Builders Advantages

 

Easy Installation. 

  • Allows the builder to use small install crews to quickly and efficiently form the walls.
  • Conventional homebuilding crews adapt easily to ICF construction.
  • Cutting and leveling involved draw on standard carpentry skills
  • Electricians need to learn how to cut channels in the surface of the foam to house their cable.
  • The foam is light, and power equipment moves the concrete. So crews stay fresh and sharp.
  • The simplicity of assembly and the lightness of the work help keep labor costs below those of frame construction.

Rugged Construction.

  • Made of regrind polypropylene.
  • Brackets are molded ½” below the surface of the block – not exposed.
  • Brackets or ties are the full height of the block.  16” high molded on 8” centers.
  • Bracket widths are a full 2½”.
  • Five tough polypropylene brackets that are 2½” wide run the full height of the block.