05-07-2019, 01:13 AM
At this point if I were cool with using brute force in the application of large amounts of materials I would go with concrete block construction. I just got done building a small blockhouse with a single door out of 6" CMUs with vertical 1/2" rebar in each cell and horizontal rebar around the top, fully grouted solid. It was hard work and there are some things I would do differently but I would do the basic concept again in a heartbeat. It didn't even cost all that much and I was able to do all the work myself at my own pace. Add enough windows and it would look like a real house but the basic structure would otherwise be bomb-proof.