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Concrete Council Member Helps Rebuild San Diego Home Destroyed by Fire
The Insulating Concrete Form Association (ICFA), a member of the Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC), will begin rebuilding the home of 80-year-old Rosemarie Michelson, of San Diego. Her home was destroyed in the California wildfires of last November.
Michelson's home is being rebuilt with assistance from the San Diego Chapter of Habitat for Humanity and ICFA. Because of the fire, Michelson requested that her new home be built of fire-resistant materials, including concrete. ICFA member companies assisting in the project will provide materials, labor and expertise to construct the walls of the Michelson’s home.
The Michelson home will be built during the ICFA Fall Meeting and Expo, Sept. 13-15, also in San Diego. IFCA members plan to use Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF), one of the fastest growing methods of construction in the United States, to build the home's walls. ICFs are polystyrene foam forms shaped or molded into blocks and panels. Builders use ICFs to create walls, inserting reinforcing steel and ready mixed concrete to fill the interior space between the two layers of foam.
Construction of the ICF walls will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A concrete pumping demonstration will be open to the public beginning at 1:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10. The home is located at 775 Dehesa Mountain Lane in Crest, CA.
For more information, e-mail Dawn Faull, program manager, NAHB Concrete Home Building Council, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8362.
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