A Closer Look at Poured Concrete Walls
| Lesley's builder prefers poured concrete walls, particularly when the height of the walls exceeds 10 feet. Here he shows Lesley what the ICF forms look like. |
The forms that are used are made of styrofoam with metal braces
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You can see how they interlock here...
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And here.
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The concrete is poured down through these forms, with no real height restrictions to the resulting walls, Bill says.
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Some views of formed walls
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The formed walls include plumbing access and window openings, garage door openings, etc.
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The styrofoam is eventually covered with drywall, sometimes even siding...depending upon the end-use of the space. In Lesley's case, it will probably be drywall since the poured walls will enclose the ground-level garage space.
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