Building With Steel Studs

Temporary structures and partitions are usually constructed with this kind of material.

Building with steel studs.

While never as cheap as wood steel studs are now only. Steel studs are perfectly straight and they don t shrink split rot or mold. Steel framing is used in most office and commercial construction and it has several advantages over wood. Unlike wood which can arrive warped twisted or bent steel studs unless damaged always arrive perfectly straight.

They are also easy to store. Steel studs are light and easy to store plus they resist fire insects and rot. Metal studs are impervious to fire termites rot splitting and any other number of hazards which can affect any kind of organic based building material namely wood. This kind of wall is commonly found at home depot or lowe s and is often referred to as light gauge metal framing.

And you ll really like the fact that steel studs are about 30 percent cheaper than wood. A beginner could easily frame with metal studs provided he follows the basic guidelines and uses the best materials and tools. At first you ll find framing with steel studs to be slower than with wood studs because you ll be working with unfamiliar materials techniques and tools.