Building system
View Patent ↗A building system and method of using the same may include a wall assembly including a plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets disposed on either side of at least one welded wire mesh sheet. The wall assembly may be disposed in a keyway defined by a foundation assembly including a plurality of form boards. The foundation assembly may be constructed and arranged for framing out a slab, wall, or structure. The building system may further include a framing assembly including a plurality of vertical supports spaced away from one another and being constructed and arranged to connect to a support header and plurality of spans such that a structure or wall may be formed within the framing assembly. Material, such as concrete, maybe poured between the plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets to form a slab, wall, or structure.
1. A building system for forming at least one to-be-constructed structure, comprising:
a wall assembly comprising a plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets and at least one welded wire mesh sheet;
a foundation assembly comprising a plurality of form boards for framing out a to-be-constructed slab and at least one keyboard removably coupled to the form boards, wherein the at least one keyboard is removable and constructed and arranged to define a keyway in the to-be-constructed slab; and
a framing assembly comprising:
a plurality of vertical supports structured to be vertically disposed on an underlying surface, each of the plurality of vertical supports being in a spaced apart relation from one another, each of the plurality of vertical supports having an exposed end to removably engage with one of a plurality of support headers, and
a plurality of spans, wherein each of the plurality of spans is structured to extend at least partially between adjacent vertical supports of the plurality of vertical supports, and wherein each of the plurality of spans is structured to extend between and be received by corresponding support headers of the plurality of support headers;
wherein the plurality of spans is configured to allow for removability of the plurality of support headers and the plurality of spans for subsequent reuse; and
wherein the at least one keyboard includes a notch that receives a first vertical support of the plurality of vertical supports.
2. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the at least one welded wire mesh sheet is disposed between a pair of expanded metal mesh sheets of the plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets.
3. The building system as in claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets is positioned a distance from one another, the distance between each of the plurality of expanded metal mesh sheets equaling a thickness of a to-be-constructed wall.
4. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the wall assembly further comprises at least one vertical strap comprising a j-hook.
5. The building system as in claim 4 , wherein the at least one vertical strap extends downward from at least one of the plurality of spans and wherein the j-hook is positioned towards an interior portion of a to-be-constructed wall in order to receive a horizontal brace.
6. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of spans defines a slot sized and shaped to receive a vertical strap therein.
7. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein at least one span of the plurality of spans defines a plurality of slots on a downward facing surface of the at least one span and further defines a plurality of corresponding slots on an upward facing surface of the at least one span, the plurality of slots and the plurality of corresponding slots being constructed and arranged to receive vertical straps therein.
8. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the wall assembly further comprises at least one vertical strap comprising a j-hook and defines an embedment line constructed and arranged to identify a lower portion of the at least one vertical strap to be disposed within a wall material during use.
9. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the wall assembly further comprises at least one horizontal support positioned laterally between adjacent vertical supports of the plurality of vertical supports, wherein the at least one horizontal support is constructed and arranged to seat within at least one j-hook of at least one strap.
10. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the at least one keyboard is removably fastened to the form boards.
11. The building system as in claim 1 , wherein the framing assembly comprises at least one vertical brace disposed on at least one of an interior side or an exterior side of a to-be-constructed wall, and at least one horizontal strap extending from a span of the plurality of spans, wherein the at least one vertical brace is removably coupled to the at least one horizontal strap.
12. The building system as in claim 11 , wherein the framing assembly comprises at least one exterior horizontal brace removably coupled to a second vertical support of the plurality of vertical supports.
13. The building system as in claim 12 , wherein the at least one vertical brace and the at least one exterior horizontal brace are configured to maintain the integrity of the desired shape and thickness of a to-be-constructed structure.