same in ours. I know that Americans are prone to earthquakes and wooden houses are more resistant, but not all the states. Don't even get me started on cardboard doors.
Do you use insulation in Brazil or is your oil so cheap your utilities are nearly zero? How heavy is a ceramic block 16 inches high and 48 inches long? The styrofoam ICF is 6.5 lbs. I get a hernia thinking about how heavy your ceramic block would be.
You see, these comes in regular shapes. When I postulated this back in the days, I saw it differently. Mine was in the shape of polygons because when I thought about it, the interlocking mechanism came with the likeness of crevices. See a seismographic reading along with crevices on the wall. You see the behaviour of earthquakes and its actual ground shakes, which by the way goes in all directions. It doesn't follow regular lines.
#LiteformBlocks *Where an opening is required* *Scaffolding planks* *Alignment bracing* Breaking down these positions for mounting helps minor adjustments or corrections for designing purposes
Alignment of this type bracing is nearly impossible. I use two small angles welded the with of the block 20 feet long. I lay them over the ICF wall, every 20 feet I brace to align walls and pour ever 4-5 feet in height. I save half the labor.
Angle irons 1 inch by one inch are welded with small steel steps every 5 ft parallel like a railroad track the width of the ICF block. This ladder shaped straightener is 20 ft long placed over the top of the 3rd course of ICF to keep them perfectly straight for 20 ft. Another is placed over second twenty feet and third one for sixty feet. Look down the wall shows in or out brace needed to straighten wall at each twenty feet. When straightened with single brace ...pour concrete. Repeat every three or four courses of ICFs as needed. When wall is straight from corner to corner the wall will be straight and plumb. Labor time is reduced by fifty percent over vertical bracing.
Yes, initially. You can also install a narrow angle iron (such as a drywall corner) and nail it to concrete and screw it to the form. Most common is just to foam the bottom with canned foam before the pour, but after at least 2 courses of stacking (to prevent lift and abundant unlevelness).
From what I've found, looking into it, these buildings are nigh on indestructible can last for 100+ years with very little maintenance as long as they're done properly.
Hi, in the video it say that you connect the icf forms together using zip ties, is that the plastic zip ties that you can get at the hardware store, or something different. Thank you
You cut holes in the bottom of the window bucks and vibrate it till it fills up, most of the time works well. If it doesent fill up at the end the pump truck can shoot some in the hole and fill it up the rest of the way
There is no need to level the blocks. Best practice is to just stack everything, keeping seams tight. Then at the top, mark each corner with a laser level and snap a line. Find any high spots and cut the top of block off. I've done it both ways and snap and cut is quick and easy. (It also gets rid of nibs on the top course which is sometimes helpful for the flatwork up there anyhow.
@@joshualruby hi Joshua, are you an engineer? what about ICF fist floor, and ICF roof? i'm asking because i'm in the construction business where i live (very lucrative), and i think of getting this technology.
kal I am an engineer, but not a structural engineer. I am a mechanical engineer. I have built with ICF for 12 years though, so am very familiar with it. ICF can be used for basements, first floors, and up to about 5-8 stories high (though I have only done three levels as I have mostly done residential) so a structural engineer would have to determine maximum height. Also, ICF systems exist for suspended slabs for floors and roof systems. In short, ICF is extremely versatile and can do just about anything you would need. I would be happy to give you my recommendations on things if you were to try to start using it. I like to see the industry expand. Feel free to email me. JLRUBYBUSINESS@ g m a i l (dot) c 0 m .
These are extremely strong and can withstand a lot...its a concrete build... you can Google ICF houses standing after storms and see full neighborhoods that got destroyed with only the ICF houses remaining
@@drkwvrvn9956 we have this building in Libya for almost twenty years, amazing no repairs no repainting, fire resistance, the only disadvantage is the roof.
I built a lifeform basement singlehandedly 25 years ago . I knew nothing of building houses except for the taping of which I had 20 years experience. It was very easy to do even though the system was not as refined . About like a giant Lego structure . Very simple . Easy. No need for a engineer or suit of any kind . The next house I build will be a lifeform basement. I had a couple floods over the years and the drywall that was screwed to the foam blocks didn't rot because it dried out ok . No mildew. No cracks that I could see and my wife and a friend poured the walls one saturday morning . Used a seawall to vibrate the slurry around the4 window openings. Easy .
In my above post it should read as SAWZALL was used to vibrate slurry around windows . Also , this is my wife's account. She is not a lesbian and neither am i.
Yes they are. In the end they are steel concrete structures. The thickness of the wall can go up to 10 inches or about 29 cm. Once it is filled with the proper amount of steel, it can stand up to level 8 heart quake
