MILTON RESIDENCE
The owners wanted an affordable custom home that could withstand Chesapeake Bay weather.
HEIDLEBERG APARTMENTS
This building is one of the first to offer affordable housing for both adults on the autism spectrum and for those who are not on the spectrum.
Everything You Should Know About Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) Construction
Does the Fox Blocks contain recycled materials?
The plastic webs in Fox Blocks forms are 100% recycled postindustrial polypropylene. The EPS insulation is virgin material. Recycled content for an ICF block is measured by weight. The recycled content by weight of a standard 6″ Fox Blocks form — 48%.
HILLIARD BRUCE WINERY
Hilliard Bruce Winery was awarded LEED Silver Certification by the US Building Council.
MESKWAKI TRAVEL PLAZA
The Meskwaki Travel Plazais a full-service travel center includes a truckers’ lounge, convenience store, and 50’s themed diner.
What is EPS made from?
Polystyrene is virgin material, manufactured from petroleum. Polystyrene beads are expanded with steam heat to be up to 40 times their original volume and then the expanded beads are molded again by steam heat into 25⁄8″ rigid insulation panels to create a Fox Blocks ICF.
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How do you improve an Insulated Concrete Form wall that already out-performs most wall systems in all climates? You move the concrete mass toward the living side of the wall.
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Can the plastic webs be detected by using stud finders?
A stud finder typically uses the density of materials to locate studs. The polypropylene (plastic) web material will show up on high quality density stud finders. Note, the webs in Fox Blocks are spaced at 8″ (200 mm) on center and will be continuous vertically on each side of the wall.