Firm Foundations & Excavating LLC

  One of the best basements you can have installed is the one built with ICF (insulated concrete forms).  Building a basement with ICF walls provides superb durability, integrity, and insulation for a below-grade wall. ICF basement walls minimize thermal bridging and reduce heat loss through the foundation.

   ICF foundation is an all-in-one wall assembly. It combines five construction steps into one, including structure, insulation, air barrier, vapor retarder, and attachment. This feature significantly accelerates project delivery by eliminating the need to coordinate multiple trades, while achieving all of the wall system’s objectives.

   Constructing an ICF basement wall involves stacking and interlocking the blocks together, end to end. Clips and rebar secure the blocks in place, then the blocks are filled with concrete. Using ICF's for basement wall construction is a fast, simple wall system that creates a below-grade insulated concrete basement wall.