[SuziQ]

We're fixing to put an addition on to our house and we're going to use the ICFs for the foundation walls instead of the traditional formed concrete! They will create the basement wall, but we'll do the stud walls from there up. SSQ figured we'd save a lot by putting them up ourselves, then having the concrete company come in and pump the concrete into the walls in two pours, one about 5' tall, then go back and fill it all the way up.

The companies say that you get something like an R32 wall, and that will make the basement nice and cozy when we have the radiant heat in the concrete floor down there!!

There are lots of folks building their houses completely out of the ICFs in areas of the country where it's hot most of the time, and you want the most efficiency out of the A/C. That would be the just the ticket for your Mom in AZ!

[Lil'freeper]

That would be the just the ticket for your Mom in AZ!

That's what we're hoping. Please keep us posted on how your installation goes- especially the DIY portion. We'll be looking for sweat-equity opportunities like setting the forms ourselves to keep costs low.