No one can put a price on the peace of mind that comes with owning a fire resistant concrete home. Concrete homes resist fire and concrete homeowners appreciate knowing their families are safer due to the “beyond code” 2+ hour fire ratings. Where wood homes can collapse under the duress of 2,000 degree fires within an hour, concrete homes will withstand the same fires for as long as 4 hours without structural failure. Concrete walls have proven more resistant to fire passing from one side of the wall to the other. This is especially of interest in areas where brush fires could spread into homes, or fires from adjacent structures could jump to the next house. Fire damage to a wood frame structure can result in a total loss, whereas for concrete, the financial loss is only partial.