Your Guide to Reuseable Decorative Concrete Forms
Xtra Flex Radius Forms
Lightweight and Reusable Decorative Concrete Forms, Create Smooth Curves Easily on Flatwork and Curb & Gutter Construction.
Your source for Decorative concrete forms that are easy. lightweight, and time saving to craft stamped concrete patios with smooth curves or circles & borders. Poly Form's flexible concrete forming system. Concrete patio designs with intricate & tight radius circles are simple and quickly crafted with Poly Form's Xtra Flex radius forms Easily create Stamped concrete floors & stamped concrete driveways with Poly Form's straight concrete forming system.
Curb & gutter construction is fast and simple with Poly Form's curb & Gutter setup, stacking pockets, and overhead hanger units with 8,10 and 12 stacking pockets.
Poly Meta forms out performs wood hands down. Want a material comparison? Poly Meta forms Material... - High density polyethylene (HPDE
- Rough lumber
Poly meta forms reuse... - One time purchase. Documented Reuses over 150 times
- Repeat trips to the lumber yard Estimated uses of 2or3 times
Quality... - Uniform straightness and adjustable height
- Very difficult to find good quality lumber
Weight... - 50% lighter than wood
- In addition to being twice as heavy as poly, gains weight with every use
Poly Meta forms out performs wood hands down. Want a labor saving comparison? Setting... - Poly sets in ½ the time it takes to set wood
- Wood is cumbersome to transport, handle and set
Stripping... - Poly strips in ½ the time it takes to strip wood. Simply loosen the wedge and lift the forms.The stakes can be removed at a more convenient time.Since there is no concrete adhesion to poly , minimal finishing is required
- Striping labor includes removing all nails while trying not to move the forms. Concrete adheres to wood creating additional finishing operations
Elevation... - Poly Meta forms system allows for horizontal and vertical adjustments by simply loosing the wedge
- No adjustments allowed without removing the nails from the wood
Connecting... - Common-side tapered ends allow for easy connection between forms. Inserts extend 41/2 into adjoining form keeping forms connected and aligned
- Wood requires toe-nailing or splicing to connect one length of wood to another
Stacking... - Every 3' for straight work. Every 3' for radius work (on back of form only)
- Wood, every 18-24 for straight work. Every 12' to18 for radius work (on back and front of form)
Poly Meta forms out performs wood hands down. Want a maintenance saving comparison? Weather ability... - Resists moisture. A form release agent is recommended to prevent concrete build-up
- Wood. Absorbs all types of moisture; gains weight, rots and splinters
Clean-up... - Poly rinses clean with a garden hose and brush
- Wood requires scraping to remove concrete build-up
Disposal... - No disposal required. Poly is reusable.If disposing, recycle with other plastics
- Wood forms cannot be commonly disposed of with other materials
Poly Meta forms out performs wood hands down. Want a forming system comparison? Versatility... - Poly Separate designs for both straight and radius forming
- Wood Straight work-wood 2x4Radius work-wood 1x2 (low radius capabilities)
- Poly Hardware engineered for all types of flatwork and curbing applications.
- Wood forms for all curbing construction must be custom built in the field
- Meta stake pockets, twist, slide and staking
- Twist-can be inserted at any location along form
- Slide-provides reinforcement at form joint and a convenient connection to wood forms
- Slide type stacking pockets, secure attachments for variable height forms 8,10 and 12
- Poly top-spacers-division plates-overhead hangers for curb & gutter
- Wood forms, not available
Packaging... - All forms supplied in secure boxes
- Wood not available
- All hardware supplied in reusable plastic buckets
- Wood not available
AS SEEN IN CONCRETE MONTHLY...FLORIDA CITIES SPEED CONCRETE WORK WITH POLYETHYLENE FORMS... Several Florida cities are among the many U.S. Municipalities that are using reusable polyethylene forms instead of lumber for sidewalks, curbs and other concrete products. They have found that the forms save time and effort because they are... - Strong, yet lighter to handle
- Easier to stake accurately
- Suitable for straight or radius applications
- Easier to clean, strip, stack and transport
case studies Florida cities pdf At Casselberry , streets, fleet and storm water Maintenance Superintendent... Glen Weatherholtz has found that Poly Meta forms outlast wood, improve productivity and are easier to use.If you use wood forms you're lucky to get three uses before you have to replace them. Lumber is getting expensive, and it warps and splinters. He ordered his first forms about three years ago and still use the original forms and stake metal stake pockets. He said they are still in good shape and show no noticeable wear. If I had a concrete business, I couldn't buy enough of these forms. He thinks overall productivity has improved 300 percent to 400 percent using these forms. In Zephyrhills, north of Tampa, the same Poly Meta forms are being used for a variety of sidewalk,curb & gutter applications. Street supervisor Greg Bricker said, after he started using the new Poly Meta forms, productivity doubled almost immediately. The ease of forming curves with the flexible forms is a big advantage. - Staking is much faster
- clean-up is easier
- the quality is good
- the work is easier
- we get more production
Many other Florida municipalities also use Poly Meta forms, including... - Cape Coral
- Daytona Beach
- Del Ray
- Deltona
- Kissimee
- St Petersburg
- Miami
- Tallahassee
Poly Meta poly forms are the top choice for decorative concrete forms... - The metal stakes go right through everything and there easier to drive
- Removable metal steak pockets that can be placed where-ever they are needed
- With them off it's easier to stack and transport the forms than it would be with metal forms that have the pockets welded in place
- Just clean them up in a bucket
- The metal stakes are can be driven below the form
- Not interfering with decorative concrete stamping mats
Poly Meta Poly Forms the Decorative concrete forms of choice and specified by the world renown decorative concrete manufacture, Specialty Concrete Products factory training program. Used by... - Decorative concrete contractors
- Concrete flatwork and curb & gutter contractors
- Municipalities maintenance supervisors everywhere
They are straight decorative concrete forms that will create sidewalks, driveways and patio areas with stakes driven below the concrete surface for no interference concrete stamping and texturing... They are flexible decorative concrete forms that will craft decorative concrete patios, driveways and sidewalks with subtle or dramatic radius, circles & decorative island landscaping features in half the time ... They are Xtra flex radius decorative concrete forms that are designed for shaping tight radius 36 to 6 that outperform & outlast labor intensive Masonite or bender board... They are stacking pocket systems to create 8,10,& 12 poly forms and with easy to change elevation with adjustable stake pocket wedges and adjustable overhead hangers used to form 6 high curbs. With curb thickness infinitely adjustable from 4 to 7 ... They are poly form curb and gutter forming accessories used to easily create landscape islands with smooth curves in parking areas and other related paving projects... I hope you enjoy this decorative concrete forms guide as much as I did putting it together, whether you are a property owner looking for just the right easy to use form for your concrete driveway, and sidewalks. A contractor looking for a set of easy to strip & transport , decorative concrete forms for stamping concrete surfaces. A landscaping contractor looking for an easy to use Xtra flex radius decorative concrete form system to eliminate intensive splicing procedures. Or a municipal maintenance superintendent looking for... - Easy to use forms
- Easy to form curves
- Easy height adjustments
- Easy to clean
- Easy to transport
- reusable concrete forming system that will double production almost immediately
for that, sidewalk flatwork or curb & gutter project, Please!!! If there is anything you need, don't hesitate to e-mail me direct by using the contact form provided below. Wishing you great success with your concrete projects Paul Spurlock
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