For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block. We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary. The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
My guess is that the walls would blow out if you vibrated the concrete, give that there is no locking of the forms. Also, how do you attach drywall or exterior siding? How do you waterproof the exterior? There's no information on this.
If you want to vibrate grid system ICF, I've had success using "the rebar shaker" to do that with grout that had a slump of 7. Be careful not to over vibrate.
Mr Tindall, thank you for answering the gentleman's question and I appreciate your knowledge of what a running bond is and the application of your great product! I hope to hear from your company as to where I can purchase them here in Texas? Bravo to your company sir!
What kind of gases are given off by the block? Or the glue? Can arched doorways and windows be incorporated into a perfect block structure? Amazing material!
For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block. We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary. The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
@@Xingqiwu387 For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block. We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary. The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
I am planning my house out and will have a 5 foot crawlspace to contain some utilities and for storage. How well will this system handle post and beam where weight is placed on multiple individual points vice being distributed like stick frame?
I'm not sure I understand your question. The block in this build is our 10" Asymmetric ICCF form. It has a 4" x 6" steel reinforced concrete column vertically, and a beam horizontally, every 12" throughout the wall. If you compare strength performance to a wood framed wall with only vertical studs @ 16" on center and sheathing, the ICCF wall is 8 times stronger (Testing from the Portland Cement Association (PCA)). So, how well will this system handle post and beam where weight is placed on multiple individual points vice being distributed like stick frame? 8 times better than stick.
On the in full for the window sill without a piece of wood underneath wouldn't I end up using a lot of grout. For It will have to fill up from the floor level to the sill level?
Is the grout some sort of concrete? Can you order from any concrete mix shop? Does it have to have special compounds? If it is nothing special, how come regular ICF guys don't use it to make their life easier.
So, I understand that Perfect Block is a formwork system instead of a block. So, the end result is a concrete wall, all cells filled, formed by Perfect Blocks. Correct?
Jeff, we glue each block as we place them, and if they are not plumb after we place them, we use a couple of shims to bring them into plumb, then glue them. We are very meticulous about straight and plumb walls and that is how we construct perfect houses out of The Perfect Block.
Good idea
For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block.
We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary.
The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
My guess is that the walls would blow out if you vibrated the concrete, give that there is no locking of the forms. Also, how do you attach drywall or exterior siding? How do you waterproof the exterior? There's no information on this.
If you want to vibrate grid system ICF, I've had success using "the rebar shaker" to do that with grout that had a slump of 7. Be careful not to over vibrate.
Mr Tindall, thank you for answering the gentleman's question and I appreciate your knowledge of what a running bond is and the application of your great product! I hope to hear from your company as to where I can purchase them here in Texas? Bravo to your company sir!
I like the asymmetric thickness of the thicker blocks that put the thermal mass closer to the inside.
Im gonna need an update on that grout screed! Very interesting.
This looks great. Congratulations on your ICCF Block invention and building simplicity system!
What kind of gases are given off by the block? Or the glue? Can arched doorways and windows be incorporated into a perfect block structure? Amazing material!
Question, the same material it’s made out of the perfect block, is that in the concrete as well that you’re pouring?
I don't see any vibrating taking place as well as the seams not being staggered. Can you elaborate as to these two concerns?
I had the same things in mind.
For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block.
We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary.
The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
@@Xingqiwu387 For Minor Treat Homestead and Weihan Xingqi, Why is there no vibrating, and why are the seams not staggered? These are great questions! Thanks for the opportunity to answer them and thanks for the interest in The Perfect Block, I'm Rick Tindal, co-founder of Eco Building Systems Corp., makers of The Perfect Block.
We don't typically vibrate our grout during the pour because we order our grout (concrete) with a high slump (9-10"). That means that the grout is less viscous and flows like water to fill all cores. We do "rod" (wiggle and shake the vertical rebar) if necessary. We can use a vibrator, but with our grouting technique and the grout slump we order, we have found that it is not necessary.
The "staggered seams" you speak of, are describing a "running bond" pattern used when mortaring block or brick to add structural strength to block or brick walls. Because the ICCF blocks are actually stay-in-place forms to hold heavy, wet concrete until in hardens and not structural blocks, the "running bond" construction is not necessary. We use a "stacked bond" construction which saves time and labor during our construction. When we build, we build one level course at a time. We plumb and level and align each block as we place it and use a foam adhesive to glue the blocks in place so they won't move. Then when building the next course, we stack the forms like Legos directly upon the forms on the course below. No measuring until you get to an opening, and then the measurement and cut is the same as the course below. Remember, each and every form gets glued in the seams as it is placed, making a truly strong monolithic structure that when finished, it is ready to pour concrete into, giving the walls tremendous strength when cured. The "stacked bond" construction is purely just a time and labor saving method we use when building with The Perfect Block.
When this will be available in Canada?
What is the R value of this wall?
In order for the concrete mix to flow so well as to not need vibrating, it would need to be pretty thin.
@@theperfectblockiccf Thanks, that sounds like a good formula for smooth flow.
I am planning my house out and will have a 5 foot crawlspace to contain some utilities and for storage. How well will this system handle post and beam where weight is placed on multiple individual points vice being distributed like stick frame?
I'm not sure I understand your question. The block in this build is our 10" Asymmetric ICCF form. It has a 4" x 6" steel reinforced concrete column vertically, and a beam horizontally, every 12" throughout the wall. If you compare strength performance to a wood framed wall with only vertical studs @ 16" on center and sheathing, the ICCF wall is 8 times stronger (Testing from the Portland Cement Association (PCA)). So, how well will this system handle post and beam where weight is placed on multiple individual points vice being distributed like stick frame? 8 times better than stick.
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Good idea!!
On the in full for the window sill without a piece of wood underneath wouldn't I end up using a lot of grout. For It will have to fill up from the floor level to the sill level?
Can this system be used in basement wall with dirt fill?
Is the grout some sort of concrete? Can you order from any concrete mix shop? Does it have to have special compounds? If it is nothing special, how come regular ICF guys don't use it to make their life easier.
Is this project in north Phoenix? The area really looks familiar. Very cool product.
@@theperfectblockiccf I knew it looked familiar! I live further east, about 10 miles of here.
Wonderfull!!!
Why aren’t there any recent videos? Is AZ still the only place to buy these block?
Where are you located?
So, I understand that Perfect Block is a formwork system instead of a block. So, the end result is a concrete wall, all cells filled, formed by Perfect Blocks. Correct?
What is ratio cement, sand, water, etc, this concret??
What is the amount of grout is used per square meter?
Would something aircrete also work in filling the blocks?
What's the r-value?
Do you have a roof system with this ICCF?
How do you keep the wall plumb without using bracing? The poured wall tend to bow toward the outside, right?
Jeff, we glue each block as we place them, and if they are not plumb after we place them, we use a couple of shims to bring them into plumb, then glue them. We are very meticulous about straight and plumb walls and that is how we construct perfect houses out of The Perfect Block.
How do you build higher? Add a ledger for floor joists and just keep stacking corses higher? Are 3 stories possible?
The Perfect Block Composite ICF / ICCF Block thanks...what is the lead time I need for ordering this..how long does it take for delivery to Montana?
Thanks for the prompt reply! Your product ROCKS, and I’m telling everyone about it!
Awesome
What slump was the concrete?
This was an 8-10 inch slump!
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