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Building Framing with Metal Studs

Ron Gan explains the advantages of using metal wall studs in the galley kitchen. They are generally cheaper than wood, lighter, less suseptable to warping and fireproof. Ron demostrates a metal stud cutter and installing the framing.

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" In our Galley kitchen and we're standing at -- and it. It's 24 Peter crossed all the way to the brick wall back there right now we're building a wall that separated from the hall were making anonymous. Not one metal studs Bob metal studs. Like you belong in. In -- they're cheaper than wood both material and the labor yet. The fact that there are metal you know warping for us -- we get a nice who wall with. There fireproof you know I worry about -- there's a lot of growth I think it worked with -- very dramatic and very very easy to work with a different kind of with a -- dark and they know though that we have this great little -- right here a little flood water -- The failure right now we. Okay. You can -- that the fit in engaged in here five her friend by these medals yeah this get -- you line. And pulled the handle and drop it down. There you go I didn't have one of those could -- it with a circular you would have that the that it would they -- K all right. And how do you fasten all the pieces together well. We found a place Mohamed going to come over here -- show -- right now. Like a little -- that just kind of put in at an angle -- the bottom or in the and if you cut them for its size and they're gonna hold themselves -- right after the time being even if they even if they're not exactly the size. You can use these little clips right here and we'll put. That'll hold them in place temporarily borrow. Yeah they've all been precut and boy just speed with which -- plot and of course I'm going to -- you fasten your plate if -- it. In fact she rocks -- rocks were not in my hand out drywall throw them. Every -- of their -- well good. And what about leveling them and company have to he's he's he's got a level right now we have -- handy little tool right here. Magnetic level. You can fit they're right there -- very you can then look at the top and the bottom -- And then you put one of these in so you back from the with a fall. Looks like a sheet metal right we -- all those things from me scrutinized. -- A I don't know around the room a little bit of cleanliness here. Well they look of the about a week put the drywall on both sizes the proper little girl at the drywall well run and instead -- for kitchen water damage hanging. Overhead cabinets and attaching on the cabinet here."

" What we have a little -- let me show you what that is here's dad will make it real easy for us the -- think they haven't. They now Mohamed is putting up a piece of channel phones have been some five days. He's screwing it in here. This is one of the beauties of metal studs. And sculptural something like this. -- traces. You can turn right angles with he's going to take a piece of plywood stick it in here. This is at the height of the base cabinet. OK it's centered. 36 inches was that -- cabinet by -- chilling though bad. -- grief from the cabinet up the floor is low level with golden -- and you're putting a back -- you've got something else other than they arrive to a motion you have to do that. Snow in Hilton has done who have a real sound. Black and you know a lot of the real nice benefits of this and you don't have to go hunting birth. Accused were your cab."

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