Of course each case is unique and you need to get advice from professionals as you're doing so pretty sure you will make the right choice. Starting in 2017, energy efficiency requirements increase again as the Building Code phases-in the energy-conserving incremental changes in an effort to eventually construct homes with a Net-Zero energy impact. o Note: 22 of the 25 code change proposals related to Climate Change Action Plan commitments. Supplementary Standard SB-12 found in the Ontario Building Code. Proposals are detailed in the Overview Summary Document Potential Changes to Ontario’s Building Code: Summer and Fall 2017 Consultation. If you go ICF, I'd also add radiant water heating to the first floor to take complete advantage of the basement insulation and lower heating costs. Building Code in support of the government’s Climate Change Action Plan. It's such a well built system and provides such an amazing thermal insulation it will likely pay for itself as energy cost is unlikely to come down in the future. Honestly if you gonna live more than 4-5 years in this place and gonna finish the basement, go with ICF if it's whit in 20-25% of your budget. So if the sytrorail is 4.5in out from the wall, I have to have architect advise if I can even use it, as the wall will be 2.5in in from where it was expected if I'd used rigid. My foundation guys can do the styrorail as part of the wall pour, so am likely to go that route, problem is at the moment I've got a drop in the front of the houses where we were doing a supporting wall i the basement, the floors aren't sitting on the foundation.
7 if you count ICF, wasn't expecting that. .Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice but encourages digital or hard copy reproduction of this publication in its PDF format in whole or in part. I wanted to see what else, got 6 different options at various price points, and pro/cons for each. For a comprehensive list of all of the changes, please go to the Ministry’s website.
The OHBA has created these Top 5 Lists for both Part 9 and Part 3 changes to the Ontario Building Code. I called my guys about the basement insulation requirement, on this build my architect spec'd 2in rigid in the basement. The majority of amendments come into effect January 1, 2020.