Thank you Steve for this in-depth look at ICF foundations. The guys at Blue Green Concepts that put this together have the most thorough approach I've seen yet on RUclips, true professionals.
Hey steve do you have to worry about the fall height of the concrete from the shoot to the bottom of the footer? Ive read if the mix is too wet, either from water or plasticizer, the stone consolidates at the bottom and there are weak areas in the first 1/3 lift of concrete
Interesting, i thought you were supposed to pour from a max height of two to three feet or have something help collapse it fown so the aggregate doesnt separate unevenly....
Dude this epic! 🎉 less concrete, more strength and more R value!! Garage/drive way tie into foundation sun frame!? All homes foam sealed too! This should be standard everywhere!! Lol
I'm always happy when i see Americans building 'real' walls. And by real I mean something with weight like stone, concrete, or block. Those people living there will not be blown away when a storm comes along... (this is obviously an European speaking) Also, this job site...
Unlike Europe, in North America we have vast forests and wood is a renewable and so more eco friendly and less expensive than concrete. This allows more people to own there own home than Europe where renting seems to be more common. Wood structures do not necessarily blow away in the wind if done right. As a child, I personally rode out Category 5 Hurricane Camille in 1969 in the wood frame house that my father buillt. The eye went over our house which was only one block off the beach and we experienced 200mph (320kph) winds. Many wood structures were leveled but so were many concrete ones. 30 years later, Hurricane Katrina flooded the house to the ceiling and it still stands today. Google "Pass Christian, Mississippi" and you can see pictures of our 1850's era wooden mansions that have survived. Also, I believe the Scandinavian countries build wood homes also. They have forests and the thermal mass of concrete works against you in cold climates. All that said, I plan on building a retirement home with ICF walls to the roof. Easier to get an airtight house than having to deal with sealing and insulating a wooden house.
The tornadoes in US are strong enough to seriously damage even the ICF buildings. Not sure if you noticed, but only the wall are made of poured concrete (within the forms). The ceiling is still made of plywood sheeting over wood joists. In Europe the ceilings are generally concrete. Indeed, concrete deck ceiling can also be done using ICF products, but almost nobody does that.
In Southern Florida the code was changed, now the first floor must be made out of concrete blocks or ICF, and the garage doors must be specially rated fro hurricane-strong winds.
Steve, with the FastFoot waterproof foundation wrapping unfurled at the inside base of the wall, will that be stretched out on the ground to initiate a waterproof barrier under the entire concrete floor to be poured?
@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 wow i think you need to find a new foundation company. Rebar is supposed to go on the tension side of the wall not the compression side. Its just going to act like a hinge as the wall cracks under load when buried. I highly doubt that 1 bar at the top on the tension side is going to do much. Also looks like the overlap on some of the splices is a little short especially the garage 90’s. Calling these guys experts is kinda funny. An expert would have put the majority of the horizontal rebar on the tension side of the wall and also staggered it so they could have placed the vertical rebar between it then they technically wouldn’t need to tie it. Hope you don’t have a problem with those 9’ 4” walls with 8 + feet of backfill on them and the rebar on the compression side. Hope they put the footing rebar in the bottom 1/3.
People like you scare me. At first I was wondering what you could have known that they did wrong. I’m always looking for knowledge and ways to improve something. But then you say something so dumb it’s staggeringz He literally actually said (in case your fucking deaf) that there’s another row of rebar to go in the top, but it’s set aside now to not get in the way of filling the concrete from the pump truck into the cavity. They are putting the rebar at the top on the opposite side in after filling the forms up mostly to the top. So “it should go on the tension side not compression side” well hey ya big dummy, it’s on both. So actually what they did is stronger than what you suggested. Just wow.
lNotches needed around each bar for concrete poured later into garage wall to fill them up This is the new construction not a remodel to hang walls just on steel bars
Not a fan of the 'putting the rebar in on the fly' approach though. Just opens too much room for mistakes you can't easily fix. Imagine a worker fogot to put in a segment but the concrete is already in. Where is the segment missing? Wanna tear down that wall now? I get that big opening is convenient but a smaller opening while sticking a vibrator in during pour would work just fine.
Thank you Steve for this in-depth look at ICF foundations. The guys at Blue Green Concepts that put this together have the most thorough approach I've seen yet on RUclips, true professionals.
What a down to Earth, straight to the chase, no fluff presentation!
Subscribed .... Gawd, that ICF wall is balls on straight ! Nice.
These guys have been around the block 🤔 these guys have had a blowout or two. Beautiful work 😊 for a beautiful location.
