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    The Wafflemat™ Foundation Forming System: On-Grade Mat Foundation For Expansive, Collapsible and Rocky Soils

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    The Wafflemat Foundation Forming System is an elevated post-tension slab system poured over foundation forms that provide void space below for soil movement. The forms are made of recycled plastic and connected to create ribs spaced 3'8" apart. This system is suitable for expansive, collapsible, or rocky soils. It provides strength without extensive trenching or soil removal. Installation involves spreading the forms and connecting them before pouring the slab in one day. The system has been used successfully for over 20 years without structural failures.

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    The Wafflemat™ Foundation Forming System: On-Grade Mat Foundation For Expansive, Collapsible and Rocky Soils

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    The Wafflemat Foundation Forming System is an elevated post-tension slab system poured over foundation forms that provide void space below for soil movement. The forms are made of recycled plastic and connected to create ribs spaced 3'8" apart. This system is suitable for expansive, collapsible, or rocky soils. It provides strength without extensive trenching or soil removal. Installation involves spreading the forms and connecting them before pouring the slab in one day. The system has been used successfully for over 20 years without structural failures.

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    The Wafflemat Foundation Forming System is an elevated post-tension slab system poured over foundation forms that provide void space below for soil movement. The forms are made of recycled plastic and connected to create ribs spaced 3'8" apart. This system is suitable for expansive, collapsible, or rocky soils. It provides strength without extensive trenching or soil removal. Installation involves spreading the forms and connecting them before pouring the slab in one day. The system has been used successfully for over 20 years without structural failures.

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    The Wafflemat™ Foundation Forming System: On-Grade Mat Foundation For Expansive, Collapsible and Rocky Soils

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    The Wafflemat Foundation Forming System is an elevated post-tension slab system poured over foundation forms that provide void space below for soil movement. The forms are made of recycled plastic and connected to create ribs spaced 3'8" apart. This system is suitable for expansive, collapsible, or rocky soils. It provides strength without extensive trenching or soil removal. Installation involves spreading the forms and connecting them before pouring the slab in one day. The system has been used successfully for over 20 years without structural failures.

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    The Wafflemat™ Foundation Forming System

    On-grade Mat Foundation for Expansive, Collapsible and Rocky Soils


    Upfront

    • The Wafflemat Foundation-Forming System


    – What it is – and isn’t
    – Features
    – Typical installation steps
    – ‘How To’
    – Photo Sequences
    – Technical resources
    – Contacts

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    Description

    • What it is
    – Elevated post-tension slab (4” to 6”) poured monolithically over either
    8.5” or 12” high, 19” x 19” foundation forms (‘Waffleboxes’), which
    provide void space for movement of soils
    – A series of ribs, 3’8” on center, are created by inter-connecting the
    foundation forms

    • What it’s not


    – Slab resting entirely on grade, made entirely of concrete, without a
    place for movement of soils
    – Dirt-formed rib system requiring significant trenching and construction

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    It is
    is not...

    5
    Section View

    Top View

    Cross Section

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    Features
    Design:
    – Use on expansive, collapsible, and rocky soils.

    Performance:
    - Voids resist swelling from over-watering, surface drainage, and flooding. Ribbed footprint
    means less contact with soil, yet extremely stiff slab. Prefect placement of cables equals
    minimum sag/additional strength. Acts as built-in vapor barrier.

    Implementation:
    – No presoaking pads, no trenching for concrete beams, no footings, no earth spoils and off-
    haul. Less depth of trenching for plumbing laterals beneath foundation forms. Quick -- and,
    fool proof -- set up/installation.

    References:
    - Millions of sf residential & light commercial space installed since 1995 in most difficult soil
    conditions in US and Mexico without one structural callback/failure.

    One More: Made of “green” (re-cycled polypropylene plastic) materials

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    Typical Installation Cycle

    • Day 1: Form boards set, plumbing installed, inspection

    • Day 2: On-grade mat foundation forms (‘Waffleboxes’) spread


    and clipped/connected
    – Two sizes of void boxes; 8.5” uses plastic clips, 12” metal clips
    – Place tendons/anchor bolts
    – Set interior form; i.e., garage firewall / porch
    – Inspection

    • Day 3: Slab poured


    – Strong enough for crew to walk on

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    ‘How To’

    • Estimate number of Wafflebox foundation forms in footprint


    - Take total sf of footprint, divide by 4.15
    - Example: 1500 sf / 4.15 = 361 Waffleboxes needed

    • Calculate number installed per man hour


    - Detailed survey of last 15 projects; most 175 per man hour, least 28 per man
    hour, average 75 per man hour

    • Determine yards of concrete in a Wafflemat slab


    - 28 sf per cubic yard using 8.5” Wafflebox w/ 5” slab
    - Example: 1500 sf / 28 = 54 yards

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    Setup
    Setup
    Groups of two/four Waffleboxes clipped & connected

    12
    Slab Pour
    Finish
    5,000 sf house in Hawaii
    Note: Plumbing already up

    16
    Waffleboxes left out for point loads

    17
    Cables in Clips
    Strong enough to walk on
    Working in Hawaii
    Waffleboxes ‘lock’ when concrete poured
    Used on Multi Levels
    Finished House
    Technical Resources

    • Wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Grade_Mat_Foundation_for_Exp
    ansive_Soil
    s

    • Google: ‘On-grade mat foundations’

    • Best Base Website → ‘Technical Papers’


    – Wafflemat Slabs Provide Superior Performance
    – Lowering the Carbon Footprint When Using the Wafflemat System for Concrete
    Slab Foundations
    – Wafflemat System Design Considerations
    – Wafflemat FAQ
    – Thermo Mechanical Analysis of Wafflemat Samples
    – Wafflemat and the IBC
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    Contacts

    • www.thebestbase.com

    • Tom Richards, 925.683.2739


    • Jim Winslow, Implementation: 925.352.2456
    • Rich Treanor, Planning/Production: 925.640.8680
    • Tom Bragg, Engineering Liaison: 925.915.0808
    • John Cook, S.E.: 707.578.8185
    • Dan Rhoades, G.E.: 925.932.1177
    • Greg Carr, P.E.: 925.336.6366

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