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Logix Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs).
What are they?
Logix Insulated Concrete Forms (or Formwork) are high Strength, lightweight polystyrene moulded blocks. The blocks are assembled up to create the shape of the building, including window and door openings. Then the core is fulled with concrete, and the forms remain in place permenantly.
Logix ICFs are increasingly popular among builders and designers because they are light and manageable and allow for faster building.
The concrete provides:
- strength
- durability
- a quiet structure
The forms remain in place to provide:
- insulation
- a vapour barrier
- attachment surfaces for wall finishings
Logix ICF-constructed buildings are more energy efficient, stronger, safer and quieter than standard buildings.
| Standard LOGIX Block Specifications | |
| Weight | easy to handle at only 3 kilograms (approx. 6½ lbs) |
| Length | 1.220 metres (4 feet) |
| Height | 406mm (16 inches) |
| Width | 298mm (11¾ inches) |
| This width is made up of 2 outer walls of strong-grade moulded polystyrene, each 70mm (2¾ inches) thick, tied together with a polypropylene web, which is moulded into the outer walls and creates a void into which the concrete is poured. This void has a width of 158mm (6¼ inches), and when full of concrete gives the wall its structural strength. The outer walls of polystyrene remain in place to provide the insulation benefits. | |
The grade of concrete required for pouring into the blocks is dependent on your geographic and build conditions.
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