When I built I looked at it this way. Block will not rot. Still has to be painted and sealed properly. Its simple things down here in Florida that can cause a problem. I had a section of my front door jam become rotted. The reason, there was a small hole in the lower corner where the door did not seal properly. The cold inside air was meeting with the warm humid air from outdoors. It created condensation right there on the jam by the hole. In about 5 years it rotted a small section of the door jam. Simple little hole to the outside in the wrong place and I had a repair to do. Two ways to fix this without replacing the entire frame. Cut the section out and replace with new wood, or, clean out all the rotted wood and use Bondo to fix it. I used the Bondo. This way it will never rot again. In Florida you just have to continually look for problems and get to it early. When I built I also use steel studs instead of wood. Termites can't chew steel.
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