Is ICF the Best Kept Secret in Home Building?
Is ICF the Best Kept Secret in Home Building?
This Ohio home builder thinks so and has a pair of new developments to prove it.
Steve Boone remembers his initial reaction to insulated concrete form (ICF) like it was yesterday, “This is ridiculous.”
Who can blame a former framing contractor for thinking that? A single-family home built with steel-reinforced, cast-in-place concrete? Formed with foam blocks stacked like Legos? It was … well, different.
That was 10 years and 20 ICF homes ago. Today the multifamily and custom home builder is all in on ICF.
“I’d like to hire three or four more people,” admits Boone, pondering a long pipeline of projects, including two multifamily and single-family communities, one nearing completion and the other in late-stage development.
Steve Boone remembers his initial reaction to insulated concrete form (ICF) like it was yesterday, “This is ridiculous.”
Who can blame a former framing contractor for thinking that? A single-family home built with steel-reinforced, cast-in-place concrete? Formed with foam blocks stacked like Legos? It was … well, different.
That was 10 years and 20 ICF homes ago. Today the multifamily and custom home builder is all in on ICF.
“I’d like to hire three or four more people,” admits Boone, pondering a long pipeline of projects, including two multifamily and single-family communities, one nearing completion and the other in late-stage development.