ICF Construction
Your home, your land, and another way to build. Explore ICF construction with McCallum Homes, serving homeowners throughout Oklahoma.
Whether you’re building on acreage, in a small town, or in an established neighborhood, McCallum Homes offers custom homes with conventional wood-frame or insulated concrete form construction.
You don’t need to arrive knowing which method you want. We’ll help you understand the differences and consider what fits your plans and budget.
ICF stands for insulated concrete forms. These are hollow forms, commonly made with rigid foam, that are stacked, reinforced with steel, and filled with concrete. The forms stay in place to provide insulation around the concrete wall.
Inside and outside finishes give the home its finished appearance. Choosing ICF doesn’t mean your home has to look like a concrete building.
Window and door openings, roof connections, and anything passing through the concrete walls need careful planning. Wiring and some plumbing can run in channels cut into the foam, depending on the system and local requirements.
Learn more: U.S. Department of Energy overview of insulated concrete forms
ICF combines continuous insulation with concrete walls, which can help limit heat transfer and reduce outside noise. Results depend on the windows, roof, air sealing, and the rest of the home.
If reinforced concrete walls are important to you, ICF is an option worth comparing with conventional framing. The complete home still needs proper engineering, moisture management, and termite protection.
ICF walls are often thicker than conventional framed walls. We account for that early, including how windows, doors, and room dimensions fit together.
Concrete is poured on site, so curing time and weather sit in the schedule. We plan around that.
ICF is its own skill set, so we schedule crews who work with it regularly.
ICF changes material and labor costs by project, so each ICF home is priced individually.
We’ll discuss your plans, explain the main differences, and agree on the next steps needed to develop your estimate.
We won’t tell you ICF is right for every home, because it isn’t. We’ll show you what changes on your build and let you decide.
ICF projects are priced individually. Material and labor both change, and how much depends on your plan, your property, and the details you choose. That is why we do not publish a set ICF price or a standard premium over wood framing.
Every ICF home is priced for its own design, materials, and site.
Tell us about your land and what you want to build, and we will walk through whether ICF makes sense for it.
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