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PERFORMANCE BENEFITS OF Q-Forms ICF
Q -Forms ICF-insulated concrete forms offer a wide range of performance benefits for both houses and buildings. Some of the benefits offered by structures built with Q Forms ICF include:
ICFs From Fox Block Provides Greater Strength & Safety:
Insulated Concrete wall systems are optimal for the threat of tornados, hurricanes, severe storms, and even earthquakes. Hurricanes and earthquakes in the United States have increased in severity. Fox Block ICF wall systems provide better anchorage of buildings because of the concrete core and the form’s flexibility in being able to add and accurately position both vertical and horizontal steel as needed to resist seismic forces based on prevailing Codes and Engineering design requirements.
ICFS - ENERGY EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS:
The combination of rising energy requirements and rising fuel costs means that we need to make the most of building technology to heat and cool our homes. This requires a whole-building approach to design, which doesn’t have to be complicated. Fox Block-insulated concrete forms are energy-efficient construction materials that provide maximum comfort and energy solutions for your entire home. Nudura energy-efficient construction materials provide up to 64% energy savings compared to traditional building methods using wood.
Fox Block ICF VS Wood Framing:
THE QUESTION IS... WHY WOOD YOU? Fox Block ICF Forms are high-tech industry-leading insulated concrete forms that have proven technologies to make building easier and faster. The Fox Block line of ICFs offers innovation that is exclusive to Fox Block, which allows builders the ability to build and design structures with greater efficiency.
Offering superior performance when it comes to thermal bridging, resulting in even temperatures throughout your home with reduced drafts and cold spots, ensuring you are comfortable no matter what the temperature is outside by providing Performance Values saving building owners up to 64% in annual energy costs. ICF also acts as an effective sound barrier by dampening sound vibrations from unwanted outside noise, such as traffic, trains, and neighbors.
ICF walls are built with reinforced concrete and fire-retardant Expanded Polystyrene Foam (EPS), providing a fire protection rating of up to 4 hours - 4 times that of a typical wood-frame home.
Fox Block ICFs in addition provide greater impact resistance and can be engineered to withstand some of mother nature's worst, like winds up to 250 mph (402 kph) ensuring that the occupants of the home are safe and secure. Fox Block’s concrete-embedded multi-purpose roof/ truss anchor system provides greater resistance to wind uplift forces than most other conventional systems. Structural reinforced concrete in a Nudura building offers substantially better durability and typically better results in lower life cycle costs compared to wood structures.