Patent ID: 6018922
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A stabilization and mounting apparatus for stabilizing a wall during the filling and curing thereof and for attaching a facing material to the wall, the wall being constructed from multiple vertically disposed layers of a plurality of foam blocks with each of the plurality of foam blocks having a vertical aperture filled with a curable material, the improvement comprising:a groove defined in a block surface of each of the plurality of foam blocks;said grooves in one said vertically disposed layer of the plurality of foam blocks being aligned with said grooves in adjacent said vertically disposed layers of the plurality of foam blocks for providing vertically disposed continuous wall grooves;a mounting strip located within each of said vertically disposed continuous wall grooves and extending through said multiple vertically disposed layers of the foam blocks;fasteners securing said mounting strips within said continuous wall grooves for interlocking adjacent said vertically disposed layers of said plurality of foam blocks for stabilizing the wall during the filling of the vertical apertures with the curable material; andsaid mounting strips providing a mounting for attaching the facing material to the wall.