Steel studs or wood studs?
 

:smiley:Just curious. Are the new homes built with steel studs or wood studs? Does anyone know? Thanks :smiley:

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Depends....our house has steel! There may be wood in some places however.

We found this our when trying to find a stud to hang stuff on the walls.

Ours was built with both. Wood in the exterior and load bearing walls, steel for the interior walls and partitions.

Jim

I believe you'll find all the new builds will use a combination of steel and wood studs - wood studs 16" o.c. (on-center) for structural/supporting walls, steel studs 24" o.c. for non-supporting walls........at least that's been my observation from perusing TV homes under construction.

Less wood studs = cost savings to the builder. Yet it still meets code requirements, apparently. It's definitely different than what we see here in OH!

Bill :)

Thanks for info. That's exactly what I was wondering. If I was to hang something inside, would I be going into steel or wood. I hate surprises. Also, I thought steel would less likely invite termites.

In other words, if you drill a hole through the wall and end up outside, it has wood studs.

Jim

I'm glad you brought this up.
 

If you plan to mount a TV on a wall, discuss with your sales person about the studs in that wall. It's tough to screw lag bolts into the steel studs. A friend had the builder put a slab of plywood behind the drywall in the area of the TV mount.

Then I can tell my wife I added a fresh air vent for her...

Well you can find the steel stud easier with a stud finder,
all you need to do is drill a hole and pop a molly in it,

Stronger/better than sheetrock anchor or molly.

You can also remove a section of sheetrock mount ply spackle paint.

No big deal either way

Do you think she will buy it?

:)

Sure! I've been known to replace motion sensor light fixtures because they did not work...until Mr. Fluke meter told me that the light bulbs were both burnt out. You would think I would check them first, but what are the chances of both bulbs burning out at the same time?

The steel studs are extremely flimsy. You can easily bend them with your hand. Not much strength with these. If you're in the TV area take a ride down to the new construction areas south of 466A. You can find a home like you're interested in and see where the different studs are located. That's what I did so now I have a good knowledge of what I need in each room and on each wall. It's good to know.

Good idea. We have very good pictures of our house sent to us during construction showing the walls before the wallboard was installed. So we can see where the steel is as well as the wood. Comes in handy.

Jim