Many times I am asked should I purchase a wood framed home in Florida?  There are lots of questions surrounding wood framed homes and I think it is important to share some of the information that I have gathered over the years.  I showed a wood framed house yesterday to a prospective buyer.  They got extremely nervous about it because of the risk with termites and their belief that these homes are not "hurricane proof".  Bottom line is even CBS homes have wood in them, they are less resistant to termites because they have less wood in them.   One thing worth noting is that there is virtually no inspection by any building officials of the quality of the block or mortar used in the construction of Concrete Block Walls (CBS).  Environmentalists point out that it takes 6-8 times the energy... 11/20/2006