Welcome to Guildbrook Farm

Guildbrook Farm is a modern homestead in the foothills of Appalachia. We take our audience along on a journey to become more self-reliant by growing our own organic produce, raising animals for dairy and eggs, preparing food for long-term storage, and building off the grid renewable energy systems. In 2017, we moved to raw land where we are building a debt-free energy efficient and disaster resistant ICF mountain home. Join us as we learn to live a simple, sustainable lifestyle.

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Setting the Basement LVL Beam

Setting the Basement LVL Beam

In the mountains of Appalachia, the next challenge with our ICF house build is to assemble, lift and set the main support beam into the basement beam pockets. This is a 3 ply, 41 foot long, LVL that weighs almost 800 pounds.

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Steel Support Columns for the Basement Beam

Steel Support Columns for the Basement Beam

ICF Basement Q&A - Answering Your Questions

ICF Basement Q&A - Answering Your Questions