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To: flatsville who wrote (59203)	1/18/2001 12:10:39 PM
From: Horgad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Here is some more anecdotal evidence on steel vs. wood studs. I am sitting in my "office" while they put the walls up around me. They worker is using steel studs. They are galvanized steel and surprising light and flexible. They are thin enough that he is using tin snips to cut them. I asked him about cost and he said the steel studs are getting to be as cheap as the wood ones and that the steel ones are easier to work with. I asked him if they were building houses with them and he said they are starting to. In general, I get the impression that most office walls are being build with the steel studs here in Indianapolis and that houses are just starting to be built with them.

To: flatsville who wrote (59203)	1/18/2001 1:22:50 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

no, i meant the steep drop in lumber prices. not worth digging the info up if it's that much work. i'm not in the lumber trade after all...-g- the reason why i was interested is that i'd like to find out if lumber is still a reliable indicator for future interest rates, or if its price structure is influenced by outside factors so as to make it useless. like gold has become useless in indicating inflation due to the market being controlled.