Investigate Water Intrusion
By Tom Patton Placing a barrier between the home and the environmental elements is required due to...
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Category: How-To Articles
Be Prepared
By Tom Patton At a time when many areas of the country are experiencing extreme weather events...
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How-To: DIY and ICF Project
Tom Patton The housing market is suffering for a number of reasons — skilled labor shortage,...
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Transforming ICF Pools with PVC Membrane Interiors
By Matthew Sands When it comes to construction techniques for building pools, the industry is...
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How To: Build ICF Additions
Today’s real estate market is making more homeowners think seriously about renovating their house...
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How-To: Avoid Concrete Voids
Roughly estimating, well over 30 million square feet of ICF walls are filled with concrete...
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ICF Tips: Reinforcing with Pencil Rod Bracing
By Dan McCulloughPhotos courtesy of Dan McCullough Using pencil rod bracing is a method to...
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How-To: Develop a Commercial Estimate
By Tom PattonConstructing the Showbiz Cinema building in Homestead, Florida. All theater walls and...
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How To: Troubleshooting Blowouts
The worst word to hear in ICF construction is “blowout.” Most ICF blowouts occur during concrete...
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Timing For Concrete Placement
The placement of concrete in an ICF wall is the most exciting part of the build. This stage of the...
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How To Be Environmentally Responsible
By Tom Patton Everyone is very conscious of and can see the influence of climate change, with the...
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ICF Tips & Tricks 324: Concrete’s Magic Number
Can you tell me again what is the concrete square feet per yard for a 12-inch core wall? If you’ve...
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ICF Builder Magazine
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The Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, is a residential home and ranch house built with ICFs by SuperForm Products Ltd. The Ranch was the 2nd Runner Up winner in the Unlimited Residential category and also won the People’s Choice award in the 2024 ICF Builder Awards. Read more:
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The Ranch Jan 24, 2024 | Current Issue, Unlimited Residential 2024 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner Up & People’s Choice Winner The Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, is a residential home and ranch ...
The Lighthouse is a condominium in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada built using Amvic ICFs by Alleguard. The team says two months of work time were saved by ICFs allowing the team to work through the northern Ontario winters, with no additional cost. View the project here: www.icfmag.com/2024/01/the-lighthouse/
"Year after year the ICF Builder Awards continues to grow and becomes the highlight of my week at World of Concrete. I’m not a car�guy, but I imagine it’s sort of like going to a car show amongst fellow gearheads." -Trevor Brown![]()
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Read more: www.icfmag.com/2025/03/and-the-winner-is/
The March/April issue of ICF Builder Magazine is out now. Come check out the 2025 ICF Builder Award winners. Visit buff.ly/1o0r8B5 for a preview of the issue.
From the 1970s to now conventional building materials have certainly evolved. We look at the evolution of ICFs over the last 55 years. Read more here: buff.ly/4ib3TxH
