TigerLoc – Durable Window & Door Embed for Precast and Tilt-Up Concrete

TigerLoc® is a high-performance window and door attachment embed, specially designed for precast and tilt-up concrete panels. This innovative product ensures strong, long-lasting connections, preventing common issues like rot, warping, and chemical reactions with aluminum window frames or fasteners. TigerLoc’s moisture-resistant, lightweight design makes installation easier while enhancing the durability and structural integrity of concrete panels. Ideal for use in construction projects where reliability and longevity are essential.

Advantages to using TigerLoc attachment embeds

• Durability—TigerLoc will not rot or corrode fasteners, which minimizes the need for maintenance and repairs of your building
• Quality—TigerLoc provides properly constructed details that ensures efficiency and superior building performance
• Efficiency—TigerLoc provides faster on-site installation and better energy performance in your building
• Save Energy—TigerLoc ensures that your building envelope is maximizing energy performance
• Save Time—TigerLoc installs quickly and accommodates fast installation of door and window frames with no pre-drilling
• Save Money—TigerLoc streamlines site installation time, while lowering building energy operating costs

Additional Benefits

• Provides a fire-resistant barrier to insulation located within concrete assemblies.
• Health hazards associated with drilling into concrete and producing silica dust are minimized
• Saves cost by eliminating the need to have your insulation custom cut for openings in insulated concrete assemblies
• Provides 4 times the insulating value of treated wood
• Window and door frames can be attached to TigerLoc allowing for a faster installation schedule
• Unlike treated wood Tigerloc will not rot, warp, twist or react chemically with frames or fasteners
• Complete separation for concrete wythes can be maintained ensuring that cracking associated with differences in thermal movement is eliminated

Tigerloc Plus

TigerLoc® Plus – Fire-Rated Window & Door Embed for Precast and Tilt-Up Concrete

• TigerLoc Plus delivers all the benefits of the original TigerLoc with upgraded performance features.
• Engineered for precast and tilt-up concrete panels, TigerLoc Plus
• Comes with a Class A fire rating, meeting ASTM E-8421a and NFPA® standards, making it an excellent choice for fire-resistant construction.
• Safety—Class A Rated – fire blocking window & door attachment embed that is in compliance with ASTM E-8421a (Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials).
• NFPA 285 Compliant: Embed has passed the rigorous NFPA 285 fire test, ensuring that the exterior wall assembly prevents excessive flame spread and temperature rise, offering enhanced fire safety during a simulated fire event.

Installation

TigerLoc and TigerLoc Plus are designed for simple and quick installation, as they can be easily cut and installed with standard tools found on any construction site.