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 and shipping costs and logistics is still a nightmare.
So to build an ICF home, the only option left is to do it yourself. To ensure quality, you need to get samples first – make sure the thickness and density of the EPS conforms to the required minimums for ICF construction. If you need technical assistance, let us know – we’d be glad to assist you for a minimal technical fee. We have available rigid EPS for ICF construction use.
Your ICF form must allow for 5-6 inches of concrete core cavity, and the EPS must be 2 inches. To make it hold during concrete pour, you will need a lot of lumber to hold it. You should also already pre install the drywall surface on the ICF by using long screws that goes to the concrete core so that it holds on to the poured concrete giving your drywall surface that concrete hard support from the concrete core. If the area is for bathrooms – meaning you will have tiles on the walls, then be sure to stick the screw heads out – do not bury the heads all the way – this way, when the concrete core cures, the partially buried screw heads will become your tile adhesive anchors – so when you apply the tile adhesive – the partially buried screw heads will hold it tightly. Your long crews also need to be galvanized or stainless if at all possible, but no worries – rust cannot develop around it since the long screws will be totally buried in cement or tile adhesive in the bathrooms.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you need technical assistance. We’d be glad to help you nationwide… We can also supply you the EPS forms including the nationwide shipping…
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