Agreed. .. True professionals. .. Very impressive.
Hey steve do you have to worry about the fall height of the concrete from the shoot to the bottom of the footer? Ive read if the mix is too wet, either from water or plasticizer, the stone consolidates at the bottom and there are weak areas in the first 1/3 lift of concrete
Interesting, i thought you were supposed to pour from a max height of two to three feet or have something help collapse it fown so the aggregate doesnt separate unevenly....
Thanks for the detailed tutorial. Keep putting out good content.
Another great show Steve!
Why don't they brace the outside? Don't need it?
Dude this epic! 🎉 less concrete, more strength and more R value!! Garage/drive way tie into foundation sun frame!? All homes foam sealed too! This should be standard everywhere!! Lol
Copy that ... get a move on USA ...
I'm always happy when i see Americans building 'real' walls. And by real I mean something with weight like stone, concrete, or block. Those people living there will not be blown away when a storm comes along... (this is obviously an European speaking)
Also, this job site...
Unlike Europe, in North America we have vast forests and wood is a renewable and so more eco friendly and less expensive than concrete. This allows more people to own there own home than Europe where renting seems to be more common. Wood structures do not necessarily blow away in the wind if done right. As a child, I personally rode out Category 5 Hurricane Camille in 1969 in the wood frame house that my father buillt. The eye went over our house which was only one block off the beach and we experienced 200mph (320kph) winds. Many wood structures were leveled but so were many concrete ones. 30 years later, Hurricane Katrina flooded the house to the ceiling and it still stands today. Google "Pass Christian, Mississippi" and you can see pictures of our 1850's era wooden mansions that have survived. Also, I believe the Scandinavian countries build wood homes also. They have forests and the thermal mass of concrete works against you in cold climates. All that said, I plan on building a retirement home with ICF walls to the roof. Easier to get an airtight house than having to deal with sealing and insulating a wooden house.
The tornadoes in US are strong enough to seriously damage even the ICF buildings. Not sure if you noticed, but only the wall are made of poured concrete (within the forms). The ceiling is still made of plywood sheeting over wood joists. In Europe the ceilings are generally concrete. Indeed, concrete deck ceiling can also be done using ICF products, but almost nobody does that.
In Southern Florida the code was changed, now the first floor must be made out of concrete blocks or ICF, and the garage doors must be specially rated fro hurricane-strong winds.
@@bkucinschi Interesting! I didn't know this.
@@bkucinschi Concrete ceilings are a no-brainer IMHO. I don't even hear my neighbors.
Steve, with the FastFoot waterproof foundation wrapping unfurled at the inside base of the wall, will that be stretched out on the ground to initiate a waterproof barrier under the entire concrete floor to be poured?
Down here in Tampa Fl( we are starting to fully turn to ICf for all our homes
@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 wow i think you need to find a new foundation company. Rebar is supposed to go on the tension side of the wall not the compression side. Its just going to act like a hinge as the wall cracks under load when buried. I highly doubt that 1 bar at the top on the tension side is going to do much. Also looks like the overlap on some of the splices is a little short especially the garage 90’s.
Calling these guys experts is kinda funny. An expert would have put the majority of the horizontal rebar on the tension side of the wall and also staggered it so they could have placed the vertical rebar between it then they technically wouldn’t need to tie it.
Hope you don’t have a problem with those 9’ 4” walls with 8 + feet of backfill on them and the rebar on the compression side. Hope they put the footing rebar in the bottom 1/3.
People like you scare me. At first I was wondering what you could have known that they did wrong.
I’m always looking for knowledge and ways to improve something.
But then you say something so dumb it’s staggeringz
He literally actually said (in case your fucking deaf) that there’s another row of rebar to go in the top, but it’s set aside now to not get in the way of filling the concrete from the pump truck into the cavity.
They are putting the rebar at the top on the opposite side in after filling the forms up mostly to the top.
So “it should go on the tension side not compression side” well hey ya big dummy, it’s on both.
So actually what they did is stronger than what you suggested. Just wow.
lNotches needed around each bar for concrete poured later into garage wall to fill them up This is the new construction not a remodel to hang walls just on steel bars
Anyone ever seen or done a large post frame building with an icf stem wall?
Not a fan of the 'putting the rebar in on the fly' approach though. Just opens too much room for mistakes you can't easily fix. Imagine a worker fogot to put in a segment but the concrete is already in. Where is the segment missing? Wanna tear down that wall now?
I get that big opening is convenient but a smaller opening while sticking a vibrator in during pour would work just fine.
Yes, I've seen videos where they forgot to set the anchor bolts.