Category Archives: Projects

Our video series on YouTube…

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Bradley

…has surpassed 1000 views.  Learn a little more about Insulating Concrete Forms with on-site video footage.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=carolinaxwallvideo&aq=f

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Local Residential Progress

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bradley

See below photo updates on progress for two of our residential projects.  You can see that Hardie and cedar siding work quite well.  Since the cedar siding is a tongue and groove system, rather than…

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ICF Pour Footage

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Bradley

Enjoy this clip of a speedy foundation pour!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVQFLyvd7WM…

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Greg Paul Goes ICF for Raleigh Foundation

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Bradley

Raleigh builder, Greg Paul, gets his first taste of ICFs with this bungalow off Wade Avenue.  Forms were stacked by Victor Martin in a little over a day.  The design, by Chandler Design Build, specified…

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Progress on two Raleigh ICF homes

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Bradley

There is a substantial difference in feel when you walk up to a poured ICF wall, in contrast to the feel of a wood framed wall.  The home communicates something on a different level.  It…

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ICF outsmarts CMU

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Bradley

I am not a multi-tasker.  That’s not to say I don’t know how to do many different things, it’s just that I do them best when I’m focused on one at a time.  ARXX ICFs…

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Waterproofing and Windows

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bradley

They say there are two kinds of windows:  those that leak, and those that will leak.  By the looks of these waterproofing details, you’d be hard-pressed to see how that could happen on this building…

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Steel Trusses on ICF Residence Hall

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Bradley

Since furring and insulation are already included in the ICF assembly, and those materials are temporarily weather resistant, there is no need to coordinate additional trades for those scopes.

Additionally, though an additional moisture…

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Stucco ICF Home in Cary, NC

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Bradley

Job site visit today checking in on stucco progress on this one story with a walkout basement in Cary…

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Final Pour Day!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Bradley

We’re topping off the fourth and final story of Chidley Residence Hall today!…

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