Roger, it depends on the system. Quad-Lock does not suggest that panels should be glued together. The exception might be a radiused wall, but even that is doubtful.

Other systems may suggest adhesive between courses, but check their published installation instruction.
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I built my home using LiteForm ICF which is similar to Quad-Lock. I did not glue any panels together and did not apply any bracing or strapping on the outside. All of my bracing was on the inside and secured to the ICF. I had no floating of the forms anywhere - no gaps opened between the panels for either my basement pour or my main floor pour. But one thing I did do was put some load on my forms by lifting my vertical rebar off the bottom ~1/2" and tying it to the top horizontal rebar so that the vertical rebar was hanging from the top. This put some additional weight on the forms. I also had rebar every 16" horizontal and every 16" vertical.

Posted By arkie6 on 25 Jul 2013 07:06 PM
But one thing I did do was put some load on my forms by lifting my vertical rebar off the bottom ~1/2" and tying it to the top horizontal rebar so that the vertical rebar was hanging from the top. This put some additional weight on the forms. I also had rebar every 16" horizontal and every 16" vertical.

Arkie, Hanging the rebar seems like a great idea to create 'weight' to hold down the works. Did they get cocked up when the pressure of the falling concrete moved them?

Posted By d'techguy on 25 Jul 2013 02:54 PM
...Quad-Lock does not suggest that panels should be glued together. The exception might be a radiused wall, but even that is doubtful.

D'techguy, Why don't they "suggest it"? Is it because it is not at all necessary - or does it create "other" potential problems? If it's the other potential problems,what are those problems?

Installers have never found it necessary to foam Quad-Lock panels together. The design of the system is intended to prevent floating.
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Posted By Roger R on 29 Jul 2013 09:55 PM

Posted By arkie6 on 25 Jul 2013 07:06 PM
But one thing I did do was put some load on my forms by lifting my vertical rebar off the bottom ~1/2" and tying it to the top horizontal rebar so that the vertical rebar was hanging from the top. This put some additional weight on the forms. I also had rebar every 16" horizontal and every 16" vertical.

Arkie, Hanging the rebar seems like a great idea to create 'weight' to hold down the works. Did they get cocked up when the pressure of the falling concrete moved them?

The bottom of my vertical rebar was restrained from moving more than 1" or so by PVC pipe rings that I had attached to the rebar dowels in my footing.