...ICF block construction walls allows thermal bridging into the concrete core of the wall allowing energy stored in the thermal mass to bleed into the soil below....
...ICF blocks, Double stud walls, and pre-built wall assemblies. What can you tell me about your experience with ICF construction compared to pre-fab wall assembl...
...ICF as a construction system has got me interested. Typical ICF blocks don’t offer nearly enough thermal protection to meet Passive House performance requireme...
...ICF blocks serving as a frost wall. Our exterior above grade walls will also be ICF construction with the addition of 3.5" of EPS panels on the exterior. We w...
...ICF blocks. I am wanting to use 6" ICFs for the below grade basement and the main floor as well. Do I need to do any extra insulation in the basement on the con...
...ICF construction? Now that the homeowners have lived with it for 5 years would they change anything about the flooring and will the ICF blocks on my build give ...
...icf walls for my house putting a monk slopping roof on a 5/12 pitch wanting to use sips for the roof.
...ICF blocks for the foundation walls. I prefer not to use spray foam. I am aware where the electricial or plumber would cut into the icf, we need to seal/cover i...
Since the recent cold snap our double glazed windows are running with water, every morning it's all over the window sills, running down the wall - in the bathro...
...ICF basements but they are perfect for exterior Insulation These are panels that come in 4x8 sheets up to 8 inches thick with a metal rail in the middle to secu...
...ICF walls and then backfill it and you’re done. It’s not always easy to find an independent engineer that will design a raft slab, so I would suggest you contac...
...walls it dried up. I reinsulated and and a new vapour barrier, and left it for the winter. I opened back up and there was condensation again. I opened up the ...
...walls may be in reasonable shape. The wall assembly you mention – putting rigid foam insulation against foundation walls followed by a stud wall and Roxul / Roc...
...walls can dry, also read about the importance of air barriers for energy efficiency and durability. If walls are not built with airtightness and an ability to d...
...walls that we are thinking of using ICF blocks for. We wish to build a home with the lowest impact possible, starting with the embodied carbon and we know that ...
...walls completely, so nothing can get in or out, and the area can be kept clean. I can't keep it clean now because it's impossible. The masonry wall behind the e...
...walls. From all of my reading it says that your basement foundation walls can only dry to the inside. If I put foamboard on the concrete and seal it everywhere,...
...walls. Is there any benefit to this or should the walls be insulated instead? Crawlspaces are sometimes insulated between the floor joists to the floor above, o...
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