nealtw
Contractor retired
In Canada all lumber needs a grade stamp within 2 ft of one end, Lumber yards carry all the grades or most of them. To save space it could be that the box store only stock #2 but the grade should be there.
It depends on the mill.
Studs are graded as stud, #2 or utility, and the differences in quality are obvious, besides which, utility is often hemlock.
lol nevermind. I'll stick with wood. I'm more familiar with wood than metal.
I contacted a few more lumber yards and prices seem even higher that the first lumber yard. I can get steel sutds cheaper than these lumber yards want for wood 2x4... Hmm, any advantages to metal? Disadvantages?
it looks fairly straight forward, but time spent cutting each stud, seems longer than a chop saw to cut a 2x4? Plus I worry I would need to start all over again with my code research, etc.
Is warping of studs a huge problem that people run into? I think that's the thing I worry most about.
Faster assyembly? I figured shooting a nail with a nail gun would be faster than screwing each stud... only with steel no twisting and warping?
Steel studs for your project is a one man job.
There are very specific requirements for toe nailing, and it isn't 1 nail in each end of each stud, it's more like 4-8D in each end of each stud.
Where I use 2, 7-20X7/16 in the bottom and one in the top. You can cut the studs inmasse with a chop-saw or about 3sec. with a snips.
it looks fairly straight forward, but time spent cutting each stud, seems longer than a chop saw to cut a 2x4? Plus I worry I would need to start all over again with my code research, etc.
Is warping of studs a huge problem that people run into? I think that's the thing I worry most about.
Two 3" nails is code for 2x4s
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