ICF Mountain Homestead: Pouring the First Floor Concrete Forms

[@Bex-rg8pj]

I can’t wait to see what Jamie does on the interior.

[@MrEhole]

This entire build has been an absolute blast to watch so far!! :)

[@KatInTheNorth]

This is so exciting! So happy for you all! You've got heaven on earth right there, beautiful spot!

[@rickv9251]

Y'all r going to have a beautiful view.

[@suzylarry1]

coming along very nicely. The three little pigs would not have to worry about getting blown away with this type of structure.

[@alberteinstein9045]

Congratulations, let the framing begin. I remember back when you lived in the neighborhood that didn't approve of your self-reliance. You've come a long way.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

It has been quite the journey for sure.

[@lrussell5496]

Your entire build as been fascinating to watch. I am happy for you all.

[@hvnfun8601]

A mountain castle. I'm loving it.

[@jamiekernc9925]

This is so ridiculously exciting for me, I can't imagine how it must feel for you!!!

[@LookingupLuke2128]

So proud of you both!

[@krystynam4076]

Nice to see it go up. You guys are amazing for doing it.

[@fredstanley5758]

Jeremy, you’re as cool as a cucumber, dude! That little bulging ordeal would’ve freaked me the heck out I’m sure. That just means that you and Jaime and the girls are one step closer to your goal though and I couldn’t be more excited for y’all! 👍

[@ledzepgirl299]

With every phase of this build completed I feel such a great sense of satisfaction. I can only imagine how you must feel! Full speed ahead baby.

[@KCSmith1]

I am excited for you! I remember when you first moved o nto this property. It was a dream/goal then but despite many obstacles .....you are doing it! Congrats! 😄

[@sovereigns1grace]

I wondered if tape was enough support. Glad it can be fixed! Whoa! You already have the lumber for the next floor! Seems you're screaming along! Wonderful!!! I'm so happy.

[@rockyroadranch72]

Amazing to watch. I've never seen a house built this way.

[@hummingbirdwest6869]

So happy to see you all having success with your home building! Making dreams possible and come through! Wish you all the blessings! God is good!

[@PawPawMountain]

Looking Great Guys! You'll have a great home with a great view, can hardly wait to see it complete!!

[@lindacummings6921]

One step closer to your Home....Yay!!!!!!

[@minervabeans9746]

Ah the memories...we built a block ICF house 10 years ago pouring in January in Iowa.

[@bobo-wf1jv]

Nice to have this option to shave and perfectly adjust the surface .. my Grandfather was a finish-carpenter and installed custom kitchens cabinets .. I remember him telling experiences about lots of shimming and much tweaking with his work. Cheers ........

[@cynthiabrennemann3513]

Closer and closer! You guys have got to be getting excited!

[@offgridfarminguk]

Another great video, really exciting to see the progress. I'm considering an ICF build for our off-grid farm one day.

[@robertevans6481]

👍 Still am fascinated with these pours,and ICF walls.

[@trwsandford]

This is so exciting! I'm extremely happy for you! Fingers crossed that the build continues to go well!

[@Banjo-lm2wl]

Congratulations it's all happening now a home is finally coming together after making sure you had a really good foundation. God bless guys

[@elishevaquick6650]

Wow, this is a massive operation Jeremy and Jamie. It is so great to see your dreams coming true. SOON, very soon, you will be able to live in your new home xxx Blessings to your Family Aunt Eli xxx

[@starlakelsey2782]

oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!!

[@dwalsh4027]

I can't get over that amazing view. Every time I see it, it seems more beautiful

[@bigmamma6946]

Thank you for sharing your experience its been interesting.

[@shannonkerwin8833]

Looking good! Good things are worth the wait!!!! Build solid.

[@rotattor]

You guys have been waiting so long for this and here it is ! Another couple of months to go ! I'm happy for you guys.

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

I am loving watching this build. I have to build a well house around my pressure tank and after watching what you did I think I will do mine that way. you must be getting excited about getting into your new home. Thank you so much for your videos!!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

If I had to do the well house over I would do it with these ICF blocks 😊

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

@@Guildbrookfarm That would be nice! I have some of the rock siding from the front of my house and we are going to use the cinder blocks and put the rock siding on it with a wood roof with a hinged side to enter the pit.

[@jamesbaumann1180]

I love it when a plan comes together!👍👍👍

[@jeanirwin9539]

Should be able to heat your new house with a candle 😊

[@mandog2142]

It's a blast watching you folks working toward your dream. Seems with each step of the build you are more and more confident. Good for all of you!

[@sonyagregory5711]

Moving right along there. I'm so happy for you guys!!!😊❤🙏

[@paulsteen56]

Very impressed with your GM duties. Thank you for sharing.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Love seeing the progress...

[@kmaynor16]

Nice! Thanks, and I am looking forward to the next video!

