The makers of foam foundation
forms want you to believe that the
fourth little pig, had there been
one, would have built his house out
of polystyrene and concrete. Flip
through any building magazine and
you'll find that the manufacturers
of rigid-foam concrete forms are
spending a bundle on ads extolling
the virtues of their products. Is it
time for you to jump in and try one
of them? Maybe. The 25 builders I
interviewed for this story noted
some quality advantages to foam
forms and intend to keep on using
them. But they also admitted that
foundations and walls built with
foam forms cost more, and that
using these products involved a
learning curve.
Product Choices
Most foam forms fall