Ideal for today's housing requirements, insulating concrete forms (ICFs) are hollow units made of plastic foam, assembled into the shape of a building's exterior, and filled with reinforced concrete to create structural walls. This step-by-step guide will introduce you to the advantages of ICFs, and show you how to incorporate them successfully into your homebuilding projects. Featuring a helpful eight-page color insert, the book offers you full coverage of ICF components, design issues, engineering, assembly, and much more.
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Discover the vast potential of insulating concrete forms (ICFs) for the homebuilding market. Ideal for today's housing requirements, insulating concrete froms (ICFs) are hollow units made of plastic foam, assembled into the shape of a building's exterior, and filled with reinforced concrete to create structural walls. This step-by-step guide will introduce you to the many advantages of ICFs--such as energy efficiency, design flexibility, strength, durability, and ease of construction--and show you how to design and construct houses out of them. Featuring an eight-page color insert, the book covers: components--including ICF systems and their parts and materials, including the various types of foams and their properties; design--presenting information on detailing issues, system selection, the building envelope, attachments, and cost estimation; engineering--offering guidance on structural performance and design, energy efficiency and HVAC, and future developments; assembly--explaining the construction sequence for formwork, concrete, and key components. Whether you're an architect, engineer, or contractor, this great productivity tool will enable you to capitalize on ICFs in your homebuilding projects!
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...I was pleasantly surprised that it was an informative text that addressed important points in construction with Interlocking Concrete Forms. While geared towards construction and engineering veiw points, it does answer many questions understandable for a do-it-your-selfer. Very informative and recommended.
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We attempted to gather precise current information on the performance of houses built of ICFs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flat plank systems, cased wood window, gross exterior wall area, flat block systems, conventional concrete basement, structural plain concrete, grid panel systems, designing lintels, grid block systems, axial load strength, fastening surfaces, nominal shear strength, reinforced concrete example, empirical design method, thermal mass effect, insulating concrete forms, boom pump, plain concrete walls, specified compressive strength, horizontal cavities, extreme compression fiber, termite shield, specified yield strength, concrete thickness, scaffolding systems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Portland Cement Association, United States, Type Number, American Concrete Institute, Society of the Plastics Industry, Diamond Snap-Form, None Low, Other Number, Research Center, University of Miami, Blue Maxx, Expanded Plastic Integral Tie, Load Case, Mar-Quest Research, New York, American Society of Heating, Construction Technology Laboratories, Lite-Form Inc, Los Angeles, National Association of Home Builders, Air Conditioning Engineers, Energy Design Update, None Increased, User-cut None None, Variable Identity Unit New!
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We attempted to gather precise current information on the performance of houses built of ICFs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flat plank systems, cased wood window, gross exterior wall area, flat block systems, conventional concrete basement, structural plain concrete, grid panel systems, designing lintels, grid block systems, axial load strength, fastening surfaces, nominal shear strength, reinforced concrete example, empirical design method, thermal mass effect, insulating concrete forms, boom pump, plain concrete walls, specified compressive strength, horizontal cavities, extreme compression fiber, termite shield, specified yield strength, concrete thickness, scaffolding systems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Portland Cement Association, United States, Type Number, American Concrete Institute, Society of the Plastics Industry, Diamond Snap-Form, None Low, Other Number, Research Center, University of Miami, Blue Maxx, Expanded Plastic Integral Tie, Load Case, Mar-Quest Research, New York, American Society of Heating, Construction Technology Laboratories, Lite-Form Inc, Los Angeles, National Association of Home Builders, Air Conditioning Engineers, Energy Design Update, None Increased, User-cut None None, Variable Identity Unit New!
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- North Carolina (His The new enchantment of America) by John Allan Carpenter on page 93, and page 134
- Moisture Control in Buildings (ASTM Manual, No. 18) (Astm Manual Series) by Heinz R. Trechsel on page 80
- Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective (Westview Studies in Insect Biology) by Robert K Vander Meer on page 94
- Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (13th ed) (EB-001) on page 265
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project on page 94
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