of forming!
Engineered
- Quad-Lock is an engineered system - designed by builders for builders. Approved by the International Conference of Building Officials, and tested by Intertek Testing Services Warnock Hersey, the internationally recognized testing agency.
Safe, Fire Rated
- Quad-Lock Panels are manufactured from high density, biologically safe, fire retardant, type II/III expanded polystyrene. The Quad-Lock Building System will not support combustion. The fire resistance of an 8" thick finished Quad-Lock wall is 4 hours.
Super Insulating
- With Quad-Lock you can now build walls up to a true R-Value of 40, so we are the champion of North America in R-Value! The Quad-Lock Building System can save as much as 80% on heating & cooling costs - savings every month! The thermal mass of the concrete combined with the EPS insulation keeps you warm when it's cold outside and keeps you cool when it's hot outside. This means more comfort in your home and more money in your pocket!
Solid
 Quad-Lock construction gives you a solid, reinforced concrete wall - your choice of 4 to 12 inches thick. No foam tunnels through the concrete. No thin/thick sections. No worries about rotting. Just solid, uniform, insulated concrete walls with standard rebar.
World Class Support
- Your local dealer is equipped to answer your questions, prepare detailed estimates, and assist at the jobsite. Local Quad-Lock Field Representatives are also ready to assist with quantity pricing, job site training, product seminars and training. Our Installation Video, Product Manual, and other informative technical and promotional literature tells you exactly how to build with Quad-Lock. Read more about Value & Service.
Quad-Lock compared to other Building Materials A Quad-Lock building is:
- More Resistant to natural disasters, rot, mold, and pests because the solid reinforced concrete is up to 8 times stronger, inorganic, and nearly impenetrable.
- Ultra Energy-Efficient because of continuous EPS Insulation (higher & uniform R-value), greatly reduced air infiltration, and the "thermal mass effect" of concrete.
- Much more Comfortable because of very even inside temperatures (no cold or drafty spots) and far better sound transmission ratings.
Quad-Lock compared to other Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs)  Quad-Lock is highly versatile using only standard parts. Quad-Lock can easily be shaped to form all the design elements of modern buildings - openings, arches, corners, any angles, and real curves with almost any radius.
- Quad-Lock has the highest available insulation. Using combinations of Quad-Lock Panels and Quad-Lock Plus Panels three different Insulation Values are possible, giving you the choice of true R-Values of 22, 32, and 40 (h*ft²*°F/BTU).
- Quad-Lock costs less to ship and store compared to leading block systems because it is a flat panel & tie system. Up to 100% more wall area can be shipped per truckload. With Quad-Lock, you're not shipping air!
- Quad-Lock creates much less waste compared to block systems. With Quad-Lock most parts that needed to be cut can be reused in the same project.
- Quad-Lock is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. This ensures product quality and Quad-Lock backs it up with a limited product warranty.
- Quad-Lock offers great technical and instructional support and material. Your local dealer is equipped to answer your questions, prepare detailed estimates, and assist at the jobsite. Local Quad-Lock Field Representatives are also ready to assist with quantity pricing, job site training, product seminars and dealer training. Our Installation Video, Product Manual, and other informative technical and promotional literature tells you exactly how to build with Quad-Lock. Read more about Value & Service
- Quad-Lock produces a flat, solid concrete wall providing a constant thickness of concrete throughout the wall (no thin/thick sections like grid or post-and-beam systems).
 Quad-Lock is variable width. Choose from a 4", 6", 8", 10" and 12" thick concrete wall (easily make thicker walls using our Extender Tie).
- Quad-Lock is Code approved. See approvals & tests.
- Quad-Lock provides a better surface for stucco application. Quad-Lock creates an all-foam surface compared to some other systems where the surface consists of both EPS and the material used for ties, making it tougher to finish it.
- Quad-Lock's unique and patented tie design offers low likelihood of problems by positively connecting the EPS panels at both the horizontal and vertical seams where the pressure during concrete placement is most likely to cause failures.
Commercial & Multi-Storey - Advantages over other ICFs  No other ICF can build around pre-tied rebar as easily as Quad-Lock.
- No other ICF can be assembled with as little laborers' exposure to the outside of a multi-storey structure. Quad-Lock's unique Corner, Angle, and T-wall solutions allow building from the safety of the inside of the building. This minimizes the amount of outside scaffolding required and the risk of long falls for workers.
- No other ICF can build columns and pilasters like Quad-Lock. Almost every commercial project needs them.
- No other ICF can offer the range of wall thicknesses that Quad-Lock can...period. See Quad-Lock Ties & Extender Ties.
- No other ICF can provide Quad-Lock's unlimited range of wall angles with so little labor.
 No other ICF can integrate concrete walls and concrete floors or roofs as well. Quad-Lock developed and tested unique solutions, such as Slab Brackets & Ties, and actively sells and supports an ICF for concrete floors & roofs - Quad-Deck. Also refer to our CAD Drawings.
- Few other ICF companies offer access to a LEED AP (Accredited Professional) who can help designers identify & accrue LEED points for Quad-Lock projects.
- Quad-Lock offers 'green roof' technology with a rot-resistant roof structure that will carry the loads imposed by these designs. See CAD drawing.
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