"George" wrote in message
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Having grown up in a 1840ish-built home with 16" thick brick exterior
walls, I have to agree about the benefit of mass. However, beyond the
price of materials, solid masonry construction doesn't easily permit wires
or pipe to be installed, modified or maintained. Insulation, if required,
is also a problem, as is the cost of labor building it.

Nonny

Typically concrete walls have a very low R-value when compared to typical
insulated stud walls. In 1986 the car dealer I worked for built a new state
of the art facility. Solid poured on site contrete walls. Inside the air
conditioned offices the walls were quite warm to the touch from the
afternoon sun.