ICF Wall
June 23rd, 2010 | Marketing, Product Announcement
Have you seen our new interactive 3d ICF wall (no special glasses needed)? We created this to showcase some ancillary ICF products and how they interact with an insulating concrete form wall. So far we’ve heard such great feedback we are in the process of expanding the features and types of products on the wall in the near future.
The wall features:
- NoricF4 Custom Metal ICF Frames
- tieKey ICF masonry anchor
- xLerator reinforcement for ledge and taper top forms
- Waterproofing options
- Wire Hooks
Click the picture below to get started!
tieKey: ICF Masonry Anchor
February 25th, 2010 | Lets Get Technical!, Product Announcement
Since we are talking about Carleton College from the last couple posts, I have to bring up the tieKey masonry anchor as that project used over 20,000 of them for the brick veneer.
Reward Wall Systems tieKey is the only patent-pending ICF masonry anchor in the market. It is an easy to install, cast-in-place, adjustable masonry tie anchor embedded into the concrete wall formed by the ICF. This product is designed to provide the strength and security required when installing brick or stone veneer finishes, and providing a strong resistance to negative and positive lateral loads.
Reward’s tieKey® is part one of a two-part system: Reward’s ICF masonry anchor and any standard wire tie(not provided). The masonry anchor is inserted through the ICF as the wall is constructed. The wire tie is installed by the mason contractor as the masonry facing is constructed. The tieKey® has been tested for tension and compression strength by an independent laboratory to verify its capacity to resist lateral loads. This innovative product is available in two materials, either hot-dipped galvanized or stainless steel.
Engineering Requirements
Ultimately the tieKey anchor must meet the design requirements for the project specific design loads and the building code requirements for spacing. The tieKey anchor is designed to resist the negative and positive lateral loads imposed by seismic and wind.
The tieKey anchor has been tested for strength by an independent laboratory — Structural Research Laboratory at the University of Nebraska — Lincoln’s Pieter Kiewit Institute. Testing has shown more than adequate strength to resist high seismic and wind lateral loads.
Building codes dictate a maximum horizontal and vertical spacing along with a maximum area of wall that a tieKey anchor must be located. To meet building code requirements and to work well with all Reward ICF product lines, we recommend placing the tieKey anchor every 16 inches vertically in the center of each course of ICF, and centered between the two plastic tie rods and every 24 inches on center horizontally.
This product is one of the ancillary items Reward provides to customers, to ensure a successfully built ICF building enclosure.
Engineered ICF Ledge Reinforcement: xLerator
February 18th, 2010 | Lets Get Technical!, Product Announcement
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xLerator® Drop-n-Go Reinforcement
Ledge form reinforcement is made easy with the Reward xLerator engineered reinforcement system. Available exclusively from Reward Wall Systems, xLerator® is the only patented engineered ICF ledge reinforcement system to meet ACI 318 guidelines and reduce labor significantly.
No more wasting time and money bending rebar in ledge corbels for reinforcement.
The same one-piece xLerator is used to reinforce the ledge form for the support of masonry veneer as well as floor loads. It is available for both the 11″ and 13″ ledge forms and the 11” taper top as well.
Using the xLerator
Place the xLerator into the foam slot of the ledge form with the 90-degree bend side resting on the plastic ties in the wall cavity. Center the xLerator in each of the corbels. The adjacent xLerators merely need to be butted up to each other—no tying or lapping is required.
Remember the xLerator is…
• Drop and Go: Fully engineered ledge system allows you to easily place the ledge form, drop in the xLerator® reinforcement piece and fill with concrete
• ACI 318 Compliant: Only xLerator® meets ACI 318 guidelines
• Weather Resistant: Galvanized to protect from corrosion for lasting durability
• Fully Engineered: Comes complete with full engineering details for multiple applications
• Maximum Strength: Reinforcement in every corbel, along with horizontal placement, for maximum strength
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Most ICF companies have a ledge.
NO ONE else has the xLerator.
Unmatched Corner Performance
February 11th, 2010 | Lets Get Technical!, Product Announcement
Exclusive ICF Technology
Reward’s corner bracket comes complete with the 11″, 13″, and 17″ 90-degree corner iForm®. It offers unmatched support and innovative design features, bringing ICF corner performance to a whole new level. Reward is the only ICF producer to offer this unique type of full height, double-H bridging corner bracket form. This patent-pending design improves ICF corner performance in two key ways:
1) Provides maximum stability to corner walls during installation
2) Gives the most corner attachment flexibility in the ICF industry
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Unsurpassed Performance
There’s no comparison between Reward’s corner tie form and other ICF corner reinforcement products. The product’s full-height, double-H design allows a structure’s corner walls to withstand the pressure placed on them during concrete pours. The support it provides virtually eliminates the possibility of blowouts.
Unmatched Corner Attachment Flexibility
The corner form with the new bracket offers corner attachment flexibility superior to any ICF competitor. The product provides additional furring for the attachment of external and internal finishes, giving more corner attachment options and making ICF corner blocks more user-friendly.
• Full-height – Bracket embedded in form is stacked to give the best support for corner walls.
• Double-H bridging – Allows block to be cut in half, leaving a portion of the unique double-H design in each piece.
• User-friendly corners – Form features additional furring for the attachment of interior and exterior finishes.
• Maximum Strength – Bracket design provides superior support during concrete pours, eliminating blowouts.