[@lisabullock5402]

This is the most fascinating thing ever to watch! Can't wait till the next video. So excited for you all!

[@ericfox9648]

So pleased for you! I encouraged you to do this and be your own general contractor from the beginning. The savings will be enormous and I hope bring you an enormous amount of joy. We just got an acceptance on an offer we put in on 40 acres in Tennessee.

[@ericfox9648]

Fox Blocks ICF for the foundation, and ICF Amish pre manufactured log cabin on top.

[@carolynmoody9460]

Amazing really enjoyed watching.. blessings

[@remushaynes2693]

not wanting to wish anything rough on you jeremy but i am glad it is you and not me. i could not handle the stress at my age. i just hope all goes well or at least any perks are easily corrected..........g

[@lauraannstewart3353]

Its going up so fast. So excited for you guys . Makes all the tough weather and frozen pipes all worth it

[@mamabear9389]

Looks awesome! And your GM skills are amazing.

[@carlinkay1151]

Gosh, you guys are doing such a wonderful job at managing the build....and what a view!

[@risiamoonfall975]

Been watching for years now since the chickens arrived and was sad when you was kicked out. I must say you guys are great. Im so jealous of your house. Its a Preppers dream house. Good luck.

[@HHeirloomIA]

Gotta love that pumper truck! Keep pinching yourselves. 😝

[@Beecozz7]

Well done Jeremy!!! I'm so happy for you!!!

[@lesleyharris3198]

After all the delays and problems getting contractors, you are really making great progress, can't wait to see what you do next, good luck and I hope that the weather is kind to you, unlike here 3rd weekend of storms, lucky us. Not

[@BackroadFreedom]

Coming along nicely I say. Y'all are getting closer to being done each day. Good thing nothing to major happened when poring. I look forward to the next video. Have a wonderful night my friends.

[@katemetho72]

Moving right along... Exciting times.

[@shartne]

Well that went fairly quick.

[@PaullaWells]

So exciting!!! Y'all have to be over the moon! I so cannot wait for the next video!

[@tydas10]

Thanks for these videos, very interesting watching your progress

[@raynall3593]

Looks like everything is going well except for a few things. Good luck with the rest. Exciting watching it all come together.

[@marklownox]

It’s coming along real nice. I’m exited for you and you family. Enjoy every step and don’t stress! Everything will be OK!

[@renaebettenhausen3611]

Thank you for posting such excellent content

[@colleenrodamer6230]

On u r almost there

[@crazyhhomestead4974]

Love those views from the house!

[@marcmmclellan]

I am so happy for you guys! You are making real progress! My wife and I watch all your videos! Take it from someone who has a Jamie for a wife, you are doing it right bro!

[@PowerTom286]

Hi Jamie and Jeremy, it's taking shape. I hope it turns out as you imagined. I've been working for the Putzmeister company here in Germany, and it's nice to see how it works with the concrete pump

[@bhavens9149]

Gorgeous view!

[@deeferry6520]

Starting to really take shape

[@trickydicky78s3]

A few headers bulging out? I would take that over the bottom of the wall bulging out any day of the week any week of the year ! Your pump man seemed pretty smooth, i've seen a lot more being a lot more jerky in action or maybe that was just editing on your part. Maybe not perfect but i still see that as being a great day and great result and great progress over all.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Definitely better than a blow out at the bottom of the wall for sure. Nothing major.

[@ELIRAXPRT]

Congratulations on your successful pour

[@robertrockwell7581]

I know there is a ways too go but this is a big step in getting there. congrats. stay safe.

[@cathleencaratan3373]

Once all the obstacles are out of the way, it’s humming right along. I am considering ICF for my house in a couple years.

[@augustreil]

If a little bulging here and there is the worse thing that happened, I'd call it a major win ! House is going to be awesome. Great video, thumbs up !!

[@Zerostar369]

Congrats! Yay!

[@yanbu000]

PROGRESS!!! You got to be pretty excited :)

[@stan3198]

Great progress !!! I guess you have to expect a few glitches with every job, hang in there.

[@spartman]

Thats so cool to see TEREX on those concrete trucks. My father in law works there and so do a couple of friends of mine.

[@NayokeHenji]

This is my dream. I live in Maryland and my goal is to buy a plot of land in West Virginia, buy a temporary mobile home to live out of and continue to save and eventually do what you folks did and build a new home on it. God bless

[@gardenlady1293]

WOW! just Wow!

[@CooperFamilyHomestead]

looking great!

[@beachlife1411]

Amazing views out of each windows too , wow all mtn views, 2 story on top of garage?

[@flyingjeff1984]

Impressive

[@nicpedia2432]

If not too late, the sill plate can be 2x6 treated or 2x8 treated. Typically not required to be the full width of your foundation.

