ICF Subcontractors

From: DF

”Carl,

I am currently looking to build my own home using the technology Insulated Concrete Form, ICF. It's fairly new, or at least minimally used in the US.

Trying to find builders (good and experienced ones), not general contractors, for this type of build is difficult. Most people use a GC (GENERAL CONTRACTOR) to do this type of build.

What do you suggest?

Thanks,
DF”

Hi DF,

Being the GENERAL CONTRACTOR for an ICF house is no different than being a GENERAL CONTRACTOR for a log home, or any other type of differently constructed home. The difference in a type of construction simply means finding a different subcontractor.

As with log homes, ICF homes are out of the “mainstream” of residential construction as they require a “specialty subcontractor, one with experience in building the ICF walls.

After that, it’s back to basics of residential construction.

Good “specialty subcontractors are indeed, more difficult to locate.

But any good manufacturer has a network of distributors who will help you locate a good subcontractor. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t sell too many systems, Right?

I am impressed with a company called Quad-Lock. They seem to be very consumer oriented.


On their website, www.quadlock.com, you can easily locate a distributor in your state or area, who can then find you an experienced subcontractor to make your build job go fast and smoothly.

Here is a video on their benefits:


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They also have other videos on their site that you will find informative, such as this time lapse video of construction by an experience subcontracting crew.


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Good Luck DF, and let us all know how well your ICF house build job goes.

Carl

Remember: By being the General Contractor (GC), determining building costs & hiring professionals (subcontractors) to do the actual work (That’s what a GC does), YOU can be your own General Contractor for ANY type of construction: New homebuilding to build your “Dream House”), room additions, remodeling older homes; Build log homes, kit homes, even renovate foreclosures. Since you are the “Boss”, YOU can chose your own house plans or home plans, YOU can design your kitchen, YOU can decide to build “Green”, build with Solar, Wind, geothermal heat pumps, or anything else YOU desire, and YOU can do it for a lot LESS!