calmloki
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So with ICF what's the interior wall treatment? Glue on sheetrock? Hand trowel plaster? Can't imagine nails sticking.
Designs of blocks vary but I believe that have high strength plastic embedded that drywall is screwed to. There are also spray on alternatives, which are crazy durable and simulate a textured drywall surface in appearance, but also more expensive. I plan on going with spray for the inside of the entire perimeter wall. There will be a couple steel framed interior walls as well, attaching stuff to those will be easy.So with ICF what's the interior wall treatment? Glue on sheetrock? Hand trowel plaster? Can't imagine nails sticking.
This is what we did.Designs of blocks vary but I believe that have high strength plastic embedded that drywall is screwed to. There are also spray on alternatives, which are crazy durable and simulate a textured drywall surface in appearance, but also more expensive. I plan on going with spray for the inside of the entire perimeter wall. There will be a couple steel framed interior walls as well, attaching stuff to those will be easy.
This is what we did.
Oops. I checked with DH and I misspoke (in my defense I was out of town for work during this phase of our house build) We did stucco applied with a trowel. It gives the indoors a bit of a Mediterranean look. And I’m very very happy with it.I'm hopefully 4-5 years from building myself, which product did you use and how has it treated ya?
Assuming this is a fairly large part of your overall motivation, then your decision makes more sense. However, you might find this article interesting:If the market dropped to zero and society collapses you will be in your townhouse fighting for food. I will be sitting in my hot tub in a bullet proof, weather proof, sound proof, bug proof off grid fortress with stores of freeze dried food.
You'll need battery capacity to outlast any sort of cloudy weather or this plan fails. May I suggest an elevated water tank? Have an automated pump w/ a float trigger that keeps it full. Use your existing system but if you have a power or equipment failure you can at least get decent water pressure from the tank.FWIW, one of the other goals with the custom build would be evident if I told you that our power went out last night (thankfully just a blip) AND we don't have any water pressure right now. Usually it is only around 30-35 PSI (two full minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket). Solar powered deep well will take care of both of those issues. I'm not actually a crazy prepper but I can see their point.