Hi all, Just finished pouring my garage workshop. Used "Fox Block" & all went well. I had no prior experience with ICF construction, yet I consulted with many professionals about my project & had done much research. This forum proved to be a great resource for me, and I may have not had the confidence to pull it off without this forum. I would consider myself pretty handy with a toolbelt, but a complete rookie to ICF building. My project is 90 x 40 w/11' wall height -205 lineal feet of wall, 2-lifts. I was super nervous before the pour, but all went very well. 55 yards in my slabe & 40 yards in the wall. Anyhow, for all of you who post your knowledge on ICF building on this website, Thanks. Can't wait to build the house! Hank -Somerset Wisconsin

Pretty ambitious project, but looks like it turned out well. Say, what are going to do with all that space, store Jay Leno's excess antique cars?? Makes my little ICF pumphouse (8.5 x 6.5) pour today seems like child's play. Cheers, Dave

That's one hellava garage/workshop!!......3600 sf...WOW! Good luck with your house.

You chose a good block for first time use. It has one of the smallest web profiles on the market. This allows better consolidaton of the concrete.

Pretty awesome job Hank, did you pour from the outside or have you already taken down your scaffolding/bracing on the inside? What are you going to do for roof and ceiling? Just curious, I'm where you were earlier, just trying to gather all the information I can before I jump into an ICF build.

coolgreehhog, I braced from the outside. I poured my Grade beam (Slabe) first W/radiant heat in slabe so I set up my scaffolding w/casters and poured from the inside. Since this is going to be my Garage / workshop, I am going to be using a clear span truss (pole barn style) with a steel roof- 4 feet on center w/perlins (no plywood decking needed). Ceiling will be white steel w/ R 50 celulose insulation. Steel is very reasonable right now in my area. Fox block has a very detailed install manual that was very helpful & I downloaded the prescriptive ICF guide to help with code issues etc. Hank

Thanks for the info, Hank, I want to build about 3000 sq ft one story home with radiant heat in the slab, found out today the dirt work is going to be more of a challenge than we thought. But it gives me more time to decide on a ICF to use.

Coolgreen, I'm planning a similar sized and type of ICF structure. Can you explain a bit more about your dirt work challenge. Dave

I needed to bring up the pad about 3 ft so we scraped off the topsoil, to get down to the hardpan so we could build up our site with shale. We found water standing in several spots that is seeping out of the ground, maybe the pond leaking or just ground water, we don't really know. The bottom line is I now need to do some French draining around the site to dry it out before we start bringing in fill. Of course I have to make sure it will perk and that the french drain won't interfere with the lateral lines. All I can say is; Romans 8-28.

Thanks for the info. Drainage is paramount and we're addressing that around our house pad as well. Sounds like you've got a plan. Dave