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Old 03-05-2021, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DAVES View Post
For what it is worth, they are steel not aluminum. Aluminum is far more expensive than steel and it melts at a fairly low temperature.
And, aluminum is softer. The screws we use to go into the steel studs have slightly different, self-tapping tip as well.