I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an interior wall.

I've narrowed it down to either poured concrete ... walls and Mother Nature. If you want a super-strong concrete block foundation, you need to include both horizontal steel-reinforcing wire ...

The last home I built for my family had a giant poured concrete foundation, but in the backyard I used concrete block to build a magical serpentine retaining wall that ... wire and, in the cores ...

DEAR TIM: I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an ...