Advice on Residential ICF home building in Alaska
Hello builders. I could use some advice. My partner and I want to build a home together. I've been doing a ton of research on building science in my region here in Alaska. I've read the manuals that UAF and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has. My partner is pushing for ICF, but I really can't find a ton of data on residential ICF buildings here in Alaska. There's a ton of information detailing each step on how to build a traditional stick build house here in Alaska. All the links for international and local codes are there as well. I can't find that info on ICF houses and it seems like they're kinda new to Alaska.
My partner wants to build an ICF house, because of the long term savings and efficiency on energy use. However, we want to build the majority of the house together as both a cool experience and to save money. The lack of available info, the learning curve for the both of us, the fact that we live in a seismic 4 area with about 12,000 days requiring heat has me...really really hesitant.
Our house build is super simple: 800 square foot, single story, mono pitch roof on a crawl space foundation.