Welcome to Mechanicsville, Md. One of the homes in this community of 1,500 demonstrates a surprisingly robust solution to environmental, life safety (think hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires), comfort, and constructability issues many builders face.
The home is built with insulated concrete forms (ICFs), a material so high-performing and easy to use some may wonder, “Is it too good to be true?”
Tony Aina understands. As owner of that ICF home in Mechanicsville and Green Building Guru at building supply company BuilderUp, he loves to set the record straight about ICFs.What is an ICF? They’re hollow, lightweight paneled blocks of sandwiched plastic foam.
The hollow center is filled at the worksite with reinforced concrete, creating a remarkably resilient and energy-efficient wall. ICF is a mature building process fully code-compliant with the ICC and CCMC.
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