/diy/ - Do It Yourself

All this talk about steel walls (RVs, containers) and no mention of
-poor sound proofing. Is your location near a road, store, dog, teenager's stereo, etc.
-weather resistance. Sheet metal and wood walls buckle in a strong wind. And the sun is getting hotter; what about thermal resistance?

My favorite was a house made of solid cement blocks about 3 feet wide stacked with a small forklift. They had an interlocking shape reminiscent of Lego.

The picture is a hermit's hut about 100 years old in Fairhope, AL. Small blocks coated with cement. The dome is an arc of blocks. Many strong storms have blasted through that area. In fact, there are wooden domes around here that take tornados with no damage, but I guess you're not ready to worry about that yet.