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Pallets of ICFs placed on foundation
Basement walls begin at corners
Forms establish the shape of the house
Rebar snapped into internal web in ICF
Cutaway of ICF block showing webs every six inches
Basement walls braced
Forms filled, trowelled and vibrated to remove air pockets
First floor joists hung from ICF wall
Corner blocks are placed to begin first-floor walls
Interior corner view
Walls braced, windows and doors blocked, ICFs reinforced
First floor walls poured
Iron beams incorporated into pockets in ICF
Floor joists incorporated into side of steel beam
Channels welded to top of steel beam to receive ICFs
Second floor walls step back thanks to steel beams
Plate attached to bolts in concrete
Roof construction begins
Attic trusses attached to ICFs
Exterior awaits cladding
Header for wide window incorporated into ICF wall
Fiber-cement siding attached to ICF web with pneumatic
nailer
ICF becomes fully hidden
House is highly efficient and very solid
Exeter, Rhode Island