We're building an ICF house

[Da Bear]

Originally Posted by BillsR100

That's gonna be a Hell for stout (strong) house!

Fixt

[SourKraut]

They got stuck badly at our place on a hillside in VT but made it on the second try a week or so later. I wish you good luck getting a shallow, high yield well.

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Originally Posted by SourKraut

They got stuck badly at our place on a hillside in VT but made it on the second try a week or so later. I wish you good luck getting a shallow, high yield well.

I bet that's why they didn't show. I built them a pretty decent road using bank run gravel, and the stuff packs well and it really sturdy. Unfortunately it gets a little greasy when it's wet, and I made that clear to the guy. Since it's on a relatively steep slope I'm thinking they would have had trouble getting out.

Thank you for the well wishes. (No pun intended!) I've been praying to the water gods lately.

[Drif10]

You ain't done yet?

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Originally Posted by Drif10

You ain't done yet?

[Drif10]

Slacker.

[pilot]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Slacker.

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Slacker.

You know how to get here. See you in the morning.

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

You know how to get here. See you in the morning.

The Hermit is closer. And dumber. Get him to help.

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Got *all* of the temporary decking in for the flooring system. Got the waterproofing stuff on the outside where it's going to be backfilled. Moved some mud out of the way for the well drillers, who pushed us back to Wednesday.

Also bought a new Milwaukee circular saw this morning and am VERY pleased with it. Nice saw.

It was nice to get so much done today. All by myself. Nice and quiet.

[kobudo28]

Went flying by your site today on the DR, MP40-Man in tow on his R1150GS, would have stopped but I was not on my own. The excavator was moving when we went by.

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Originally Posted by kobudo28

Went flying by your site today on the DR, MP40-Man in tow on his R1150GS, would have stopped but I was not on my own. The excavator was moving when we went by.

HA! Then you actually caught me working. Stop by tomorrow I'll be there all day. (And feel free to drop by with a friend if you're not alone).

We were sort of held up by the well drillers- based on the access they needed I had to hold off on prep work for footings for the next level to start. As soon as they got their truck in I got to work and promptly blocked them in- so today my goal was to finish what I was doing so they can finish and get out on Monday.

They got to 400' without great production- thinking about 1 gallon a minute. Saving grace is that the static level came way up overnight- so we've got at least 500 gallons of storage more or less. That should be sufficient for us. We're thinking of asking them to go another 80 feet (it's what they have handy on the rig) to get a little more storage and possibly up the production a bit.

So- we should be able to speed up our process a bit in the next few weeks- No pictures until something significant happens.

[SourKraut]

Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

They got to 400' without great production- thinking about 1 gallon a minute. Saving grace is that the static level came way up overnight- so we've got at least 500 gallons of storage more or less. That should be sufficient for us. We're thinking of asking them to go another 80 feet (it's what they have handy on the rig) to get a little more storage and possibly up the production a bit.

It may be worth it if they have the rods on the truck. Our well was completely dry at 400' but they hit a massive fracture at 430' and we got 60+ gpm estimated. They told me to open a car wash but that would be somewhat pointless two miles up a dirt road.

[Deacon]

Just scanned through your posts about your ICF project. One thing that I did not see mentioned is the inclusion of a Heat Recovery Ventilation System. Stick frame homes are too tight in my opinion based on local codes. I include a HRV in all my homes to a) balance air pressures, b) provide fresh air to the interior, c) keep and control humidity levels and d) retain some advantage from the "bought" air that is already conditioned.

Fun watching...something to be proud of....

Deacon

[adam_c_eckhardt]

Originally Posted by SourKraut

It may be worth it if they have the rods on the truck. Our well was completely dry at 400' but they hit a massive fracture at 430' and we got 60+ gpm estimated. They told me to open a car wash but that would be somewhat pointless two miles up a dirt road.

They went to 485 today and said production went up a bit. (Not a lot) I'm going to check the static level next time I remember. They were confident that as long as we don't start a pig farm that we should have enough storage to run our house- even if children come along.

Originally Posted by Deacon

Just scanned through your posts about your ICF project. One thing that I did not see mentioned is the inclusion of a Heat Recovery Ventilation System. Stick frame homes are too tight in my opinion based on local codes. I include a HRV in all my homes to a) balance air pressures, b) provide fresh air to the interior, c) keep and control humidity levels and d) retain some advantage from the "bought" air that is already conditioned.

Yup- it's in the works. Leaving it up to the General Contractor who seems to be on top of that sort of thing. I'm hoping to just make it work in conjunction with a duct system for central A/C. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for spending the money on A/C but 1)I hate heat 2)I hate humidity and 3)it doesn't seem to be getting any cooler out there.

In other news I just got back from pouring more footings all by my very self. First time I've done any concrete work by myself. Thankfully it was a small and easy job. I told the driver I was a noob and he took it easy on me.

Tomorrow we'll start building walls on top of those footings and we'll be ready for a pour in no time!

Thanks for reading- nice to know that folks are watching progress.