Thank you for sharing. While it seems pretty straightforward, there is much to be learned from everyone’s building experiences. The difference here is that concrete is less forgiving so an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My takeaway and lesson-learned is, “spend the majority of your time prepping for pour day and thinking through and mitigating everything you can, instead of having to mess around fixing stuff on pour day, but not too bad for a first time DIY-er, in my opinion.
always overestimate your concrete order! wouldn't call that in-itself a mistake at all, but i'd pass along the suggestions i've learned; to have other spots on the property pre-formed on pour day, so you can use up the extra on useful things (HVAC pad, walkway, stoop, patio, drainage, etc). not that it works for every instance (kinda looks like you're using nearly all of your property for the structure, atm), but might help others. it's amazing that your county allows such a high build height, esp when the surrounding older homes aren't very tall. kinda jelly here! wanted to put an extra wide tandem garage under one of my 2-story designs, but none of the counties near me allow more than 24ft above grade for rural or residential zones, & i don't want the added hassle or risks or expense of going below.
I would love it if I had all the grading done in order to use the excess cement elsewhere. Maybe on my last pour :) My city allows me to go 35' above grade so that is where I am heading. It makes it so I can get the bedrooms in on the 3rd floor. And then I have 2 levels below grade.
That looks good. Those bowed walls on your tall room are interior walls, you don't need the foam after the concrete sets up or at least you don't need the full thickness. It might be messy to shave it down but you can get your full width stairs if you want.
Thank you for sharing. While it seems pretty straightforward, there is much to be learned from everyone’s building experiences. The difference here is that concrete is less forgiving so an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My takeaway and lesson-learned is, “spend the majority of your time prepping for pour day and thinking through and mitigating everything you can, instead of having to mess around fixing stuff on pour day, but not too bad for a first time DIY-er, in my opinion.
Thanks 😊. It is definitely an exercise in humility 😂
Amazing details you are sharing, I appreciate the insight to the technicality and nuances you are encountering. Quality share.
I appreciate that!
Seems to be a common conclusion with ICF brace to where you have enough then add bracing.
always overestimate your concrete order! wouldn't call that in-itself a mistake at all, but i'd pass along the suggestions i've learned; to have other spots on the property pre-formed on pour day, so you can use up the extra on useful things (HVAC pad, walkway, stoop, patio, drainage, etc). not that it works for every instance (kinda looks like you're using nearly all of your property for the structure, atm), but might help others.
it's amazing that your county allows such a high build height, esp when the surrounding older homes aren't very tall. kinda jelly here! wanted to put an extra wide tandem garage under one of my 2-story designs, but none of the counties near me allow more than 24ft above grade for rural or residential zones, & i don't want the added hassle or risks or expense of going below.
I would love it if I had all the grading done in order to use the excess cement elsewhere. Maybe on my last pour :)
My city allows me to go 35' above grade so that is where I am heading. It makes it so I can get the bedrooms in on the 3rd floor. And then I have 2 levels below grade.
That looks good.
Those bowed walls on your tall room are interior walls, you don't need the foam after the concrete sets up or at least you don't need the full thickness. It might be messy to shave it down but you can get your full width stairs if you want.
Great idea!
This is an awesome project.
I wish I would have built with ICF.
U did it!
Better to have 4 yards extra than be 1 yard short.
How’d did you find your ICF consultant? Would you recommend using one to others looking to do a diy ICF build?
I went with icf green building solutions and Jeremy Anderson also sold me the block I am using.
It's not an adventure if you know how it ends.
I don’t think this adventure will ever end 😂. I will probably be working on it the rest of my life 😅