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Type 2: Trench
Basic installation guidelines for installing EnergyEdge products on a rough foundation: Grade Beam, Isolated Curb, and Shallow Two-Pour |
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EnergyEdge Grade Beam
Designed for 2-pour trench type foundations where the installation surface of the initial "grade-beam" in not pre-leveled. |
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Technical Guide Page | Download PDF of Guide | ||
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PRODUCT NOTES & PROJECT STAGING |
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A. EnergyEdge products are one of the first required materials on a project. PLEASE ORDER PRODUCT EARLY! B. Install EE8sb support braces in EE8 rail system PRIOR to installation of rails. Align T&B knobs of brace with channels in rail. Use rubber mallet to set, this may take two strikes to set both knobs in channel. INSURE BRACES ARE SECURELY SET TOP & BOTTOM! C. Reference EEdetails: SD50a / Support Brace Standards; SD51a / Basic Mechanical Fasteners; SD52a , b, c & e/ Field Cutting Guidelines; SD54 a, b, c & d / Anchor Bolt Placement |
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EnergyEdge, EE8mb rail profile for GRADE BEAM & UNEVEN SURFACE ASSEMBLIES |
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1a. EnergyEdge (EE) Perimeter Rail: EE8mb profile, 12’ length typical. 90 and 45 degree connection members are available for easy and accurate installation. 1b. Alignment of EnergyEdge System with wall systems: Verify dimensions of face of slab with building wall system dimension. Offset inside, top corner of wood forms 1-1/2” outside and 1-1/2” lower than edge-of-slab dimensions 1c. Install EE systems: FIRST locating and leveling corner members; SECOND Install full lengths of rail systems from each end of straight runs, leveling each end of material first followed by remaining “spaced” braces or supports next; THIRD, continue process to center of each straight run cutting only last member to fit. |
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Grade Beam Installation
Click here to download a PDF version of the Grade Beam Installation Guide
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INSTALLATION of FOUNDATION & PERIMETER WOOD FORM MATERIALS |
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2a. Foundations are typically rough “trench” type foundations, minimum 10” wide, depth generally to local frost depth. 2b. Foundations are poured with insulation material to the inside of the trench. 2c. Wood forming material are 2x8, 2x10 or 2x12. Forming assembly attachments, kickers and bracing by others. 2d. Wood attachment assembly consists of 2x6 inverted “L”. Top leg 4-1/2”, vertical leg is 4-1/2”. Nail assembly together. (Reference Section 4 for spacing information. |
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PLACEMENT OF SLAB CONCRETE FOR “FROST ISOLATION” ASSEMBLY |
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3a. EnergyEdge systems installed inside the forming materials functions as a “form liner” that stays in place providing a finished and insulated perimeter edge on the outside face of the slab. 3b. Interior EE8sb support braces are poured into the slab edge providing permanent attachment of the system to the slab edge. They are not mechanically fastened to the grade beam as in a level foundation pour. 3c. Perimeter wood forming materials by others. 3d. Foundation 3e. Wood attachment assembly. |
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ASSEMBLY PARTS |
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Assembly Members: 5a. EnergyEdge EE8mb rail 5b. Thickened edge concrete slab 5c. Below slab insulation material 5d. Trenched grade beam foundation 5f. Wall system at slab edge, varies. 5g. Anchor bolts for 2x wood plate 5h. Perimeter rebar supported by EE8mb support braces. 5i. EE8sb support brace. |
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BRACE AND SUPPORT INSTALLATION
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4a. Dimension Key: A = 8” max; B = 32” max; C = 1 brace min. each return direction, approx 6” to 8”. 4b. Perimeter 2x forming material (dashed line) as required by building layout. 4c. EnergyEdge, EE8mb rail member. 4d. EnergyEdge 90 degree corners, Outside Corners: EEM90C, Inside Corners: EEM90N 4e. 45 degree corners must be field cut. |
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