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