The grade inside the footer has been brought up and somewhat leveled. \u00a0There will be more grading later, but for now everything is ready for the ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) foundation blocks.<\/p>\n
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So what’s an ICF block? Here<\/a> is a site where you can read more about them. \u00a0We don’t approve of or endorse all of the information on that site, but it should give you an idea of what ICF construction is. Basically, they are styrofoam building blocks that are filled with concrete to create a sturdy, well insulated, and continuously sealed wall structure.<\/p>\n [nggallery id=28]<\/p>\n Many of the homes in Beringer Commons are of ICF construction. \u00a0From the outside, they are no different in appearance than a stick built home. \u00a0Inside, they have deeper door and window openings and lower energy bills. \u00a0We are only using the ICF for the A foam adhesive is applied to the blocks holding them together. \u00a0Steel rebar will be placed within the blocks before the concrete is poured. \u00a0The black plastic bracing in the blocks gives them structure and is also used for nailing\/screwing drywall or siding to the blocks.<\/p>\n [nggallery id=29]<\/p>\n The foundation is 3 block courses high. \u00a0ICF blocks come in several dimensions. \u00a0Since we are building a very efficient home, we are using blocks with 3 inches of styrofoam on the inside and outside to be filled with 6 inches of concrete.<\/p>\n [nggallery id=30]<\/p>\n Monday we are scheduled to pour the concrete within the ICF walls and the solar system posts. \u00a0The house wall panels should arrive soon. \u00a0While waiting for the panels we will continue work on completing the solar system. \u00a0The windows are on order and should arrive in about two weeks, which should coincide with the completion of the house frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The grade inside the footer has been brought up and somewhat leveled. \u00a0There will be more grading later, but for now everything is ready for the ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) foundation blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","woocommerce_thumbnail":"","woocommerce_single":"","woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":"","shop_catalog":"","shop_single":"","shop_thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":" The grade inside the footer has been brought up and somewhat leveled. \u00a0There will be more grading later, but for now everything is ready for the ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) foundation blocks. So what’s an ICF block? Here is a site where you can read more about them. \u00a0We don’t approve of or endorse all of the information on that site, but it should give you an idea of what ICF construction is. Basically, they are styrofoam building blocks that are filled with concrete to create a sturdy, well insulated, and continuously sealed wall structure. [nggallery id=28] Many of the…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Equinox Blog<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhouse foundation, not the entire wall structure.<\/p>\n