B - Quad-Lock Building Systems

PRODUCT MANUAL
• TIME SAVINGS - Quad-Lock combines forming, framing, sheathing and insulating stages of construction into one
step
• EVERLASTING - longer structure life means a high resale value
Advantages
Quad-Lock has the following advantages over competing foam systems:
• 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, angles, columns, pilasters and real curves with almost
any radius, for commercial, residential, industrial, or public buildings..
• Quad-Lock is ideally suited to adapt to building elements that may not have been designed with ICFs in mind, such
as steel reinforcement cages. No other ICF can make this claim.
• 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, 30 and 38
(h*ft²*°F/BTU) [U-values of 0.28, 0.20 and 0.15 (W/(m²*K))].
• 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.
• Quad-Lock is manufactured by an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and subject to in-house and third-party testing.
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 Product
Manual, Installation Guide, Installation Training DVD, brochures and other informative promotional literature tells
you exactly how to build with Quad-Lock.
• 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 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 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 12" [305mm], 10" [250mm], 8" [200mm], 6" [150mm], and 4" [100mm]
thick concrete wall (thicker walls are possible with XT Extender Ties).
• Quad-Lock is Code approved and independently tested: ICC/ICBO #ER-5188, CCMC #12914-R etc.
• Quad-Lock provides a better surface for stucco application. Quad-Lock creates a surface of only EPS compared to
many other systems where the surface consists of foam and the material used for ties, making it tougher to finish it.
• Quad-Lock offers job lot quantities in most areas.
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