"I've found that my competitors can do insulated poured walls too, but they don't know how the system works, how it's put together. My marketing allows me to be in the forefront," Emerson explains.

When comparing IMPs to tilt-up concrete walls, the ready-to-go metal panels offer a number of construction advantages. With tilt-up, all of the concrete building elements must be cast horizontally, ...

If a typical 2x4 framed wall is insulated between each wooden ... company out of Lebanon, Ohio, has poured thousands of foundations and walls. Recently, Triple Q found itself in the position ...

For decades, concrete walls and foundations were made the same way. Plywood or plain boards are built into forms that contain steel reinforcing bars (rebar) and into which wet concrete is poured.

Insulated concrete forms (ICF ... can be purchased in giant 4x8 sheets that you glue to the sides of smooth poured walls. You and a helper could apply the foam to a standard foundation in a ...

There was an entire row of exhibitors showing various incarnations of insulated ... poured in accordance with our recommendations. The blocks require less bracing than the foam ICFs and Durisol ...

Precast concrete panels have vertical steel rebar inside each stud and insulated access holes ... a concrete home made of precast walls, because once poured, walls are set in concrete.

This same steel needs to be placed in the poured concrete or block walls if you want to prevent cracked walls that bow inward. Believe me, I’ve seen both poured concrete and concrete block wall ...

Around a third of all heat lost from a poorly insulated home escapes through the walls, which means installing cavity-wall insulation is often one of the most cost-effective measures you can take to ...