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Building a Metal Stud Wall

Bob meets Denny Ruffini to see how a metal stud wall is built in the basement. Bob explains his decision for choosing metal, inculding water damage and termite prevention. The wall is quickly installed with self tapping screws and secured to the new concrete floor.

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" Well we're gonna do here is have a nice family woodworking shop. Yet last week reported new concrete slab throughout the area so that it today we're going to be talking about putting up -- metal stud partitions let me show you on the on the floor plant I just came into the basement. From the original bulkhead in this whole portion here is all gonna be a family home workshop. The boys and girls lots of projects space we're also going to have a small wine storage closet and we're gonna have a large laundry room. -- for an additional refrigerator and freezer. Over here we've got a boiler room and we got a half bath and an exercise room but right now we're focusing. All these partitions that have to go in place and we using steel for a variety of reasons. You know in a basement you've always got dampen in this hundred year old house we did have some evidence. Termite damage or one point two you don't have to worry about termites with steel you don't have to worry about rust it's galvanized its recyclable there's a lot of reasons for working with it and Danny were -- hear from my fort hill construction you've got. What you've got the project started how did you fasten it to the slab. Well which quarter were fasten -- and so you can use either cut nails -- you can use screwdrivers apology rated on top of the slab -- you can shoot it right yeah. They had concrete that's another point that it and that is that usually come with -- these corporations that you have to worry about. Running electrical wires or any kind of wires through the metal studs -- like all. You've already laid it out we -- girl -- Rangers supporters so let's put these in place where you start fast and there filth. It's. -- Turks who think. They're self tapping screws -- text food recall yes. Food you don't have to drill holes -- thing."

" And again you fasten them from the bottom and then you. Plumb them up to. All right we're ready to turn the corner."

" And he has the same deal right."

" That that you precut all these two blank. Using a car -- handcuffed them or you can cut these would proof let militants that we have. I have this piece here that's going to be the header. How to for this opening their jobs that are already properly your product. And we're just practical -- This'll this'll attached to this front here. Ford truck. Can -- respondents were yeah."

" So that it. Not intimidating guy with a -- nets can do most of the work right -- also cut. Right along the length right. Now you've got you've got to set up over here for you can -- how many five at a time you cut that's -- around that I've gotta -- random blade on the the -- ourself. We've just. OK now this has got to spit out some fireworks show."

" You gotta have -- OK. Okay. Okay."

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