Quote from: crypto_ranger on May 10, 2017, 10:41:02 PM

Just don't build your house out of wood. The possibility of a fire is not to be underestimated, and when all of your belongings have burned and all your years of hard labor have been for nothing, and you have to start over you'll wish you had built your house with more fireproof materials. There are things which insurance can't replace. Source is personal experience.

seeing as my father in law is a supervisor at a nearby concrete plant, it seems likely that we'll go that route. forms and rebar, pour concrete, hey look, walls. more or less, anyway.