Foam Foundation Forms

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