KDATW DEANH

DAVID CUTLER publisher

simple. hoduct prejudices and life-long wort patt€rns ar€ not quickly or easily changed. Problems and pitfalls are present for any builder making the change. Franers must be retrained. Inventory handling is not identical to that of wood. Actual assembly and other real life Murphy's Law problems can be quic.k o surface. To make the sale of steel studs profitable, retailers must be sur€ steel suppliers will provide essential raining and technical support

With lumber prices a driving force behind any retreat from wood studs, converts had best remember that lumber price trends are notoriously difftcult (read inpossible) to predict. If price is the sole reason to change, good sense indicates adding a large measure of caution to the mix.

Steel studs have some features and benefits wood studs do not. Their producers also claim environmental advantages. wbile these claims do not stand up to close exanination, that doesn't mean tbe public won'tbelieve them.

This time it doesn't look as if steel studs will corveniently go away as they have in the past.

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