Residential Cinder Block Construction?

[Briar Friar]

Good question MrLFD. Ive been wondering the same but for smaller buildings. I think Im gonna pony up the money regardless for a CB well shed due to wildfire pressure and wood destroying insect pressure.

I think youd still want to use 2x4s for studs for the higher batting insulation R value as opposed to firring strips.

[RifleBowPistol]

A buddy of mine, moved to Mississippi years ago, the house he bought was made of cinder blocks. I can tell you that cinder blocks don't insulate very well. I stayed with them one Christmas, it got down in the teens or twenties when I was there. The room I slept in, most every morning when I woke up, had ice on the insides of the walls. The bed I was sleeping in, was against the wall. It was cold sleeping in that room.

We just went to Tennessee, at the beginning of this month. I saw multiple houses being built out of cinder block.

[Atfulldraw]

Practically every new house here on the southern Florida Gulf Coast is built this way - including ours.

It's almost impossible to get insurance on a wood frame residential structure here now.

I love it because it keeps out the noise, I like the look of the deep window frames, but it's a little annoying because my job involves climbing around in attics and the trusses in the attic can make it difficult to access.

[friscopaint]

If we build in Florida we are going icf. Common there and lots of builders. Its a bit more per sq ft but as others mentioned low heating and cooling plus lower insurance. Its also a faster build. My fire station is a block build but they are nice, looks like stone to a certain extent, but wouldn't like as a house