[@mschilepepper10]

Love you videos 👍🏻

[@johnhanselman6371]

Thanks for sharing. Looking good.....

[@Jeff-vt8kn]

It looks like the White Castle restaurant. Looks good

[@robbridges7810]

Confused, I was thinking all the exterior walls were going to be ICF. If I heard you right there is going to be a 2 x 10 bolted down so the second story will be wood framed? I still love the videos, we just need more of them. Lol

[@angelacross2216]

Wow!

[@NorthtoHopeDesert_Hues]

Wow! It's getting along fast! How long do you have to let it set before starting on the roof? At this rate you should get to move in before next winter right?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Hoping to start framing next week if the weather cooperates.

[@michiganengineer8621]

If you could extend the deck out farther you could have yourself an enclosed 2 car garage there.

[@sandyjacobs6202]

Hey ! found the red tape. The green truck is here the green truck is here now time to geter done guys do y,ll feel that skaken going on? well another full day of good stuff getting done know you got to feel pretty good😀

[@acappellahymns]

What thoughts have been put into termite protection? I know they don't eat foam or concrete. But they can burrow inside and behind the foam all the way up to the roof.

[@jonathanlombard8897]

As soon as I saw the headers/lintels weren't strapped, I was nervous they would bulge/be difficult to align. One thing I've learned from building with icf since 2001 is where it needs additional bracing. It sure is a pain to have to rasp foam for hours to flatten it out!

[@donnaspear8494]

How do you feel about being the contractor for your own home build? Would you do this for another off grid family that couldn't get a contractor? Why or why not? Did they get the spilt cement off the floor?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Ask me again when this project is finished 🤔😏. Yes we got the floor cleaned up nice. 👍🏻

[@BLHomestead]

Looked like the concrete was coming out of the hose pretty hard. Amazing the force the pump can do. Great to see yalls progress. You said gonna shave it flat. Does that mean you're pulling off the insulation in those spots or just shaving the insulation flat? Excited to see it get dried in! Thanks for the updates.

[@strawberryenjoyer3898]

Can you explain why you're doing ICF for the basement and first floor, but chose to wood frame the second floor? Is this a compromise for cost considerations or is there another reason why ICF made sense for the first floor, but not the second? I'm curious about your thought process because I've been planning/fantasizing a house that would be full ICF exterior walls from the basement to the second floor. Should ICF not go all the way to the roof? Change my mind! Great content, thanks for posting!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

We’re doing it this way for a number of reasons. Window placement, cost, speed, etc.

[@WendyK656]

Boy Jeremy, was getting a little Nervous watching the wall bulge over the windows and doors. Praying everything keeps going well for y'all

[@bikeninja956]

thanks for sharing, ICF looks scary. Curious, what are the dims of your house?

[@henryrodgers3409]

That's a really big house . Wonder if all that space is needed when the girls go to college or when they move out . I know of quite a few families that have large square footage and now regret it . Kids are gone and now the house is too big for them . They all want to down size . Looking good though . Be interesting in how the second floor goes up .

[@johnoneill5812]

The space will come in handy when the daughters come visiting with families of their own.

[@henryrodgers3409]

That's true .

[@R0yL33]

With such a massive lot, why "build up" and not a bungalow slab on grade ? Cost of build, or energy efficiency or. .?

[@erockmuzic5070]

Big Jeremy Must have Deep Pockets lol

[@henryrodgers3409]

KZbin money must pay really well . I wonder what he does for a living other than KZbin .

[@erockmuzic5070]

@@henryrodgers3409 he said in one of his vids he was like an I.T. tech computer dude

[@henryrodgers3409]

OK thanks

[@augustreil]

@@henryrodgers3409, One channel said he made 75K a year with 100K subs and another said KZbin makes him more than being a State Police officer with 200K subs. I don't really know what they make, but they deserve it for all the work it takes, right ?

[@inmyimage1081]

Did you consider do the wall penetration for the dryer after the did the first lift to make sure there weren't any possible voids? If yes, what reasons did you have to not go that route? Thx

[@grassabrutta]

Insulated concrete forms look pretty cool. I had been researching the inverse option of having MgO-foam-filled ("airkrete" insulation) concrete blocks or panels. I like the cement foam solutions since they are the best insulation and they do not burn. Polystyrene does burn, although it will do a reasonable job at retarding the flame. And, these ICF blocks make house building a straightforward affair it seems. [aside : 'airkrete' is different to portland-cement based 'aircrete' which is heavier and structural.] So, in making some decisions, I ended up at this question about the ICF approach : "How do I attach anything significant to the walls in my ICF poured garage or workshop ?" I cannot see any general wall strength that will support anything more than let's say some dry wall ... but certainly not anything the needs to anchor into a solid substrate (for example, a tool rack or hoist). How are people doing that in buildings made with ICF ?