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Window Bucks

Window Bucks

For many years, ICF contractors faced a simple choice when it came to window bucks: wood or vinyl. But over the past five years, a number of companies have developed systems specifically designed for ICFs that offer unique advantages. Today, building owners can choose...

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Building Your Business With Bracing

Building Your Business With Bracing

Turnbuckle braces not only helps keep your walls straight and plumb, but they can also play a major role in improving company profitability and help win bids on larger projects. The importance of a good ICF wall bracing system cannot be overstated. “A wall alignment...

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Better Faster Footings

Better Faster Footings

The vast majority of ICF foundations are poured using a two stage method. But, by coupling an innovative fabric form with adjustable supports, it’s now possible to pour footings that are level and square at the same time as the first few courses. Besides eliminating a...

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Concrete Consolidation

Concrete Consolidation

Internal ‘pencil’ vibrators consolidate concrete extremely well, especially when used by an experienced operator. Good concrete consolidation is essential. Lack of consolidation can cause voids, rock pockets, honeycombing, and poor bonding with the rebar. In extreme...

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Vertical ICFs

Vertical ICFs

This style of ICF eliminates form compression and float, reduces bracing requirements, and may make it easier for concrete contractors to transition to foam forming. In recent years, a new style of ICF has been steadily gaining popularity. While the majority of...

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Interior Finishing Options

Interior Finishing Options

A range of interior ICF finishes can achieve virtually any look and texture. The walls of this exclusive “healthy home” on Bald Head Island, North Carolina are coated with earth clay from American Clay Plaster, which comes in 43 integral colors and can...

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Bracing 101

Bracing 101

The turnbuckle brace is now industry standard, and available from at least half-a-dozen different companies. These braces have revolutionized the industry, allowing contractors to deliver walls that are straight, level, plumb, and square every single time. Every ICF...

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