ThermoFormed Block Corp.:
Fast and Easy to Use

Lightweight (approximately 10 pounds per panel) yet large (8' x 4' x 8") panels are easily handled and installed by one person. Installation requires no dimensional lumber bracing because the integral rail system plumbs, squares and levels the wall structure. "In-wall" scaffolding is easily installed between lifts. Therefore, no requirement exists for acquiring and setting up a separate scaffold system as the building construction progresses vertically.

"Although it looks new and different, anyone with construction experience can quickly get up to speed with ICFs... Once the crew has some practice, each ICF-built home requires less skilled labor and less total labor than a wood-framed home. And ICFs are very lightweight, so crews can stay fresh through the day.

"Likewise, ICFs present no problem for the sub-contractors who come after the walls are poured. Since holes, chases and rectangles are easily cut into ICFs with a knife or saw, installation of mechanical systems is a snap. The fastening of drywall and lap siding is just as fast and easy. And mid-course corrections, such as moving an opening, are no big deal - just saw it out and re-form. It's not more difficult to make changes to an ICF wall - it's just different."
     - Source: Insulating Concrete Form Association

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