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Posted by DanG on March 25, 2008, 7:26 pm
They are also known as DWC or hat channel. They make really great
furring strips. They make really lousy studs, rafters, joists,
etc. Lesson learned, don't buy a pig in the poke. Any commercial
drywaller will probably give you your money back.
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>I picked up a couple hundred pieces of what looked to me like
>metal
> studs at an auction for $10. Since then I have found out that
> they
> are "Furring Channels". They are 7/8 in deep and 12 feet long
> 20
> gauge galvinized steel.
>
> I am now planning out building a 8X8 shed. I was plannning to
> use
> 2x4s and 2x6's for the framing and plywood for the floors and
> walls
> and courigated steel for the roof.
>
> I would like to know if there is any way I can use these furring
> channels to take the place of any of the wood materials that I
> would
> otherwise have to buy. Can they be used under the plywood floor
> in
> place of the 2x6's? Can they be used to hold up the walls or
> roof in
> place of 2x4's? Any ideas are welcome.
>
> If there is no application for these Furring Channels, any ideas
> what
> I could do with them?
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