The Plan Inspired by the classic Tudor Cottage style Phillips 66 buildings from the 30s, I have designed a small cottage suited for easy ICF construction. There are a few places where the Concrete Cottage differs from the classic stations, such as adding space to the corners for less form waste and higher ceilings, but…
If you are tackling an ICF build, picking the right style of bucks for your window and door openings can be pretty complicated. While there’s a huge variety of options and certainly some that are preferred by whichever ICF Manufacturer you’ve chosen, these simple bucks have worked well for us in the past. The main…
So You’ve Chosen ICF, Now What? The brand war between ICF Manufacturers can get dirty. This series will be a side-by-side, unbiased comparison between ICF Brands so you can get the information you need without all the marketing speak, gathered and written by an actual human being. Today, we will focus on Nudura and Fox…
The Goal: Build a Cool Looking, Retro Gas Station The current goal of this Egan’s Corner project is to restore the gas station of my childhood, except…better. But with all the fruit stripe gum. A few years ago, we had the opportunity to buy the lot, located near downtown Rogersville, Missouri. Formerly Marshall’s EZ Stop,…
About Nudura ICF Introduced in 2001, Nudura has become one of the top ICF manufacturers in the nation. Nudura’s goal is to provide their customers with a superior ICF product that will provide reduced energy costs, safer living and working environments, and more comfortable living and working spaces. Nudura Block Size The honest answer to…
While we’re in the planning phase of building Egan’s Corner here in Rogersville, I wanted to do some more research on different brands of ICF, or Insulated Concrete Forms. There are now a number of brands available, even some that you can pick up at your local big box store! I’m definitely going into this…