Attaching to the Corner
The most vulnerable point of attaching finishes, is the corner. Finishers strive to get the most solid, and smooth attachment along the edge. With the tie spacing in our corner you can secure a corner at numerous points with ease.
Dimensions for Corner Attachments
This corner bracket provides a 1 ¼” wide continuous fastening strip right in the apex of the corner. There is another 1 ¼” wide continuous furring strip that is centered 6 inches from the corner’s apex. Additionally there is a 1 ¼” wide fastening strip running perpendicular to these two vertical strips. This horizontal strip will be staggered vertically and located approximately every 6 to 8 inches.
All of the fastening strips are recessed ½” beneath the face of the EPS foam face. Therefore the 11″ iForm will have continuous vertical fastening located 1 inch, 6 inches and 12 inches from the corner, the 13″ iForm will have a fastening strip located 1 inch, 6 inches and 14 inches from the corner and the 17 iForm will have a fastening strip located 1 inch, 6 inches, and 18 inches.
NoricF4 Custom Metal ICF Frames
June 30th, 2009 | Product Announcement
Reward Wall Systems designed and created NoricF4™ Custom Metal ICF Frames for doors and windows, to further enhance the building envelope required by commercial Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) construction. For your customized quote call Reward today, 1-800-468-6344
NoricF4 Custom Metal ICF Frames
The NoricF4 is a pre-assembled, 14 gauge steel, 2-in-1 custom metal frame that combines the buck and the frame in one system, which eliminates waste, speeds door or window installation time, and is customized to fit any specification.
The NoricF4 comes with many exclusive features:
- Is pre-assembled & welded to specifications from the building plans
- Includes drywall returns
- Has an integrated continuous concrete anchor
- NoricF4 for doors includes a press in place weather-stripping.
- Comes fully prepped for door hardware
- NoricF4 for windows can be fabricated with mullions and integral glazing stops
NoricF4 for Doors
The NoricF4 door is custom designed and can be ordered to fit any door and hardware manufacturer or type or size. The NoricF4 is fabricated with the strike plate and hinge preps already in place at any location according to the project’s specifications. The standard NoricF4 will include a press in place door weather strip seal. The door seal is easily and quickly installed by hand with no tools. It provides superior weather stripping and can be easily replaced. It can also be made without the seal.
NoricF4 for Windows
The NoricF4 window is custom designed to any window opening size. The standard NoricF4 will consist of cased window head and jambs. The NoricF4 sill will have an integrated opening for concrete placement and consolidation. A sill filler plate is available that caps the sill opening after concrete placement.
The NoricF4 can reduce construction time by:
1. Eliminating the buck assembly
2. Eliminating squaring and stripping
3. Reducing bracing and support
4. Being ready to receive windows/doors of ANY manufacturer or size
5. Eliminating trade steps
The NoricF4 is designed and made to fit snugly around the EPS foam thickness of any insulated concrete form on the market.
(Pictures from left to right, top to bottom: Drywall Return, Side profile of Continuous Concrete Anchor, Prepped Door Hardware-Hinge, Prepped Door Hardware-Strike Plate Position, Press-in Place Weather Stripping, sFrame for Windows)
Options for Customization of the NoricF4
Door:
- ICF form size
- ICF EPS foam thickness
- Single or double rabbet
- Fully prepped for any door and door hardware type and locations
- Standard interior side return without the gypsum drywall return
- Brick mold return on exterior side or any other return style or dimension
- Side lights or transom windows incorporated into door frame
- Other gypsum drywall thickness return
- Gypsum drywall return on both sides
Window:
- ICF form size
- ICF EPS foam thickness
- Standard interior side return without the gypsum drywall return
- Brick mold return on exterior side or any other return style or dimension
- Other gypsum drywall thickness return
- Gypsum drywall return on both sides
- Window frame fabricated with mullions and integral glazing stops for ready-to-set window glass
- Cased window opening ready to receive window frame
We are proud to be the first and only ICF company to offer such a custom metal ICF frame with this extensive of a feature list. This item will give the entire ICF industry a product that can make it easier and more cost effective to build commercial projects, while providing a durable and customized frame profile.
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17” iForm ICF Available Now: Eliminate your Block Envy
June 18th, 2009 | Product Announcement
Hello everyone, as you may have already known our 17” iForm straight and extended corner are ready to go. We told everyone through email first…do you get our emails? Well you should sign up, but make sure to come back and continue reading….
Reward’s newest size of Insulated Concrete Form, features a 12” concrete core for additional strength and durability needed when designing and constructing large commercial projects and deep foundations.
The 17” iForm product line allows for the expansion of the available application uses of ICFs by allowing for taller walls (how big do you want to go?) and additional load bearing strength.
The 17″ iForm, featuring a 12″ concrete core, offers up to 20% additional pure axial or load bearing capacity, AND up to 24% additional pure flexural or bending strength than the a 10″ concrete wall.
“The addition of the 17” iForm increases the construction options for our customers and their projects, while also maintaining the quality and the sustainable green building properties our customers have come to expect from Reward’s products,” said Ed Storm, Reward Wall Systems’ President.
Available as both the straight and 90-degree extended corner iForm®, the 17” Straight is 16 inches high and covers 5.33 square feet of wall, and the 17” iForm Corner will be an extended corner covering 7.33 square feet of wall (holy moly that’s huge) and contain Reward Wall Systems award winning double “H” bridging corner bracket, which is the undisputed strongest corner in the Insulating Concrete Form market.
Do you have Block envy?