Hollow tile/masonry house.

[Daniel]

While visiting Utah this summer I stopped at a historical fort near Cedar city called Cove Fort. It is owned by the LDS church so there were missionaries there giving free tours. As we began the tour I noticed that most of the fort was made of rock wall, similar to something that one would see here in hawaii. It had very thick walls, that made for interesting door ways and windows. The first thing that I noticed upon entering the first room, apart form all the original furnishings, was the temperature. It must have been over 100 degrees outside and inside it was a nice cool 70 something. The Missionary was quik to point out that the fort had NO AC but that the coolness was a result of the thick rock walls. He said the opposet was true for winter, the fort stayed relatively warm inside. So that got me thinking a lot about our current forms of building. The pioneers that built that fort did a better job than most of our modern buildings. Since then I have been interested in building a masonry home. I was wondering if anyone on puna web has had experience with masonry or hollow tile homes here and what their opinion is?

Mahalo,

Daniel R Diamond