Pros and Cons of Building with ICF. One year later in our ICF house!

John and Leslie have been in their ICF house now for one year and are ready to share all of the pros and cons of building with ICF. Hear their favorite things about living in an ICF home. And while there are very few cons to an ICF home they do bring up cons you may not have thought about before like the loss of square footage and a lack of ICF builders.
Come along as they share the best and worst things about building with ICF! Timestamps to video chapters and links to other videos they mention are below.
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Pro 1 - ICF is strong
2:52 Pro 2 - No need for load bearing walls
4:25 Pro 3 - ICF houses are quiet
5:30 Pro 4 - ICF homes are efficient
8:35 Pro 5 - ICF houses are comfortable
9:55 Information on humidity in ICF homes
12:00 Pro 6 - Twice the number of “studs”
14:30 Con 1 - Lack of ICF builders
16:45 Con 2 - Slightly more expensive to build ICF
18:45 Con 3 - Deep window wells and door jams
20:45 Con 4 - Loss of square footage compared to traditional
21:50 Summary of Pros and Cons
ICF Foundation and Monolithic Pour
• ICF Concrete Monolithi...
ICF and Radiant Floor Heating
• ICF Construction: Fini...
ICF Suspended Garage Floor
• Suspended Concrete Gar...
ICF Concrete Roof
• Our ICF Concrete Roof:...
Installing Mr. Cool Mini Split HVAC
• MR. COOL DIY Mini Spli...
Metal Siding on ICF
• Standing Seam Metal Ro...
Mistakes We Made in our ICF Home
• Mistakes We Made in Ou...