They are also easy to store.
Building with steel studs.
Steel studs are light and easy to store plus they resist fire insects and rot.
And you ll really like the fact that steel studs are about 30 percent cheaper than wood.
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.
Read on to find out how to build with steel studs.
Steel studs are perfectly straight and they don t shrink split rot or mold.
Metal framing studs are used to support a non load bearing wall.
While never as cheap as wood steel studs are now only.
Framing with steel studs cost about the same as working with wood studs but you have the advantage of a light material which resists to moisture fire and insects.
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.
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.