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Originally Posted by tophcfa
At $8.50 versus $3.30 per 8 foot stud (metal versus wood), why would anyone choose to use metal? I get that metal will last seemingly forever, but there are homes still in great shape that were built with wooden studs well before any of us were ever born. Is it a Florida thing because of termites?
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I have been wondering the same thing.
Maybe I'll get used to hanging stuff on these walls, but so far my experience has been that it is much more difficult and tricky than working with wood studs.
I did a Google search on pros and cons of metal studs and one article said that metal was cheaper. When I searched the Home Depot site, metal was about 3 times the cost.