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Why there's no company in Ireland producing/dealing Composite ICF (aka ICCF)?

  • 10-10-2023 9:49am
    #1
    spupazza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭


    I've been reading a bit about Composite ICF and I was surprised by the fact that nobody in Ireland seems to produce or build with this product.

    https://www.icfmag.com/2010/06/foam-differences-eps-xps-and-epu/

    From what I've been reading this product seems quite superior to ICF:

    1-Superior fire resistance

    2-impervious to mold, termites

    3-Sturdier

    4-drywall mud, stuccos, and acrylic polymers can be applied directly to the block

    5-My understanding is also that it would require 50% less concrete

    The main disadvantage is that the block is heavier.


    This seems also to have been in the market for a while (it was patented 50 years ago). So why ICF is more popular than ICCF, what am I missing?

    Is there really no builder or producer of composite ICF in Ireland?



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