Mojave
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Anyone build a home with ICF?
Did you do it yourself?
How did it go?
Did you do it yourself?
How did it go?
Good to know. Thanks.Any construction material supply company selling ICF's rents a bracing package to go with it. I highly recommend renting the bracing package.
It’s been around for well over 20 years and has evolved substantially from the early 4x8 fold form sheets that were a nightmareI see several folks around me building with that stuff. I wonder about how you finish it with siding and interior walls. I also wonder about its longevity.
All the past failures like LP siding, polybutylene plumbing, vinyl siding, stucco that rotted the sheathing and framing, mold issues due to houses not breathing, ect…
Seams just about any time they come up with a new material or new way to use plastic it comes with a 20 year learning curve.
I used Logix forms and the plastic webbing inside the blocks has a screw attachment area marked with x's every 8" or 9". I did sheetrock right to the forms in a couple rooms in my basement and I furred another area to put a pallet wood accent wall up.I see several folks around me building with that stuff. I wonder about how you finish it with siding and interior walls. I also wonder about its longevity.
All the past failures like LP siding, polybutylene plumbing, vinyl siding, stucco that rotted the sheathing and framing, mold issues due to houses not breathing, ect…
Seams just about any time they come up with a new material or new way to use plastic it comes with a 20 year learning curve.