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Perhaps the most important of all the
benefits of building your home with PolySteel is the
safety and security it provides your family. Proven
resistance to
tornados,
hurricanes,
and
earthquakes
as well as unparalleled
fire
protection,
make a PolySteel home the safest place to protect
you and everything you love.
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Fire Safety |
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PolySteel is the first insulating
concrete wall system to pass the rigors of a
4-hour fire test without the addition of
any wall coverings required to assist in its
performance.
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PolySteel's unique
steel ties hold the EPS foam
together, further insulating the
walls and providing added protection
on the side unexposed to the flame.
PolySteel's extremely
low toxicity, smoke
development, and flame spread,
make our walls safer from the
hazards of fire.
The air tightness of PolySteel
structures also inhibits the oxygen
needed to allow a fire to spread
rapidly.
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Your clients will appreciate that their new
project is protected from the danger and
destruction of mold and termites.
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American PolySteel
has licensed the patented
termite-resistant technology,
Perform Guard®, from AFM
Corporation, becoming the first
major insulating concrete
form (ICF) block manufacturer in the
industry to incorporate this
technology into its product.
Perform Guard is the only
code-recognized method that
allows foam plastic insulation to be
installed below grade in the
heavily infested termite areas of
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Common Black Mold |
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Mold requires an organic
material, such as wood on which to grow.
PolySteel forms contain NO organic
material.
Hollow cavities can trap moisture,
making traditionally constructed
structures vulnerable to mold. PolySteel
walls are made of solid concrete and
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Properly ventilated PolySteel structures
guarantee low humidity, greatly decreasing the
opportunity for mold growth because mold
requires a relative humidity of 50% or higher to
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PolySteel walls are 4 to 9 times stronger
than the maximum design
earthquake load
required by the Uniform Building Code.
Any PolySteel structure built with our insulating
concrete forms can be engineered to be resistant to
seismic conditions.
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PolySteel structures have proven their resistance to
tornados and hurricanes. During the series
of hurricanes that ravaged Florida in 2004 we
investigated dozens of PolySteel structures, all
withstood the hurricane force winds and many served
as safe havens for their occupants.
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The Punta
Gorda Airport Office in Punta Gorda,
Florida was built with PolySteel and
sustained minimal damage to exterior
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Metal and
block buildings adjacent to the Airport
Office were completely demolished. |
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Severe Weather Protection |
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PolySteel walls are
2 to 4 times stronger than
the maximum design wind load
required by the Uniform Building
Code.
PolySteel walls have
been independently tested to
withstand flying debris driven by a
250 mph
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Feel confident knowing PolySteel was
the first to receive code approvals from all the
major code acceptance services in North America
(BOCA, ICBO, SBCCI & CCBC).
PolySteel forms greatly exceed
standard building requirements and have received
complete code approval throughout the United States.
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