Mark Bixby wrote:

> Not all Californians live in wooden houses.

quite true.

> I infrequently read about high-end custom homes in SoCal using steel framing
> instead of wood framing.  Steel framing is still a custom-home thing because of
> industry distrust.  It's still too different from current practice.  But you
> sure never have to worry about termites or dry rot.  ;-)

i don't know about high-end custom houses....but here in NoCal it's becoming more
common to see whole developments going up with steel framing.           - d

--
Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
925-210-6631        [log in to unmask]

"Unix _is_ user friendly.
It's just very selective about who its friends are.
And sometimes even best friends have fights."

>>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<<