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Forums | Environmental Impact | Steel studs?????? |
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dyoungkeit1 | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:47    There are several steel studded houses in my small town. For years I concluded that the option to use them was positive. Recently, I came across test data strong enough to change my mind. Sure, steel conducts heat more than wood, but I thought that the fact they were thinner canceled out that disadvantage. Not so....... the thin steel still couducts BTUs much more than wood! See this official Canadian data at: http://www.cwc.ca/english/publications/t echnical_bulletins/technical_bulletin_3. html |