Benifits for Home Owners
Many benefits to homeowners
Construction with the SmartBlockPlus forming system also significantly affects life inside a house.
A homeowner saves on energy costs. The insulating power of variable-type SmartBlock is rated at a high R-24 equivalent. This exceeds IRC and IBC guidelines prescribed by the U.S. Energy Policy Act and prevents loss of expensively heated and cooled air much more effectively than standard stud-and-batt wood walls. Actual energy savings of 50% have been seen by homeowners. A couple in Boulder City, NV spends $690 per year on utilities when neighbors in 2x6 homes pay $200+ for A/C in summer!
The buffer of SmartBlockPlus foam and concrete also offers a sense of ease. There is enhanced protection against fire, because SmartBlockPlus slows the transmission of blazing heat into a home interior four times longer than wood walls. Insurance rates are reduced with this type of concrete/masonry construction. And a solid SmartBlock home has an improved chance of surviving natural disasters such as tornados, hurricanes and earthquakes. Even hurricane Andrew couldn’t knock down the homes built with SmartBlockPlus although one did have a 105’ yatch in the front yard after the storm!
Life inside the home is more peaceful due to SmartBlock's acoustic insulation. If a jet plane were to thunder to a landing 3,000 feet away, it would generate a noise of 70 decibels. Indoors, the sound would be hushed to a whisper.
SmartBlockPlus is environmentally friendly. No chloroflourocarbons are released during manufacture to harm the earth's ozone layer. The material is non-toxic and inedible, so it does not attract insects, bacteria, or fungi. And of course, a SmartBlock Home saves precious lumber resources and uses less energy to heat and cool.
Finally, a SmartBlockPlus Home can offer a bonus of space. If a basement is included, it comes automatically insulated, smoothly finished, and dry, with the ambiance of an upper floor. It's an entire extra level of living, superior to a basement expensively finished in the conventional way.
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