The Ventura-Gutek Insulated Concrete Form House

We invite you to follow the building of our ICF house in central Tennessee. Why would we choose an energy efficient construction method that is earth friendly, fire and bug resistant, safe in severe weather, and quiet, but costs much more than stick frame home? Why wouldn't we? It's thermal mass and passive solar design will contribute towards huge energy savings - enough to pay for itself in the first decades of its 500+ year life!

Link to footer and slab construction.		Link to first floor walls.

Link to floor of second story construction.	Link to walls of second story.

Link to ICF roof construction.	Link to stovepipe installation.

Link to insulated rubber roof installation.

LINKS:
Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association  
Concrete Homes  
Green Building Talk  
Saskatchewan Ready Mixed Concrete Association Inc.  
Southeast Cement Association  
Tennessee Concrete Association  

Web page and photographs by Carol Ventura.