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Talk to UsWant to build a Concrete Home? What do you know about ICF homes and ICF construction? First off, ICF stands for insulated Concrete Forms.
Insulating Concrete Forms - ICF
Insulated Concrete Forms, or ICFs, are stay-in-place forms used to build a superior concrete home. Benefits of building with ICFs include energy savings, fire resistance, superior structural integrity, and an ecologically sound building process, just to name a few. Once you have built an ICF, or lived in an ICF home, you will undoubtedly never go back to the flimsiness of a stick-framed house. The difference in quality is similar to the difference between Hoover Dam and a dam built by a beaver. And while the rumor of the highly priced concrete home persists, the fact is concrete homes are more than affordable - the energy savings that concrete home owners enjoy make the concrete home the more affordable home.
Just how strong is an ICF home?
A concrete home is structurally designed to be ten to 20 times stronger than a stick-framed home. An ICF can weather a tornado, earthquake or hurricane virtually un-scathed. Durability - Adding to the structural integrity of the concrete home is the very nature of its components. The basic components of an ICF home don’t rot or rust. You can expect your concrete home to remain structurally sound for 200 years or more.
Affordable Concrete Homes
Within the last decade, many homeowners, builders and architects have come to realize the superiority of the ICF home and the ICF boom is under full swing. By 2015, ICF homes are expected to make up 15-25% of all new homes built. More and more homeowners are looking for quality-built homes that will save on heating and cooling, and also withstand natural disasters. As the oil prices continue to rise, more and more homeowners are seeing that cheap, stick-framed homes are eating into their retirement funds, while the minimal cost to heat or cool an ICF home may afford the concrete home owner an entirely more comfortable standard of living. If you choose to build an ICF, rest assured we have experts here to support you all the way. Contact a Green builder to get a cost and discuss all the options to build Green with a Concrete Home.
Information taken from http://www.concrete-home.com/. For all your real estate and building needs or questions, call Debbie at 830-833-4249 / 713-818-69658 or debbie@ vallonerealestate.net
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17th century construction in the year 2010? Ever wonder why we build houses the way we do? Ever notice the average price of a house? The whole industry is built around construction concepts that date back centuries. The construction industry has evolved to the point that housing is becoming less affordable due to the high cost of construction, materials and building professionals, and most importantly "TIME".
Why build houses with 2x6 joists and 2x4 studs? Drywall, fiberglass insulation or particle board? $60 - $80 an hour for professionals? After all these years is there no better way to build a house?
Yes, there is! Molded aerated mortar (concrete with no stone) poured into a re-useable framed plastic mold (formwork). Windows, doors, steel reinforcing, plumbing and electrical conduit is positioned prior to the forms being filled. There is no need for wood framing or drywall!
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