One advantage of an icf roof is that the insulation for the roof is already in place and protected on the inside of the roof.
Insulated concrete form pitched roof.
Insulated concrete forms for floors roofs and elevated buildings.
But just because a home has a concrete roof doesn t mean that it has to be flat.
The two homes with longer spans required 10 lite deck system the two shorter spans used 6 lite deck.
Three of the homes featured a gable roof design one a hip design.
See the concept of insulated concrete forms applied to horizontal pitched and tilt up applications.
Now the same technology can be used for insulated concrete floors both suspended and slab on grade fpsf and pitched roofs or insulated flat roofs with a green roof system to compliment them.
Insulated concrete forms for floors and roofs quad deck uses unique technology to create an energy efficient and quality insulating concrete floor and roof system.
Please refer to the quad deck product information for details.
Near airports these icf roofs have proven to dramatically reduce sound infiltration.
Just like icf walls the combination of foam and concrete in the roof protects interior spaces from outside temperature fluctuations.
I too have been researching the application of a pitched roof over icf construction and frankly i am disappointed that the icf mfg folks haven t developed add ons for the icf truss joists systems that would allow for and exterior bracket and plates to be added to that outside as concrete is poored from the eaves to the ridge line and prevents spillage at say a 8 12 or 12 12 pitch.
Ideal for residential commercial and institutional construction insul deck buildings are not only more comfortable quieter and super energy efficient but can also provide safety from hurricane level winds fire and floods.
Quad deck makes it easy solid energy efficient comfortable.
Walls built with icfs insulated concrete forms have gained much popularity over the last couple of years for exactly these reasons.