Why You Have To Look Into Concrete Homes

By Simon Smith

These concrete homes have been around for a bit now, and they are becoming more popular. Allowing you have a very durable home that will save you money and stand up to a lot of different things. In fact these homes will look like any other home that is built, yes even those wood framed homes.

You know that saying about a home is your castle, you can build your own durable castle with this type of construction. One that is going to be able withstand almost anything that Mother Nature will send your way. Plus you will not have to give up on comfort or the design of your home. This type of house is becoming very popular, just for the reduction in the cost of heating and cooling bills. Plus it's also popular for being able to stand extremely high winds. Such as Hurricane Katrina that hit Louisiana a few years back.

Eighteen percent of homes that were built during 2005 were these concrete homes. Currently probably one of every six houses that have been built are made of concrete. One of the ways that is most popular is the use of ICFs, or insulating concrete forms.

With this type of easy to put up forms that will stay in place very well. They are made up of high density foam that is plastic. Filling them up with concrete and placing in steel bars. They will create a wall that is insulated very well, and will be very resistant to wind and fires. Those ICFs are easy to place on other materials for design when it finished. That means it will look like any other type of home.

You most likely won't even notice a home that is made of concrete in this way. Because most likely it's going to have something covering it, like stucco or even siding.

These types of homes are very popular in places where they face changes in climates, tornadoes, or hurricanes. - 31366

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