![]() ![]() Because it flows freely and spreads easily, foam concrete is also an ingenious solution to fill in gaps and. BuildBlock Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs) are one of the strongest and most energy-efficient building materials available today. Denser and more structurally sound forms made of sand, cement and foam work best in this capacity. ShelterWorks is the exclusive manufacturer of Faswall®. Precast blocks of foam concrete are often used as insulating materials in roofs, walls and floors in residential and commercial buildings. ![]() was assignedthe proprietary Faswall® wood chip-cement ICF technology and its trademarks in its entirety. An insulating concrete formwork (ICF) system, Beco Wallform is based on large hollow polystyrene block components that interlock together without intermediate bedding materials to provide a formwork system into which concrete is poured. advanced the product with a patented mineralization process that allows virtually any wood or cellulose fiber to be bonded to cement. However, many companies are now going a step further and using them for the above-grade walls of one, two, and three-story homes. Previously, builders only used ICF for foundation walls. In 1987, Hans and Leni Walter of K-X Faswall International Corp. Insulated concrete form (IFC) is becoming a popular way to construct homes. It has been available in North America for thirty years. ![]() This remains one of the preferred methods of building in Europe. Since then, tens of thousands of homes, commercial buildings, and many other projects have been built in North America, Europe, and Asia with this remarkable green building system. This is the genesis of the Faswall® ICF Wall Form. After World War II, amidst the rubble and destruction, a way was discovered to take the huge volumes of wood waste, grind it into chips, mineralize the chips to neutralize the natural sugars that cause rot, and bond them to cement to form a building block. ![]()
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