Fast-Tube™ Concrete Column Form - Sonotube Replacement

www.fab-form.com/fast-tube/fas...
Fast-Tube™ is a 'soft' fabric column form for forming round concrete columns. Manufactured from high strength polyethylene, Fast-Tube™ comes on rolls 100' in length and in diameters 8", 10", 12", 14", 16' and 18". Installation, pouring and stripping is quick and easy.
Sustainable Advantages
No waste: cut any length from 100' roll
Ships flat, 1% the space of cardboard tubes
Light weight, 10% the weight of cardboard tubes
Strips in seconds
Recycle as underslab membrane
Undamaged by rain and moisture

[@DemandCapture]

I need one today. But in Kenya. Great idea...

[@watcher9412]

do u put the rebar imposition first then put the fast foot over the rebar I would like to see if u can do a vedio if it is possible for u to do this also I can see the potential of this product elsewhere in the world I would like to see how u would setup the rebar thanks

[@mariolaturnas6062]

very nice idea

[@terrygloa7925]

What's the cost of a 16 inch diameter roll? Can you ship it to Luna, Burgos, Ilocos Sur and where can this be ordered? Is it on Shopee? Lastly, what helps hold the column to be a perfect circle or could it end up lop-sided?

[@blainehandleit]

Is there a limit on how high you can go? I’m looking to go 16 feet high

[@FabFormIndustries]

It depends on the diameter of the column, but for most sizes no issues with 16' columns. See here;
www.fab-form.com/fast-tube/fast-tubeSpecifications.php

[@watcher9412]

please can u tell me if u need rebar to give the columns strengths

[@FabFormIndustries]

Yes, you will always want vertical steel in your columns. Rebar should be installed prior to concrete placement. With rebar cages Fast-Tube should carefully slid down the cage. These crews are so comfortable with the product, they wet set the rebar in.

[@jerrycook5597]

Only for lbr. You could push column right over .

[@michaelgomez7776]

What s the cost for a 8" diameter d 100' roll?

[@FabFormIndustries]

$102.78/100' roll. We can ship anywhere in North America for roughly $25

[@notcook628]

You end up with a rippled surface when you are finished. Not the final few seconds of the video. You can also end up with and "S" curve to the column. You don't want these for decorative above ground columns. You won't be happy.

[@FabFormIndustries]

Completely agree. We sell this product as a utility column. As it is made of a woven plastics slight stretching and wrinkling at the base can occur. If you are looking for a perfectly round smooth surface this is not the right product. But for 90% of the columns out there it does the job for half the price, with a number of other benefits.

[@huygfc4257]

then how to make the perfect round column?

[@notcook628]

@@huygfc4257 use a Sonotube.

[@notcook628]

@@FabFormIndustries probably even less than half the price, particularly if you have to pay for shipping.

[@huygfc4257]

@@notcook628 thanks bro.

[@somedude-lc5dy]

looks like an awful product. there exist moisture-resistant tubes from multiple manufacturers. this is just the company being cheap/lazy, trying to save 10s of dollars on tubes. they probably don't like storing them or going to the home center to buy them, so they just do this hack-job.

[@FabFormIndustries]

Moisture resistant is alot different than waterproof. And at 1/3rd the price and producing the same end product, not sure how this is a hack-job.