TooTall | 10-02-2010 | comment profile send pm notify |
Biggest one of these things I'd ever seen! |
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"MUDDY" | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
QuadLock wall huh? Have trouble spelling ICF? :0) |
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b-alto | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
Quad lock is probably a name brand. I've never seen that type, 2' tall. |
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Boomerz | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
We have pumped shops, office bldgs with walls 40 feet high, and residential foundations up to 90m3. In my opinion Quadlock is the best ICF foam. Only 1 blowout in the last 7 years of pumping it (that was installer error-did not nail the bottom track properly). It gives you the straightest walls. We pump these walls all the time and never worry, we even did a completely round wall the other day.
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biged | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
I have pumped one of them here, the ICF's have not caught on here because Masoney block is still king here, I think they will be more excepted in years to come, cause you can drive 100 miles east of me and they are all over the place. |
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Pump N00b | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
Is it similar to this? |
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pumperdolittle1 | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
ICF = I Can't Form |
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pumpjockey | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
I think ICF make more sense than 'normal forming for structures that need to be heated or cooled. Why go though all that work just to take it back down again? Purchase the forms, store the forms, transport to site, oil the forms, stand the forms, POUR, strip the forms, clean the forms, stack and organize the forms, transport back for storage..etc. Forms get damaged, get cut, modified. Let the forms become part of the structure, already insulated, furring strips there for finishing, no extra framing or strapping required. It all makes perfect sense to me, but maybe I'm too practical, what's the downside? |
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pumpjockey | 10-02-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
BTW, I've done 180 cu yd in ICF (Nudura) before too. 10' tall, 180' long 48' wide. 2 setups with a 36M. Nice job, when you can get 'em. |
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Boomerz | 10-03-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
Amen, pump jockey. The down side is the $ , even when all the advantages of icf are considered in a cold climate. We pumped alot of spec homes with icf in the boom, not alot now. We have pumped arrxx, nudura, superform, logix, reward, lightform and Quadlock is the best in our opinion. |
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Justapumper | 10-03-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
I love the foam walls. Just did a little 60 yarder Friday but, it took awhile due to supply end, no surprise. Nice thing about ICF is most of the contractors want to pump slow so, the hours rack up. Yeah the Quadralock are the nicest I have seen. Im trying to get some of my contractors up here to get into it. Many of them know nothing about it. For the home owner they get their rebates, for the contractor if they know how to do it right they make more. Problem is some people dont do it right so they have blowouts. |
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polis | 10-05-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
here in Aus its fairly rare too see these walls i mean ive only been pumping 2 yrs but ive seen 2 jobs one with a line for a house(god knows why) and one with a 53m for some apartments, both times however the company installing has their own hose-hand, is it like that everywhere else?
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VingTsun | 10-05-2010 | reply profile send pm notify |
i just did a ICF house and garage this summer with my line pump. Had enough guys to move hose around so it went well overall. Definately not like pumping flatwork or stairs though haha |