Limited availability: Metal studs found at your local home improvement store usually come in the most popular dimensions, such as 25-3-5/8-inch width by 10 feet long (25 gauge metal).
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Wood studs can be cut with any of those methods (except for tin snips), plus a full range of hand saws and multi-tools. Steel requires a miter saw or a circular saw equipped with a metal-cutting blade in conjunction with tin snips. Difficult to cut: Steel studs are more difficult to cut than wood studs.Good for problem areas: Steel studs work well in bathrooms, basements, and other water-prone areas since they are impervious to moisture.Studs can nest into each other to some degree. Lightweight: Steel studs are lighter to carry and store than wood because they are hollow.Cost-effective: While never as cheap as wood, steel studs are now only about 40-percent more expensive than wood studs.Durable: Metal studs are impervious to fire, termites, rot, splitting, and any other number of hazards which can affect organic-based building materials such as wood.Predictable: Unlike wood, which can be delivered even if the boards are warped, twisted, or bent, steel studs (unless damaged) always arrive perfectly straight.Avoid this by constructing walls with a thermal break or gap.
This is because metal is a much better thermal conductor. Steel studs that are in contact with a conditioned area on one face (such as a heated basement) and a cold outdoor area on the other face (masonry foundation walls), will allow considerably more heat loss than do wood studs.
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