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Looks nice. Is that in your basement?

Nice work. Pickled eggs, nice touch. My bar is soooo far away from that point! Good day to break it in!

Fortunately we don't get many tornados up here. I do have hurricane ties on the rafters which are anchored to plates which are bolted to the walls...not that we get many hurricanes either... but if we do... I read that there was a ICF house in Canada, I believe, that caught fire. The people...

You'd think so but my insurance quoted me a price of $50 la year less for a concrete house... weasels. I should check a few more agencies.

I didn't use roof trusses. There is a big "shed-dormer" on the back so we set a big ridgebeam and put in rafters. It IS a PITA. I have a 12/12 pitch on the roof and I plan on putting standing seam metal on it. I don't want to ever have to get up there again. The whole house is concrete and...

We have a bit more snow now. The last pics were taken before Christmas. The R value is pretty darn good but the key factor is the building envelope is almost completely sealed to air infiltration and there is no heat loss to thermal bridging. My Aussie is about 6 now I guess, she is a great...

This is close to the point at where I am now.

Here are more pictures for those who are interested.

Lookin' good. Tell the chicken to mind his own business...

+1 definitely check the saw itself. I have seen brand new saws considerably off. They really should be adjusted first thing before each project.

Those are insulated concrete forms. I'll try to get some pictures up of the walls being pumped with concrete. If you look at the top picture there is a door all the way to the left. That is a room made completely out of styrofoam and cement (except for the ceiling). Also I omitted the...

The very beginnings.