Another deadly hurricane has struck and left catastrophic damage in its wake. This time, it was Hurricane Michael — a Category 4 hurricane and the [...]
Building a tornado safe room will protect your family, your belongings and your property, as well as give you peace of mind if a [...]
https://www.icfmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2008-08-Fireproof-01.jpg This home located in Rancho Bernardo, California, survived a firestorm near San Diego thanks to its fireproof walls built with insulated [...]
According to this United States Geological Survey (USGS) map below, the number of large wildfires—classified as 300 acres or bigger—was the highest in the [...]
When is hurricane season? In fact, what is a natural disaster? And what are the most common types of natural disasters (other than hurricanes), [...]
Now that you’ve established your personal priorities and limitations (see the previous article), it’s a good time to engage a designer to create your [...]
Setting Limits & Establishing Priorities Congratulations on choosing to build your home with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs)! With this choice, you are creating a [...]
In terms of finding an ICF installer to build your foundation, the first question you need to answer is - should you perform the [...]
Congratulations on choosing to build your concrete foundation with ICFs! Your new basement will now perform far beyond regular building code and will provide [...]
For many home builders, getting the basement or foundation into the ground so they can start the above grade work often isn’t as simple and [...]
