Wiring ICF Walls!!! 

😊 thank you!

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Same answer regarding pex although it would be a little bit more possible…. Generally though pex will deflect screws only pulling through drywall, meaning they usually need to be pulling through wood or plastic to have enough pull to grab the pex and pierce! But if you managed to hit one dead center I suppose it could occur albeit unlikely, you can also take not of where the pex is and consciously avoid the area, there’s usually only a few pex lines running in the icf walls themselves

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You’re welcome!

Metal conduit IS allowed and it would be great for extra protection. But anyone out there doing the labor isn’t going to readily want to run conduit through ICF primarily because of cost and effort. So yes, you can and may see it done, it’s convenient later on but it’s tough to get rough in for ICF

I am guessing all the pvc pipes were done before concrete pour, so no coring would be needed

provided you shimmed up level a quick squirt of foam is solid and quick, plus satisfies securing the wire within 6 inches from the box. Loctite 3xl also works.

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So if plumbing is close to the surface for some reason mail plates are generally used, electrical it’s rarely necessary because we typically embed the wires 2” deep, which is the same as the center of a stud, with the beautiful added detail that once we cut through the web there’s no meat for a mail or screw to bite into to pul it into the wire like it can in a wood stud, if u inadvertently put a drywall screw on top of the wire channel(won’t reach typically) but it will simply strip out the drywall because there’s no longer a web their to but!

hot knife... amazon or ebay. No need to reinvent

That’s just silly…. Inspectors can be the best friend or worst enemy of innovation…. Our inspectors, especially the one known to be the toughest and most anal, love icf and are generally enthusiastic to see what we are doing! They’ve been helpful regarding great areas such as pool bonding too

Mounting metal boxes to concrete is less than Ideal. Forcing you to staple wiring into concrete is nuts. If you lock the wiring in with spray foam it is 100% secured along the entire run. Can't get better than that.

@@cuttingedgehomes9251 there is a need for building inspectors to view inspector educational videos ( that are building inspector approved)showing approved procedures involving ICF for Home construction: electrical, HVAC, plumbing and framing.

I am glad someone brought up the need to secure wires near boxes. This is technically correct for traditional builds and unfortunately building inspectors can be ignorant of anything they are unfamiliar with. I have pushed back on building inspectors and appealed to the state, I am a homeowner not a contractor, so I have less to lose since I don’t need to have an ongoing relationship with the inspectors. The last building inspector I dealt with was a complete a-hole and was eventually fired. He certainly did not understand the law and tried to prevent me from installing my own solar thinking he had absolute authority over everything, his ego got the better of him. Anyway before building I would definitely sit down with the building inspector and explain exactly what you plan to do and make sure he/she/they/them approves of how you intend to install everything then get that in writing on your permits. Even if you have ten pages of attachments explaining the details it is well worth it when they forget what they approved several months earlier.

Thank you for straightening that out for me;)

Email me support@icfguru.com

For sure not quicker…. Are you saying to place them before the pour???

Yes,run the smurf in the cavity,either 1/2 " or 3/4" tie to web either side of a join. Done it 100s of times and never had a failure.

No it’s not…

@@cuttingedgehomes9251 😂 😂 for sure you can just break out all of the knock outs for wire, put in romax connectors, strip the wire, connect to the neutral and ground terminal, and connect to the breaker.

Way slower and not great in the webs, but yes, less messy

Vacuum at the end of your chainsaw bar may help with the mess but your method is better than hot knife when trying to cut through webs it would take too long with hot knife.

No, you actually aren’t suppose to run romex in conduit…

Huh?

@@cuttingedgehomes9251 Modern LED's don't need a huge ceiling box like the ones in the video. 1.5" deep boxes are sufficient. Just use 2" furring strips on the ceiling to run the wires and the boxes, that way you don't have to dig into the ICF at all.

Lol how bout the webs???

Thanks for watching

Not remotely

What’s your address? I can only see your initials here

@@cuttingedgehomes9251 Just reply to your email address.

@@RS-lt2ue what email are you sending to? Support@icfguru.com or aaron.cuttingedgehomes@gmail.com? I don’t see a new message but perhaps it hasn’t come through, if it was days ago try resending, sorry I get a lot of emails and it may be buried

You have no idea what you are talking about…

This is one of the reasons you use ICF’s. Looks Great keep up the good work!

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That’s awesome! Ya angel fire is going to be legit, hopefully putting the finishing touches on numbers at world of concrete…. Assuming interest rates don’t do anything more than what’s expected and materials stay stable I’m pretty fired up about it!