Poured and block foundations both sit on concrete footings, or poured pads that serve as a base for the walls. Footings are constructed in trenches dug beneath the level of the basement floor.

They note the simplest way to start rebuilding smarter is with defensible concrete block walls. "Concrete block fences act as fire-resistant barriers — shielding homes from wind-driven embers ...

North Penn High School senior Christian Snell is, for the second time, transforming F-Pod hallway’s plain cinder block walls ...

Cinder blocks don't have as much structural strength as concrete, and some building codes prohibit them for structural use.