Concrete is the Way to Build a Home

As you enter a new community, you see big green blocks covering house building sites and cement trucks waiting in the new roadways. Please wait a minute. Do you have any green blocks? Cement trucks, perhaps? Where are the lumber stacks? Shouldn't trucks loaded with two-by-fours and plywood be parked on the streets? Is there anything wrong with this development, or have these homeowners and contractors discovered a more efficient method to construct homes? Is there another material that can be used to construct a house? Is it true that wood is out and concrete is in?


Some constructors use less wood by employing insulated concrete forms (ICF). The ICF construction demonstrates that concrete may be a superior material for building a family's new home. Because the concrete walls are significantly stronger than conventional stick homes, this kind of building is an excellent alternative to the typical stick house. Contractors are employing ICFs to build houses with walls that can resist gusts of up to 250 mph and the missiles thrown about by such winds.




It's worth noting that the polystyrene foam blocks used in the initial phase of this project are remarkably light. Although these light blocks will be part of a highly powerful wall, they are incredibly simple to handle on a building site. To make a foam block wall, stack the foam blocks on top of one another. The foam blocks are then unified ICF concrete blocks that hold a very well built and well insulated home together. Concrete is then poured into the middle portion of the wall (between the outer foam layer and the inner foam layer); the cement seals itself to the foam, and the foam blocks are then unified ICF concrete blocks that hold a very well built and well insulated home together.




The innovative home wall systems that are being employed to build these magnificent homes are assisting the homeowner in keeping his or her money and the house together. A contractor may use ICFs to create a house with an insulated value of up to R-50. This implies the homeowner will save a significant amount of money on heating and cooling.

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