Ballantine Building Solutions

The Ballantine Building Solutions team has over 17 years experience as ICF Builders suppliers, Installers & Builders using ICF and have worked on many successful ICF projects.

ICF is based on hollow lightweight block components that lock together to provide a formwork system into which concrete is poured. The blocks are made from expanded polystyrene panels fixed together with plastic webs (reducing thermal bridging) to create a formwork to which horizontal and vertical steel reinforcements can be easily added for extra strength. Once braced, concrete can be poured into the forms enabling fast construction one storey at a time.
The ICF walls as soon as built are waterproof even before the external finishes are applied, allowing internal work to commence sooner. This ensures for an incredibly fast & efficient construction that isn’t impacted by adverse weather in the same way traditional masonry is. Cold temperatures do not affect progress.

With an average saving of between 25% to 30% in both cost & building time and low ‘U’ Values from 0.23W/m2degk down to 0.11W/m2degk – When all factors & benefits are taken into consideration, ICF becomes extremely competitive compared to both traditional building methods and lightweight framing.