"Our average bill for the first year heating and cooling was $45.43.  The small town that we buy our electricity from has even higher rates than we could get direct from the local major utility... If we ever have to build another house it will definitely be of the same construction."
     --Quez & Debbie Litte, NC

"Our home of 3,300 square feet is not difficult to either heat or deep cool - and we have neither a 'supplemental heat source' nor an air conditional...our home contains FIVE gas appliances (furnace, two water heaters, a dryer and a range), our average has bill your-round is $57.00/mo."
     --James & Patricia Ebacher, WA

"As a present to ourselves we enclosed the garage and sat back and awaited the fated electric bills.  Guess what!  No change.  We compared electric bills for 4 months (the old home versus the new) and we are currently saving an average of $70.00 - $75.00 per month on our electric bills."
      --Deborah Kehler, Beaumont, TX

"...we built a PolySteel (foam form) gymnasium that has a cubic content equivalent to a 2,200 S.F. home.  We put a radiant floor heating system powered by a 40-gallon water heater.  We also included in our design a Heat Recovery Ventilator.  Winter descended with a bang.  Temperatures

dropped to 20 below with successive nights of 10 below.  We dropped by to see how the gym was doing.  The room was a comfortable 60 degrees, the way the kids like it when they're jumping around in basketball, but the flue pipe on this new style (totally enclosed combustion chamber) water heater was cold... I disassembled the combustion chamber and found the flame out-the burner was even rusty...by the time we restored the heat, at least six days had passed since the heat was on.  The temperature in the gym had dropped only six degrees!  Can you imagine living in a conventionally built house for 6 days of subzero weather with no heat?  If I had any doubts about the benefits of the American PolySteel forms before, I sure don't now!"
     --Herb P. Strack, Franklin, MI

"....Our home is so soundproof, we chose to install an intercom system. The concrete and Styrofoam allows the teenagers to play their loud music in the comfort of their rooms without disturbing others. So too, the young children can sleep in their rooms undisturbed while noisier activities are happening in other parts of the house. The built-in sound barrier works in reverse as well. The unwelcome noises from outside are shut out. In fact, if I do not have a window open, I cannot hear the lawnmower, the dog barking, or the children teasing each other. After a hectic day out there in the real world it is wonderful to come home to true peace and quiet.
     --James & Patricia Ebacher, Camas, WA