ICF foundation by King Brothers Concrete Specialist, our favorite subs!

Recent work putting together the ICF foundation for the Scherer family residence near Trumansburg NY

 back breaking work

How many more of these things to go..

straighter than an arrow!

This eps foam form foundation filled with 6 inches of reinforced concrete has an R- factor of  22.  It makes an excellent, strong and comfortable concrete foundation/basement but it takes some skill to set it up properly and have it come out straight and plumb like the King brothers always do! 

Steve, John and Charley--you guys rock!

BTW,  The home owner saved $500 on this job by putting together the Eco Block forms himself!

On with the framing and SIP walls!

Energy efficient home started near Ithaca!

Congratulations to the Dan and Lisa Scherer family! We broke ground on their beautiful new home (designed with Rod Lambert) out near Trumansburg on this beautiful sunny morning in May. Stay tuned for construction updates on this interesting passive solar home to be constructed with ICF foundation and SIP walls.

Thanks to Geroge Van Valen and crew and King Brothers in advance for doing great excavation and foundation work!

eco friendly concrete floor staining and sealing

Recently in the process of staining a new concrete floor for clients in the trumansburg area, we had the opportunity to use a great new- new to us - green product, part of a line of eco friendly staining and sealing products that are sold under the brand name Eco-procote.   Soycrete "espresso" is the name of the stain we used on this new 1,000 square foot floor, the sealer was labled Acri-soy.  Both were completely benign to use with basically zero V.O.C.s and no acids. That's a big switch from what we have been using. Typically when staining a floor we are forced to protect ourselves from the acid meant to react with a the lime in the concrete chemically changing it's color as well as the volatile solvents in the wax and poly finishes.

Eco-Procote products get the job done with out these harmful ingredients, you can read about how on their website. As well, we found the Soycrete stain more forgiving to use than acid stains-- If you feel the color is to dark, you can actually wipe off the stain with a wet rag up to 6 hours after your initial application --or you can add more stain as you like once you have had some time to let the surface dry and consider the depth of color you have applied.

The Soy-crete stain, Acri-soy sealer, and Eco-Tuff -high traffic top coats were all very easy to apply and with out the noxious off gassing typical of floor finishes and sealers. The clients loved the finished product, and we loved the lack of exposure to potentially harmful materials. Check em out!