Dear Jim: I am thinking of building one of those concrete/foam block houses for efficiency, security and strength. Since concrete feels so cold, is it really energy efficient and will I be limited ...

ACH Foam Technologies makes the material in Murray. Once the blocks are in place, stacked to a height of 40 feet, they will be capped with a concrete slab, road base, pavement and then the light ...

Forming concrete. That’s according to a team at ... the researchers can lay out prefabricated blocks of foam that create forms with highly complex shapes. The foam elements go in a conventional ...

So he used a system called insulated concrete foam to incorporate the scraps into building blocks, called Surf Blocks. “Basically, we leave the styrofoam on after we pour the concrete into the ...

The home, of course, isn't made entirely of styrofoam. Concrete is poured into the hollow styrofoam blocks and becomes the actual structure of the house. The outside of the blocks are coated with ...

SEATTLE -- Giant blocks of foam are being used in construction projects ... a quick-setting construction adhesive. Crews add rebar, concrete, a membrane to keep liquids out and some fabric before ...