Mastering ICF Walls: Building Our Own Insulated Concrete Form Walls

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Күн бұрын

What an exciting part of our build! Constructing our own ICF walls AND filling them with concrete.
We will go over what went well and what we would do differently. we start by explaining how we build the shell with ICF block. Then we cut out the window and door bucks. Finally we filled our forms with rebar and concrete.
To get the wall filled, we needed to install braces to straighten our walls and give us scaffolding for the pour. We ran into some trouble and had to pour in two separate days. Learning how to build and pour ICF walls has been an adventure and we thank you for following along.
All in all, we are so grateful to have this piece completed and look forward to our next project--the roof!
00:00 Constructing Walls
01:32 Door and Window Bucks
04:48 Rebar Installation
06:24 Bracing
10:04 First Concrete Pour
11:28 Penetrations
14:57 Final Concrete Pour

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@raidotisler3121 10 ай бұрын

For someone who plans an ICF home in the future, I really like how in detail you go with it, thus earning a sub and likes on your videos. This means you need to keep going [inserted thumbs up emoticon]

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha it is always encouraging to hear from people like you. When do you plan on starting?

@raidotisler3121 10 ай бұрын

@@Mountainview-mesa i plan on starting 2025 and was also planning to document every part of it, with exact finances. And since Im in EU, I get to do the comparison in EUR, which i havent found much in YT. Vast majority of those house build channels are in US. But keep up documenting all the mistakes you make, those mistakes are what makes this channel so much more unique.

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

@@raidotisler3121 being in the EU, you would definitely be serving a market in desperate need! Yes, most good building channels are US based. But I've noticed most of my favorite woodworking and mountain biking channels are in Europe or England. Can't wait to see your channel start up!

@BealyGood 10 ай бұрын

I enjoy your videos. You’re about 6 weeks or so ahead of me so I’m trying to learn from any mistakes and from successes. Many people won’t try things so kudos to y’all. A big part is being able to accept when things go wrong and learn from it. Good luck with the rest of your project.

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

I hesitate to mention my mistakes because I feel so foolish about them. In the end, I'm glad I can post the things I screw up on. Nobody is perfect, but I think I'm a little farther away from perfect than most!

@BealyGood 10 ай бұрын

@@Mountainview-mesa I’m not sure if I’m a good metric to measure against but I think I screw up more 🤣.

@Concreteshoplife 4 ай бұрын

@@Mountainview-mesamost people will not attempt 1/100 of what you do. Mistakes are inevitable. I am in the process of demo of an old house and at first I thought of doing regular stud structure but I am moving away from that idea more and more. Great videos.

@jimdaly5077 8 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for sharing, 👍🌞🐝

@yvesjolicoeur747 3 ай бұрын

awesome explanation all along. Thanks for taking the time to document

@Mountainview-mesa 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! We are finishing up the inside and will hopefully have some more videos out soon

@barrygraham7294 10 ай бұрын

Just been recommended your channel by KZfaq and working my way through your videos. I’m currently looking at a plot and building my own ICF house next year like you. I’ve a degree in architecture and over a decade in contract management and still have my fears of doing it so kudos to you guys. Thoroughly enjoying watching, your doing amazing and I look forward to sending you a link to my videos as I make my house so you can witness all the mistakes even a “professional” makes. Keep up the good work.

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for following along! It is an exciting project. Maybe you are too educated! Hahaha Send your videos our way as soon as you start!

@kamwatkins1957 10 ай бұрын

Another option with the j-bolts on the top sills is Burmon Hurricane Anchors. Clearco Fasteners Inc out of Lakeville, MN sells them. The j-bolt holds down a plate that spans across the icf and has a place for the truss to sit on as well as bolting into the truss. Eliminates the need of a sill plate.

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

We love awesome technologies! This is new to me, but I can promise you I won't be taking these 2x12 boards off ever again! 🤣Thank you for the information!

@paulc1352 10 ай бұрын

Nice job on filling the walls....

@user-hq1nh8ze4z 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your videos. They are super helpful Which block system did you use and why?

@Mountainview-mesa 2 ай бұрын

We used Amvic blocks. There is no reason other than I wanted to work with BFS and Amvic is what they carry locally. All of the ICF systems are amazing. If it's done properly (i.e better than what we did), you will only need to worry about your foam for a week, two at most. Are you building soon?

@user-hq1nh8ze4z 2 ай бұрын

@@Mountainview-mesa In six months waiting on well permit

@nenadpetrovic270 9 күн бұрын

Wonder how long did it take you to install ICF block walls excluding filming ? Hope you can share. I’m thinking of hiring installers not sure is it worth spending money for speed

@Mountainview-mesa 6 күн бұрын

If coming wasn't an issue, I would have had all of the ICF and rebar done in 2 days. If you are handy in the least, you can do it!

@mrmr9488 8 ай бұрын

I am surprised that nobody suggested to you to use strapping everywhere. It's cheap insurance.

@korypeine4048 10 ай бұрын

I’m just trying to figure out why chose to pressure test your walls with air instead of water haha it’s code haha…..

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

That had Dani laughing to stitches...

@cokeicee 10 ай бұрын

im pouring with slab in place and 100% will be putting plastic down. 100$ insurance.

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

Yes! I feel so dumb. I'm slowly learning to trust my gut on things like this. In hindsight, this was such a common sense thing, it's embarrassing that I didn't do it.

@jdeesy 10 ай бұрын

Why were you advised to NOT cover your floor?

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

@jdeesy it's a long story that would throw some people under the bus. They feel guilty about it already. Honestly, it was just pure stupidity on my part. I've been around this stuff long enough to know better.

@jdeesy 10 ай бұрын

Understood. For what its worth, you folks are doing a great job! This is hard/complicated work - especially the emotional aspect that comes with financial invesstments. I am very much enjoying the video's and learning from you (I dont know anything about home-building but doing my research for when my family decides to retire).You are the man in the arena!

@Mountainview-mesa 10 ай бұрын

@@jdeesy I really appreciate that! We have a lot more videos to come (and a LOT more mistakes to make).