Bautex Block Wall System
With the apex block wall system you use less concrete unlike traditional icfs.
Bautex block wall system. We are the developers of bautex block and the bautex wall system the simplest fastest and most cost effective way to build 1 3 story buildings. An average home that is built using this block keeps roughly 2 800 pounds of polystyrene out of landfills. Bautex claims a static r14 but i m wondering what the whole wall number would be after pouring the concrete honeycomb. Insulated concrete form icf is a system of expanded polystyrene eps rigid insulation blocks separated with plastic webbing.
Technology licensing license bautex block manufacturing technology testing and international building code evaluation reports. The bautex wall system simplifies construction by combining structure enclosure continuous insulation and air and moisture protection in a single integrated assembly that is quickly installed by one trade. Because bautex blocks are so airtight your energy efficiency will improve. The bautex wall system with bautex block delivers energy efficiency sound reduction and resistance to moisture fire and wind.
1 of 5 close up views of bautex blocks which are made from polystyrene foam cement fly ash and water at the company s factory in san marcos texas. Tests were performed at the wind science and engineering research center debris impact test facility and the national wind institute at texas tech university in lubbock texas. You ll need to skim every wall inside if you don t want a marked difference in appearance between block and drywall faces. Not only does a bautex wall system cost less to buy it costs less to install and maintain.
Icf blocks come in interlocking sections so a wall system fits tightly together. The blocks offer a cheaper and more energy. Bautex blocks outperform wood framing metal framing precast concrete concrete tilt panel and regular concrete blocks. This wall system is capable of withstanding up to 160 mile per hour winds and is fire resistant up to almost four hours at 2000 degrees.
Give your customers the bautex wall system to help them save time and money and build better. It is used as an integrated concrete form for pouring a concrete wall instead of a traditional wood plank or plywood forms. Clearly it will be less efficient than regular icf or even ove studwall with foam sheathing.