One of the most important features of a Legacy Block CICF Home is its ability to protect human life. LEGACY’s steel reinforced concrete walls provide a safe and secure environment and a structure that will stand the test of time.
Homes built with LEGACY steel-reinforced concrete walls are tested to be at least 50% stronger than conventionally poured concrete and up to 700% stronger than wood frame walls. Safety when you need it most!
A LEGACY CICF BLOCK structure has a superior 5-hour fire rating that helps protect homeowners from the devastating loss caused by fire. When an independent testing lab exposed a full scale LEGACY BLOCK wall to constant 2000° F flames for five hours, the opposite side of the panel realized a temperature increase of only 7° F with no ignition, smoke or airborne toxins.
LEGACY CICF BLOCKS are a mixture of cement and recycled polystyrene, which is used as a spacer in the cellular lightweight concrete. While plastic materials are sometimes seen as a hazard to health when burned, this is not the case with polystyrene. In fact, polystyrene is entirely free of CFCs. It is manufactured by a polymerization of monostyrene. Styrene is a hexacyclic molecule that is composed of carbon and hydrogen.
In the event of a fire, the hydrogen oxidizes into water vapor. Carbon is set free and a minimum amount of carbon dioxide would be present. In a fire, no health hazard whatsoever is caused by the presence of polystyrene. In fact, fumes created by burning wood are far more toxic. In the event of the fire, only those beads closest to the surface of a Legacy wall will melt. Fire tests also revealed that in a two-hour fire, less than one inch of wall material lost any strength. At two inches deeper, the temperature did not even reach the melting point of the polystyrene beads.
Key Safety features of a Legacy block CICF Homes include:
- A Legacy CICF House is noncombustible; has a 5-hour Rating and is substantially safer than wood frame houses and since the material will not ignite; there are no toxins.
- Legacy CICF Homes can withstand Category 5 hurricane force winds.
- A Legacy Block house can also withstand a Class 4 zone D Seismic Event.
- A structure built with Legacy Block provides cleaner indoor air quality, superior thermal performance and superb sound insulation.
- Legacy CICF Blocks are easier and faster to build; saving you both time and money.
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