No topic thread,,, Part 2
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Yeah sounds exactly like ours was. I remember a few years ago when we built you didnt know much about icf, have any more knowledge/opinions about them now?
Ours was a crapshoot as we never had any experience besides alot of research, but its been excellent. Bit of a pain when I ran the electrical and hung and finished the drywall, but its been excellent ever since. We got a really high energy rating that the tester that came out said there was no way we could have accomplished that with a solid cement, or wood framed.
Not that it really matters except for that little sticker on my power box haha.
Ours was a crapshoot as we never had any experience besides alot of research, but its been excellent. Bit of a pain when I ran the electrical and hung and finished the drywall, but its been excellent ever since. We got a really high energy rating that the tester that came out said there was no way we could have accomplished that with a solid cement, or wood framed.
Not that it really matters except for that little sticker on my power box haha.
I'm not yet sure if I would use it for myself. Our new house that I'm just finishing up I went with a PWF basement to help cut costs. That being said, there is much more "grunt" involved than having done something like ICF. ICF blocks are no more than Lego blocks holding 8" of concrete
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Interesting take Sherm, thanks. I was pondering taking some icf training as well to dig and build basements on the side. Just too many things on my plate right now otherwise I would have as up here guys seem to pay a premium for the labour on it.
Ah well, a guy cant do everything, guess ill stick to sewer, water, power trenching and digging basements for now.
Ah well, a guy cant do everything, guess ill stick to sewer, water, power trenching and digging basements for now.
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Ice heard decent things about wood, but we couldnt find anyone to build one for us. No one wanted to tell us how long wood would last either and that scared us off. I know lots of people never have a problem with them, but have read stories about guys that have them that werent built quite right, or even a few very old ones, and they had all kinds of damp wet issues.
Ironically I went with a presure treated pole shed for a shop haha. Oh well.
Ironically I went with a presure treated pole shed for a shop haha. Oh well.
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Man what a boring day for me today. I literally did 45 minutes of work today and we were a man down! Thats how slow we were today.
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Thanks Gerry, I got a call today so I`m going in again tomorrow. Hopefully that should do it. 