Spider Tie Roof
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Spider tie roof. Making this home tornado hurricane and wild land fire resistant. Icfs are somewhat common and have a lot of advantages such as affordability energy efficiency low rate of noise transmission etc. It allows the construction of a sloped roof made of reinforced concrete. It would certainly be a challenge to use spider ties with something like quad deck.
Homes built with the spider tie concrete forming system and cellular concrete from tag crete. These homes cost less to build than icf homes yet offer all the advantages and more. Ezykoo cargo nets 47 x 36 6mm premium bungee cord net 3 x 3 grid mesh cargo net auto roof tie down net with 14 hooks 4 6 out of 5 stars 638 36 99 36. Greg mcdonagh founder and ceo of spider tie says it s possible to put a concrete roof on a home for less than 4 dollars per square foot in materials.
Andrew bater posted in green building techniques on september 16 2017 02 42am showed up on facebook today. This new approach is called i f s forming internal form supports. Don t let natural disasters keep you from feeling safe in your own home. Titan icf new member.
The spider tie concrete roof system can make that happen. Spider tie is announcing it s latest development. Spider tie is a variation of icf insulating concrete form. I only see one size of spider tie.
It looks to be an 8 icf tie minus the eps. This is a system primarily designed to streamline building formwork and minimize the amount of labor required which it delivers. After which you simply unscrew your plywood which may be used again for future projects. Spider tie concrete house.
In an area where natural disasters are common that s intriguing. Since spider ties are webbed the concrete flows through them providing a solid monolithic concrete wall. Spider tie concrete house. His system uses regular wooden trusses engineered to carry the load of the concrete.
The spider ties function like 2 6 or 2 8 studs in the wall providing a surface to attach the plywood to. With the spider tie system you can form any shape wall in a fraction of the time that s required with all other systems. This system provides a temporary frame work that you attach your plywood using screws to hold it in place until the concrete has cured.