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Originally Posted by american  Hi,
why did you choose to use metal studs instead of wooden ones? Any pros or cons?
thanks for a great thread!!! |
We using metal studs in our studios too, for several reasons...
- They are consistently straight
- Metal don't rot!!!
- Wood need space to breath. Take for example your wooden laminate floor, you leave a few mm space free at the walls to let the floor breath. The floor expands and shrinks during the seasons. If you don't leave enough space to let it breath, it will find a different way out and create a lot of damage. Metal don't have this problem. Your frame is for example all year around 3 meters high and not 3.07 meter in the summer or 2.96 in the winter...
- Termites don't like it
- The green environment movements
- Less fire hazards
- In some countries wood is forbidden to use as inner walls.
- Easy and quicker to build, all metal studs are delivered on exact seize. Just take all pieces of the puzzle and pop it together. One person can do the job and I think is much easier for the DIY....
- Metal studs are much cheaper then durable treated wood....