How to Hang a Floor Joist From an ICF Wall

Thanks for the video. Very interesting. Another option would be to avoid having to use hangers at all by using top-chord-bearing trusses and sitting them on your LVL

Kody, it looks like the width of the Levann hanger will accept dimensional lumber. Can you use floor trusses with those hangers?

I like your video's can you do one on the roof installation? How to install a roof thats hurricane/tornado/wind resistant after the icf is settled?

I see a lot of video's on the walls but none on the roof... i want to build with icf but i cant rap my mind around how to make it a safe house against wind. Thank You in advance.

Or use top chord, bottom chord or regular floor joists resting on a sill attached to a corbel/brick ledge block...

What prevents the cement from flowing out into the space where the floor joist sets? Does the portion of the Levann hanger that is in the wall fill up with cement?

you totally suk

why not just embedd threaded rod in the icf, pour the concrete so it grabs the threaded rod, then install the rim joist on the threaded rod? Seems cheaper and leaves lots of room for minor adjustments after the concrete cures.

video shows detail on everything and anything. Unfortunately your video just talking instead of show how it joint.

why not set your ledgers in place with footing L bolts and brace the ledger off the footing so it can't settle...
i.e. no special brackets...

u are boring

I don't see how the first system is safe at all, because the floor joist and bracket become a fulcrum, and I would think that the inside of the ICF block (the styrofoam) would compress over time, with the weight of the house or the floors on the joist after awhile, the second system being cast into the cavity (with the c oncrete pour) of the ICF seems to be the better system structurally, it's no longer a folcrum but a cantilever, in my opinion what would be a better system would be a continuous joist ledge similar to an outside brick ledge that would be cast into the ICF form.

I'll bet money that goof Jesse is watching this

OMG The cost.

Never worked with this stuff before but it's quickly becoming popular here now. Just wondering if you could simply fasten a ledger board directly to the ICF by using heavy duty concrete anchors drilled through the ledger, ICF form and through the hardened concrete.???

The 2nd hanger is a replica of rpwatkins hanger. When was the patent issued for ur levan???? Cheep copy

DETAIL DRAWING WOULD HELP EXPLANATION A LOT

Waste of time!

There are many different manufacturers of ICF blocks on the market. Does anyone have a link for a comparison completed between them? I would ask individual builders, but it would seem to me that with the learning curve required for each blocks unique characteristics, many builders would be inclined to stick with whatever they started with and not re-learn another (possibly better) ICF block.

Thoughts?

If you are not going to insert the Simpson hanger, you should just turn the camera off. Trying to imagine what you are doing with all of your back and forth without doing the job is like listening to auto repair instructions on the radio. For the cost of one ICF panel, you could really show us something worthwhile.

good job

This is the worst demonstration ever! It appears that this guys was not well versed on his knowledge to bring a point across, which was to show "How TO HANG A FLOOR JOIST"

Kody, would like to see a house you built finished with this system. Video walk through. Thanks for video.

To much over explanation and to much jumping around. You lost me about three minutes in.

if you really show how to connect those parts you were showing it would be better.

That was clear a mud.

too complicated
why not cutout 2" x 12" vertical foam pockets
screw lvl in position (maybe wrap 6mil poly on rear of lvl to prevent concrete from touching wood)
put j-bolts through lvl but only tighten nut after pour
Isn't this cheaper, faster and easier?

too slow, hard to listen to ....not able to see

Way too long, not clear and no visual aid of finished product.

I am looking for an ICF block experience installer to help and over see building my house in Merida,MX

what about painting?

You should have built a small shed model and talked us through step by step. You lost me early into this video.

here is the real way to do it!  dril a hole through the foam just above the plastic brackets inside the ICF.  use a "L" bolt like you would use in the footing.  Lay the "L" bolt on top of the plastic bracket and zip tie it to the bracket.  Bolts are level and all in a line.  Install ledger with slight oversized holes for adjustment and hang simpson ties ( or install simpsons while ledger is still on the ground...much easier!)  much cheaper!!!

Where can I buy the Lavann hangers?? I’m not seeing them online??

I'm a fan of the Simpson system, for us it works very well I can get a perfectly level floor a lot easier, the pocket system I've had move slightly when pouring concrete and then everything is off

Good job, Thank you for your information.

what's the price on something like this

as for blocks
blocks
sand
cement
labor


as for ICF
lego
i can do lego
cement
that's it


what's the cost

yup clear as mud lol

Pretty poor demo to say the least

Actually put that in the ICF so we get the gist of it.

Hi Kody . I’m looking for a detailed video on corner brick ledges with this system.
By the way super video 👊

Can you do a video with more detail on blocking out securing a beam within the ICF wall? All the beam install portions seem to just be how to cut and block out for the beam, but not how to install the beam and secure it.

Yeah, that didn't make sense, Kode. You need to actually demonstrate.

Looks like Lavann is out of business.

Just terrible

I hurt me to watch this. You definitely need to be prepared to talk and really know what your talking about to grab the attention of your audience .

I made it with Woodglut plans!

Q. Where do find the Lavaaned hangers to order . Thanks

This a lame demonstration. I don’t think you’ve ever done this work .

What is wrong with 3/4" threaded rod embedded in the concrete. Yes, you have a slight moment on the ledger, but tell me why that does not work.

Have you ever installed floor system before pouring concrete?