Using steel menbers in framing dictates that one put a thermal break between it and the siding [both exterior and interior]. Two ingreditents, ceramic granules and microsphers, added to paint are claimed to give it insulating properties. Has anyone had some actual experience in this area and...
Plan to build a house just North of Salinas, Ca. in Monterey County. The property has all of the utilities except sewar which will have to be designed. The people designing the system are making some noise about having to put in sumps [~60' deep 4' diameter holes in lieu of a leach field]. I...
