PHOTOS 1-4 AND 7 BY JESSE SAVELL. PHOTOS 5 & 8 BY TOM SCHARF AND PHOTOS 6, 9-11 & 12 BY J. WEILAND

 

When insulation is applied to the outside of hte main mass of walls built under the patented Savell system of construction, the ""constant temperature line"" (which is usually several feet down in the eart) ""wicks up"" into a house and evens out the building's inside temperature during both summer and winter.