Interior studs are steel and wider spaced than the exterior wood studs. Exterior studs are 16-inches on centers while the interior studs are 24-inches. “Load-bearing” isn’t an issue because the weight of the ceilings and roof in Villages designs is all borne by the rafters which transfer the overhead weight to the exterior walls.
Our builder explained why the different materials. It’s because the quality of wood studs has become so unreliable. He said that there have to throw away 10-15% of all the wood studs they buy, and they’re still not the quality they’d like. He said the use of steel on interior walls (except door and window frames, of course) not only saves money, but also provides much “straighter” walls. We have a Lantana and he showed me how straight and even the really long interior wall was. He said that would be impossible with the wood studs they buy.
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Last edited by Villages Kahuna; 03-05-2021 at 08:13 AM.
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