Cutting Edge Homes is a building and real estate channel. Content includes home tours of Cutting Edge Homes projects and how to videos for DIY'ers and modern architecture fans presented by Aaron King. Aaron is one of the Ozarks preeminent builders of upscale modern homes and he takes each project on in a hands on and artisanal way. Aaron and his crew build all the custom pools, water features, and custom cabinets and doors on all of his projects. and his videos will take you inside the details of these amazing homes! Aaron's wife Christina, a licensed Realtor in Springfield MO, She also will post some open house tours from interesting homes on the market around the Ozarks! 《最前沿的房屋》是建筑和房地产的频道。内容包括公司的一些建筑项目和美国中西部房地产的家庭参观，以及由亚伦·金自创的家庭改造的项目和现代建筑迷关注的视频。亚伦（Aaron）是奥扎克斯（Ozarks）杰出的高档现代住宅建设者之一，他亲自动手进行每个项目，他的视频将带您深入了解这些令人惊叹的住宅的细节！亚伦的妻子克里斯蒂娜（Christina）是密苏里州斯普林菲尔德（Springfield）的持照房地产经纪人，频道也会发布一些最新的房地产房屋开放日视频，并且她也帮助一些房地产投资者在美国中西部帮您找到一些好的投资项目。
Element is a nice block but when a super feature of ICF construction is the ability to install and pour in extremely cold weather, I think assembling a block of any kind at 28 degrees and snowing is not a good feature
Grade is perfect this way, but most important by far is the mitigation of rising damp…. You spend big $ waterproofing your wall yet it sits on a footing that absorbs ground moisture until it’s the same as the mud it’s sitting in, which wicks up the wall!
What are your opinions on Quad Lock ICF? It seems a bit more labor intensive, but I really like the ability to customize both the interior and exterior foam thickness, as well as the core thickness.
Quads fans are very enthusiastic, their decking product, basically insuldeck is awesome! That said I don’t get the complications of using a more complex product personally…. That said, if it’s readily available in your market for a fair price proceed!
So. I want to double check what i think you are doing. There is a downslope on the land that is several feet so you are doing a step to your footer so you dont have to rip the blocks either top or bottom because your step is a full block height. Doesnt that step degrade the footing stability? I was thinking i would scrape the high side and move to low side. But maybe thinking now i might prefer to just dig an extra block depth to get that footer all level. I think you said it was a cost savings but it feels less savings with gravel and tamping.
I don’t think you quite follow…. To grade it all would mean half of my structure would be on full, step footings ensure all footings are on Virgin soil below frost line, im guessing you are from the southwest where there is no frost line and you have dg as the prevalent substrate…. There’s no, better, faster, stronger way to achieve a heated slab on grade on a site with 4’ of fall than this method…. Stay tuned!
@@all3pools wouldnt the walls at the step create pressure that could break at the step? Lets say the higher side of the step sinks due to errosion. Seems more likely but i guess both scenarios would break. I am in Tx but building in NW Ark. Bella Vista. Waiting to see what the waltons are doing with their newly purchased land first
I’d rather not…. Fiber is slightly cheaper, stronger, and the ufer being the only reason to use it in the first place gives me the trifecta of reasons to avoid if/when possible!
For a guy with a google account named Albert Einstein you sure have a problem with basic math…. That said it is tricky to articulate, next vid I’ll have a graphic making it super clear
I will! Probably next video or the one after where we pour the sub-grade walls! I think the house is a little over 6k but 4 on main level…. Plus detached garage
Would LOVE to see you do a video on RhinoForm!!! Also, would you hace any interest in GC-ing a build in Columbus, OH? (about 9-10 hours from Springfield)
I live in Alberta where Rhino form is made I'd love to see you do a house or even building with those forms and give your opinion. They seem like awesome forms however I wonder how they are to pour and install.
Wow, a faster easier way to do a footing that also builds in a fix to the huge issue of rising damp and u don’t understand the value??? Cool, keep building shacks!
I would argue that "useless" is not accurate. #1 Aaron @all3pools is excited and that's always cool to see. #2 We now know he's potentially building a 100% ICF house including the roof. That's what I want to do on my project I'm designing in Los Angeles, so the teaser has me interested in seeing more. And #3 He shipping more pools. It was quick, informative and entertaining so not really a useless video.
The house I’m starting next week will top out at 12’ but I’m bracing the first floor from The outside so I can pour floor the same day! Which means parts of the bracing will be 17’ high, so stay tuned!
I to build my house out of ICF blocks five years ago this June I had a fire and believe it or not I would of been far better off by just letting the thing burn and then putting two by fours against the concrete and spray foam the walls again but….. The fire department took it upon themselves to impound and excavator that was next-door claiming that my walls were unsafe during the fire they pushed in three of my four walls I have one heck of a mess on my hand right now. FYI concrete cost twice as much to get rid of as it does to poor New Moral of the story is tell the fire department to protect your neighbors house and let yours burn out completely you will be far far better off Denis
Excellent video Aaron! One of your best! Kudo's to father and son! Cody did a fantastic job stacking those blocks. I got some really great pointers and ideas from watching this video. I am working on a very similar DIY project using 8 inch core Fox Blocks. I would be very interested in more information on that wood stove flu pipe in the ICF wall and what Cody is planning on using for a vapor barrier and exterior finish. Hope you will show more video's on this build! 👍
I will certainly try to keep this job updated! Ps do you already have your fox? I’m showing a new block in the next couple of weeks and featuring it in a killer build with it! Very similar to fox but with a dash of Nudura mixed in!
@@all3pools I have already taken delivery of my blocks. I have the first two rows down and am in the process of leveling them with the Fab-Form Zevelers. I'll be pouring a 6 inch walk out basement slab next once I'm done with leveling & plumbing up the blocks and have my door bucks in. Fab-Form has some really nice accessories for ICF construction.
@@all3pools Nudura makes a great ICF block but I personally don't care for them. They are flimsy in my opinion. The folding feature causes this. The biggest reason I went with Fox Blocks was that they were solid and VERY strong blocks. I don't see how they can be improved upon to any large extent. That having been said, there ARE some things about Fox Blocks that I would like to see improved starting with their T blocks.
@@all3pools I would be very interested in the ICF blocks you are talking about. I have taken delivery of 1/2 of the Fox Blocks ICF blocks for the home. I have not yet ordered the ICF blocks for my 54 x 88 shop yet.
