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Today, many people, renovation project experts, landscapers, and contractors are viewing the standard concrete block as the answer to their money saving concerns. Concrete blocks are very easy to make with a specialty molding machine that can be regulated into producing various common sizes of blocks. Since the blocks are produced from a recipe that uses cement with different additives to produce different types of blocks, the main ingredient of cheap cement helps to keep production costs down. Recently the marketplace has had an influx of advertising for these popular concrete blocks made with mysterious insulating values. Much like the waterproof blocks that have a waterproofing substance added into the cement recipe, insulating blocks are very easy to make too. Blocks normally come with two large holes in the center as a place for rebar reinforcements to go through. Insulated concrete blocks simply have a ‘U’ shaped piece of insulation dropped into each hole; and the ‘U’ pieces are purchased in bulk, cut-to-fit from various online sources.