Metal studs / Discussions

...metal studs instead of wood studs as a way to stop the wall from rotting, but that as well is not a good practice. The conductivity of metal means that it will act as a thermal bridge, so you should never use metal studs on exterior walls. As for your last question, yes, unfortunately the only way to fix it that we can...

...metal studs is not at all a cost-effective way to insulate a building due as you know, to the conductivity of metal. When you calculate the R value of a wall assembly and factor the thermal bridging that would happen with metal framing members, it reduces the effective R value of the entire wall by a good 25%. So you w...