Right during pandemic all the way to the current wars happening in Ukraine and now Iran, moving ICF blocks from the US or Canada to the Philippines or Asia have become impossible due to the shipping costs and logistical hoops. ICF builders tried to get ICF from China but the quality is not the best …
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Spacious Farmhouse in Antequera Bohol with Insulated Walls
This farm house have very spacious kitchen and living room. The bedrooms are bigger than most average homes in the country today. The entire ground floor is an open type space designed for a backyard farming type of living as the lot is more than a thousand square meters nestled in the middle of a …
Insulated Composite Concrete pre-Fabricated Wall Panels (ICFp)
ICFp or insulated composite concrete pre fab wall panels is your next great choice if the original ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) is currently beyond your budget range. These insulated pre fab wall panels costs lower than ICF but is slightly faster to build but its major difference is that the factories are only in major …
How to build an ICF home in the Philippines
Here in the Philippines there are major stumbling blocks when trying to build an ICF Insulated Concrete Forms home. The stumbling blocks are: 1. Local building code requires columns and beams; 2. Its very hard to find a concrete conveyor. Ready mix concrete companies here usually only have high pressure pumpcrete; 3. Workers need in …
Insulated Concrete Forms ICF wall construction
The footing in an ICF build is a continuous footing since the entire wall of an ICF build is a load bearing wall that needs to be continuously supported. For a 2-3 story ICF house with 6 inches thick cores, footing size is prescribed to be 30 by 60 cm footing with four pieces of …
Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) Foam insulated walls for cooler homes to keep the heat out in the Philippines
Here now is the answer to make cooler homes. Westerners mostly Canadians and Americans who like to have a vacation home or retirement home in the Philippines can now enjoy our tropical climate in their own insulated homes using insulated concrete forms on their walls. Sometimes usually during summer the heat is just unbearable and …
Submeters for your apartment
If you have not originally planned to turn your residence into an apartment – rental rooms, then you have not also designed your electrical connections to have a submeter to read the electrical consumption of each room/unit. You will have to do some electrical modifications to your current circuit. To connect a sub meter, you …
Wide tiles always bend over time
You have noticed here in the Philippines if you use wide tiles – they always bend over time – and when they bend – they detach from the floor causing accidents and other problems. Wide tiles like the 60cm tiles easily bend over time because it’s wider surface area means there are more chances of …
Black and brown contrasts for very elegant modern exteriors
Black and brown are great contrasts to achieve a very elegant modern exterior. Using wood panels for the brown contrast gives it a very rustic effect, while a plain brown or light brown contrast matched with led strip lights can give it a very futuristic look especially if you make the black contrast glossy using …
Industrial scale reverse osmosis water treatment for your house
How about having your own water treatment right at your roof top so you don’t need to buy outside and you can assure your water is the cleanest since you directly maintain your water purification. All tap water supply systems anywhere in our country are now just used for bathing and washing the cars. Unlike …
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