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I’m looking at a new contract for an insulated concrete form house. It will be one story in general, with icf’s for a full walkout basement, and icf walls for the main part of the house too (not the garage). The way this is done, I would pour the basement, then build the floor (I-joists), sheet it, (or not?) and use the floor as a surface to work off of to construct the icf’s for the second pour.
The problem is, I’m running low on time. Wisconsin winter is fast approaching, and my basic agreement with the client is to get as much work in as I can–hopefully get both pours done so I could do framing as weather permits. What I’m afraid of is if I do this, I could conceivably have to tarp the floor surface to protect it from laying under a lot of snow. I’m willing to take a certain amount of risk, since I could shovel the snow through the stair hole onto the basement floor, but not sure how well the ply would survive a few shovelings, and some freeze/thaw cycling.
If things worked out really well, I could easily sneak a roof on the house during a spell of decent weather, and then most of my trouble would be over with, and I could get a lot of work done even if it got cold, which is why I’d like to take the chance if I can pull it off.
If I put I-joists on, and not sheet them, how much weather could they take? How about good quality TIG fir ply?
Any thoughts on this?
MD
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I'm looking at a new contract for an insulated concrete form house. It will be one story in general, with icf's for a full walkout basement, and icf walls for the main part of the house too (not the garage). The way this is done, I would pour the basement, then build the floor (I-joists), sheet it, (or not?) and use the floor as a surface to work off of to construct the icf's for the second pour.
The problem is, I'm running low on time. Wisconsin winter is fast approaching, and my basic agreement with the client is to get as much work in as I can--hopefully get both pours done so I could do framing as weather permits. What I'm afraid of is if I do this, I could conceivably have to tarp the floor surface to protect it from laying under a lot of snow. I'm willing to take a certain amount of risk, since I could shovel the snow through the stair hole onto the basement floor, but not sure how well the ply would survive a few shovelings, and some freeze/thaw cycling.
If things worked out really well, I could easily sneak a roof on the house during a spell of decent weather, and then most of my trouble would be over with, and I could get a lot of work done even if it got cold, which is why I'd like to take the chance if I can pull it off.
If I put I-joists on, and not sheet them, how much weather could they take? How about good quality TIG fir ply?
Any thoughts on this?
MD