Lightweight concrete also known as epscrete expanded polystyrene concrete is a material widely used in the building of environmentally green homes.
Polystyrene walls filled concrete.
Smartblock forms are made of expanded polystyrene eps they are an insulating stay in place formwork that speeds construction and yields a superior finished wall.
For a stronger concrete increase the sand used and decrease the styrofoam by the same amount.
It simultaneously acts as the forming system for placing concrete the structural system for above and below grade walls as superior stay in place insulation sound suppression and as the.
Insulated concrete form walls are constructed by pouring concrete into hollow pre formed panels which are most commonly made of expanded polystyrene or extruded polystyrene foam.
In the most basic use of concrete in construction using smartblock accomplishes in one step what normally requires numerous steps.
Of concrete core and 2 125 in.
The finished wall will be 5 75 in.
The substance is often made using small styrofoam balls as a lightweight aggregate instead of the crushed stone that is used in regular concrete.
Of eps on each side.
The standard form blocks are each 10x10x40 inches and have interlocking notched edges that make it simple to lay and align the blocks into a tightly fitted wall surface.
Interlocking blocks of expanded polystyrene eps have been used as permanent forms for a variety of wall installations with concrete being placed in the voids in the patented eps blocks.