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In reply to the discussion: Lumber is through the ROOF! [View all]localroger
(3,602 posts)37. Metal studs are not self-supporting and are much harder to work with
When they built their house 25 years ago my parents wanted metal framing, but they couldn't find a contractor who would do it. Cold formed (bent sheet metal) Metal studs are not load-bearing, and will twist and buckle unless they are supported by the wall material on either side. So you still need enough wood to hold up the roof -- or hot-formed (extruded) steel beams, which are much more expensive still and radical overkill for a residential house. (A steel beam theoretically strong enough to replace a 2x4 would be so thin it would buckle, so you have to use much more steel than you "need" to frame a house.)
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The rest of the world's advanced countries have been using metal beams for structural support for
PortTack
May 2021
#4
one suspects insurance co must pay her the rebuild cost whether she rebuilds or not nt
msongs
May 2021
#10
+1, a lot of the "reimburse" vs give a straight out check which is still bullshit
uponit7771
May 2021
#11
Lumber prices are so high I'm entertaining the idea of parting out my house
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#9
There's a 1890's era log cabin in the Berkeley Hills that can be had for a cool half a million
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#21
Yeah, my projects are just piling up because I don't want to spend the price of lumber atm.
Ferrets are Cool
May 2021
#27
I can't speak for how much the COVID catastrophe has affected this but the several years of terrible
Ford_Prefect
May 2021
#29