I am looking to build a home, near Holden Beach, NC.   Can anyone recommend a local builder, who has experience with ICF's?

Thank you!

Try Manfred Nobel @ 1-252-341-5956 he's from Chocowinity.

Dave

Try contacting John Mooring at (910) 755-6040. He is in Shallotte.

I plan on calling John this week, I was hoping to find at least one other local ICF builder, so I would something to compare.

We too are looking to build an ICF house in that area. We are still in the planning phase looking to build in a couple of years. Mr. Knobel is no longer in NC. We met with Plantation Builders in Wilmington and John Mooring in Shallotte in June. Both were helpful. Mr. Mooring uses only polysteel ICF products and emphasizes sealed attic and sealed crawl space while Plantation Builders uses a subcontracotr with Amvic and will only build with a raised platform. We are still deciding which way to go. If you come up with a third contractor for comparison please post.

Gentlemen,

I am still available to build ICF structures in the eastern US. I have had a one year hiatus while building ICF apartment buildings in the Caribbean area. Thank you.

Manfred Knobel, Chocowinity, NC

 

Have you looked at other concrete home systems?

What other systems are you thinking of jjkastner, I was thinking that on a cost for cost basis of a completed wall system an ICF would be the most cost effective.

However there is no legitimate cost comparison between stick and ICF, the question is do you want an oversized garden shed or a sustainable house.

All block holds concrete.

Cheers, DaveF.

I am also building in coastal N.C. and am looking for a contactor with ICF's or Precast concrete wall experience. I think there is a precast concrete wall manufacturer in N.C. I can't seem to find much information compareing ICF's to concrete precast walls such as Superior walls. I have a friend that used the Arxx in Kure beach contracted with a builder out of Raliegh.

Go to the ICFA website, there is alot info. on builders and other info.
Or try this, they are number 1 in sales and offer more then anyone out there!

Has anyone tried the recycled blocks such as the Apex?

northstar, formguys suggestion of going to the ICFA's website is a good one, logix is a very good strong block but to call it the number one block would be an error, there are a number of blocks out there all much of a muchness, so look to the support from the distributor.

I'd have to say that to think a good concrete forming guy would also be a good ICF guy would be another misstake. I've come across more concrete guys who stand one ICF screw up and run than I care to remember, I think the problem is that they think its easy and get into trouble very fast. Something that you should remember is once concrete is poured it better had been done right the first time, taking things down can get very costly.

As to re-cycled eps be careful, all plasics going through recycling both change in structure and contain ash. The chemical change makes the molecular bonds more brittle and the ash content forms a barrier for the molicules to bond in the first place.

Re-cycled foam has its place, stem walls, sound walls, ect, but nothing else.

Interestingly some block manufacturers use a small percentage of re-cycled eps in their block manufacture differing from plant to plant, and it is this practice that weakens block such that I am very picky as to where I get my block from, the only plant I know of that won't used re-cycled eps is Marco Foam, in Salt Lake City.

Try Brandy with Virginia Green Homes  540-222-1642