12-01-2013, 04:14 PM
Where can you get structural light steel, like 20 or 18 gauge a full 3.5 x 1.5 etc? I prefer steel, it's so much nicer to work with, but the inconvenience of no local supply forced me to go back to wood. Also the prices I was getting were like three times the cost of wood. Example what should a 20 gauge 8 ft stud cost here, if you bought enough to build a modest house? The stuff at home Depot is only for closets,etc (26 gauge 1 & 5/8 X 3.5) or even smaller.
Side note, I didn't see this mentioned rebar also functions to conduct heat in concrete and reduce expansion stress cracks. Fiber will not do that at all.
Side note, I didn't see this mentioned rebar also functions to conduct heat in concrete and reduce expansion stress cracks. Fiber will not do that at all.