Insulating Concrete Formers

Here's an interior view showing floor system above and below, arches and

litedeck stair

Pictures of just about every consideration you may find with ICF except curved walls!!

The Rake walls will have litedeck panels on them spanning up to tall wall in the middle of the house....an 8:12 pitch Litedeck roof!

Here's an arch with the templates laying on the floor beyond. I like to use foam templates because the arches then turn out near perfect.

Here's a nice shot of a cantilever balcony using lite deck.

This is a closer shot showing the consolidation of concrete mentioned with the following photo. The largest "bughole" is no larger than a nickle at the surface and no deeper than 1/4". These "bugholes" are created by bleedwater or excess water that is forced out of the concrete and "puddles" against the form. Bugholes that are less than 1/4" deep and smaller than a quarter are considered to be of no consequence structurally. In an ICF wall, the appearance of the concrete is not an issue either.

This shows how well 6" slump, internally vibrated concrete consolidates full height inside the forms. This wall is 12' tall with concrete placed in two passes.

Here are some more arched openings on the main floor of the house posted earlier. There are about 17 arched openings on the main floor. The reinforcing you see above the walls are for tie-in of the floor and walls above.

This is a picture of a balcony that does not have supporting columns to the ground

This is a project that we did not build but were asked to bid at one time. This is an option for balconies that do not have columns supporting to the ground.

This is a project that we did not build that has balconies that do not have columns to the ground.

A simple concrete mix design, natural materials

A great concrete mix design that we have used on many occasions in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas...

This mix design works great with a boom pump (L&G Pumping)

1/2" topsize aggregate, 1788#
sand, 1485#
Cement #1, 317#
Fly Ash, 106#
Admix:
Degussa poly 997, 17 oz
Degussa AE 2 oz

Water, 21 gal

On site may add h2o to slump at 5-7"

Remember, mix designs vary by area and source of ingredients, so this should only be used as a guide.

This is the lower garage level. There will be a garage above with the entry from the opposite side. Notice the walls are spanning from pier to pier to allow for expansion of the soils. The soils here are some of the worst in the nation, commonly rising as much as 36" This is an 8" concrete wall 14'-8" tall all poured at once. The wall to the right with the vertical dowels extending out has already been poured. In all, the walls in the basement level consumed 160 yards of concrete to fill.

Entry level housing

This is part of the basement level

This arch opening is on a rake wall that will have a concrete stair cast along the rake. There is a lite deck floor system going in above these walls and there is a lite deck floor system under the walls with ICF beams spanning from pier to pier.

This is another shot of an arch opening

This is one way of forming eyebrow and half round arched openings. In this case, we are using Vbuck. The Vbuck is kerf cut to conform with the arch. The arch is formed on the negative side with a solid piece of cut foam and the Vbuck rests on it.