Is an ICF home quieter than a stick framed home?
Absolute­ly. The exte­ri­or walls are two lay­ers of con­tin­u­ous insu­la­tion, the den­si­ty of sol­id con­crete and a lay­er of ½” gyp­sum board on the inside all con­tribute to supe­ri­or sound sup­pres­sion of STC 50 for the whole build­ing enve­lope. Note: A wood frame sys­tem of equiv­a­lent STC rat­ing would be 2 x 4 studs spaced 16˝ o/​c, with 3½˝ absorp­tive mate­r­i­al, 1 lay­er of 5 /8˝ Type X gyp­sum board on resilient chan­nels spaced 16˝ o/​c, and 2 lay­ers of 5 /8˝ Type X gyp­sum board on the oth­er side. (Cour­tesy of 1995 NBCC Sec­tion A9.10.3.1 Wall #W5a)
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How to Build a Wind-Resistant Home with Fox Blocks ICFs
Trag­i­cal­ly, between 2000 and 2017 there were 894 wind and 1417 tor­na­do-relat­ed deaths. In 2017, 36 per­cent of the wind and 63 per­cent of the tor­na­do-relat­ed fatal­i­ties hap­pened either in a mobile or per­ma­nent home. A wind-resis­tant design is crit­i­cal to a home­’s integri­ty and a family’s safe­ty.
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RED OAK ELEMENTARY
The vision of Red Oak Ele­men­tary is to be the mod­el of aca­d­e­m­ic excel­lence.
Does EPS ‘off gas’?
EPS does not off-gas. Fox Blocks forms do not and nev­er have con­tained any CFC or HCFC prod­ucts. The forms are made by a steam process that uti­lizes pen­tene gas’ as a blow­ing agent. The blow­ing agent dis­si­pates from the prod­uct with­in 48 hours of man­u­fac­tur­ing. Fox Blocks forms are odor­less, do not dete­ri­o­rate, and do not off gas.
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PADUCAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
This school has hun­dreds of com­plex shapes and sizes that were accom­mo­dat­ed by Fox Blocks.
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MACNAK CONSTRUCTION CORPORATE OFFICE
Mac­nak Con­struc­tion uti­lized sev­er­al new con­struc­tion prod­ucts in its new ener­gy effi­cient office build­ing.
Contractors Can Use Traditional Building Measurements with ICF Studs when They Choose Fox Blocks
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SHORE ROAD RESIDENCE
It is not an over­state­ment to say that The Shore Road Project is the own­ers’ dream home.
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5 Construction Industry Trends in 2019
In 2019, con­struc­tion indus­try trends wel­come advance­ments in build­ing meth­ods and mate­ri­als; how­ev­er, the indus­try still strug­gles with ongo­ing labor short­ages.
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HOFBRAUHAUS RESTAURANT & BEER
Hof­brauhaus-Cleve­land required a 24,000 square foot addi­tion to accom­mo­date its grow­ing busi­ness.