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Welcome to ShelterWorks Ltd. and the updated site for Faswall™ ICF Wall System

ShelterWorks manufactures wall-forms that build exceptionally healthy, breathable buildings. Our wall forms are made of sturdy earth materials (85% recycled woodchips and 15% cement/flyash), and stack together to form a wall with a high insulation value and extraordinary thermal mass properties. Structures can be built quickly and easily, and endure for centuries. ShelterWorks wall-forms improve energy efficiency, conserve natural resources, and provide excellent indoor air quality.

A Shelterworks home under construction

We offer a product made from clean recycled wood fiber (typically from used pallets, urban wood, and mill ends). These wood fibers are mineral coated to seal the wood and neutralize the sugars that cause decay, then mixed with a small quantity of cement and fly ash as a binder to form sturdy and beautiful blocks 2 feet long by 12 inches wide and 8 inches high. These natural and breathable building blocks are then stacked to form a wall that is filled with cement to form a reinforced concrete grid surrounded by breathable, insulative wood chips. The surface can then be stuccoed inside and out, or take any number of other exterior applications.

At ShelterWorks we are committed to the dynamic and creative green and sustainable building trends of our times... more

Latest News

February-2008

ShelterWorks Ltd. and KX Faswall International Corporation announce the assignment of the proprietary Faswall woodchip-concrete ICF technology and its trademarks in its entirety to ShelterWorks Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Walter, main principals in KX Faswall are enthused to see their life's work continue on at ShelterWorks. "We will continue to build on the solid foundation that Hans and Leni Walter created since 1987 in the US" says Thomas Van Denend, President of ShelterWorks. "This remarkable building system has so much to offer to the new, longer range, sustainable perspective that is growing quickly in this country".

 

September-2006

ShelterWorks had a booth at one of the largest green building exhibitions in North America in San Francisco the end of September...more

 

September-2006

"What the heck is it? An innovative house in Ilwaco", is the title of a recent news article in the Chinook Observer featuring our product. Read the entire article here.

 

February-2006

A testimonial from a Hurricane Katrina survivor. Read the entire letter here.