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To: Roads End who wrote (59305)	1/18/2001 2:32:09 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Here's one guy's take on the cost trade-off for steel v. wood based on the cost of lumber in 1989: Many builders are familiar with steel drywall studs. Load bearing studs are readily available also, but they aren't often used because they cost about two and a half as much as wood studs. When you consider that the steel studs can be placed on 24" centers, and you eliminate the termitecides, the total cost will be comparable. I have a house under construction with steel studs and a wood roof system. (The subterranean termites in our part of the country can't get up into a roof very easily.) The framing package for this 1200 sq. ft. house is about $400 more than if I had built entirely with wood. That is about the cost of treating for termites.