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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald
Another way to find if there is steel studs is use a magnet. I have one from an old hard drive, and it will easily stick to the wall if there is a steel stud.
I used to do commercial construction - electrician - and the steel studs I see in the photos are not load bearing steel studs. There is a much thicker steel stud that is used for load bearing and it is not 'shiny', it is a duller metal. Well, it was way back in the 80's/90's. I think, as others said in the comments, that TV uses wood for load bearing.
It also made depend on the age of your home.
Now, I'm going go check mine!!! Never though of it since I haven't done any modifications.
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This may be totally wrong but I was told by the builder that there are no load bearing walls in standard Villages designs. The loads are all dispersed through the type of roofs they build. The reason for this was so they could use the same footprint for several home designs.