Apr 2, 2016 · One obvious option if you want an insulated concrete wall is Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF). Have you considered these? I'm planning a house. Yes I'm strongly considering ICF. I don't like that EPS is used in most of them, and Dursiol is expensive, so I'm looking into other ways of doing concrete.

Dec 4, 2008 · Also anybody with rough plans for homemade ICF brace? What turnbuckle used?Thanks,Leonard Recommendations for ICF bracing - GreenBuildingTalk - GreenBuildingTalk - Green Building Forums on Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF), Structural Insulated Panels (SIP), Radiant Heating, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Solar Power, Green …

Jul 2, 2013 · For example, if you have a 6" thick concrete core and the beam required 3" of bearing, then it would appear that 3" of concrete could be left in the wall. However, that would be for a perfect world. I would make the beam pocket 4" into the concrete core on each end of the beam. This would allow some extra space while placing the beam.

Apr 11, 2007 · Western Forms had adjustable poles in common lengths. Poured walls R us, had turnbuckles. ICF Building products, had turnbuckles made to attach to 2x4s. They were $15 to $17 depending on qty. I called and he faxed me a DWG of How to make your own bracing from 2x4 and 3/4" plywood. Their website is not so good but..

Mar 13, 2008 · It's obvious(to me) that it's a "poor man's" steel reinforcement. Just like rebar in a concrete wall or mesh/wire in a slab. He's getting the benefit of steel reinforced concrete with a fence. Pretty creative really.

Sep 21, 2007 · Gary W. : Custom Homemade Solar Collector. Last Post 21 Sep 2007 01:46 AM by Kevin_in_Denver. 4 Replies ...

Aug 3, 2010 · There simply isn't nearly enough surface area on the concrete/subsoil boundary to support the kind of heat flux that would keep the rest of the house warm at modest basement-air/subsoil delta-Ts, if conventional (even way-better than code) levels of insulation are used.

Sep 24, 2009 · We used a conveyor, standard wall mix (3/4" aggregate) with a 4 to 5" slump. Three lifts to fill the 7.5" x 10' forms. We had no blowouts; not even a bulge in the forms. We had to increase the slump to get the concrete to flow under the steel basement window bucks (no slot in sill to inject concrete) and, still, the forms stayed strong.

Feb 15, 2013 · Homemade pump relay. It seemed the radiant "thing" really hasn't worked since installed 8 years ago. Fortunate (I guess) that the forced air Lennox furnace was ducted and zoned for upper and lower walk-out and twice too big for the space.

Oct 15, 2013 · An ICF wall (2.5" EPS x 6" concrete x 2.5" EPS) gives one a R-21/23 wall. Passive House walls are usually in the R-30+ arena. Is it possible to attain PH certification in a Zone 4 climate with an ICF wall? Does PH calcs even take into account the thermal mass or the diurnal swings of a SW desert climate?