I am an aging female who wants to build a home MORTGAGE FREE and to build as much of it by myself as possible. Weight of materials is a very important consideration to me. I would like to have an Earthship and would not have the physical strength to lift tires and buckets of dirt up very high.(posted 9011 days ago)Yesterday at a Home Show I saw small demonstration walls built with styrofoam blocks supported with plastic separators and metal pins. Now, that looked like something I can do! The demonstrator told me that ordinary cement trucks cannot do the pour, so a special truck has to come quite a distance, but at least this is available.
In addition, I want to build an octagonal home. Most contracotrs and others I have talked with fall apart at this concept, but the way the formtech blocks appear, it seems to me that if the angle could be structured, this might be the best technique for building my octagon.
There is a small (20 foot) cordwood octagonal home featured in the latest TMEN. I believe I could do a facing over the exterior styrofoam with cordwood rounds.
Sure would appreciate any suggestions and, in particular, advice from persons who have actually built something with FORMTECH materials.
Thanks in advance!