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Steel Framing: Housing’s Newest Innovation
 Houses have been built with wood for hundreds of years. Old growth trees make a good building material. However, a dwindling supply of old growth trees and environmental concerns have caused the price of wood to soar while the quality has diminished.
Today, it is clear that there is a need for a new building material. Light gauge steel framing has come to the forefront as the best and most feasible alternative building material for residential and light commercial construction. In addition, steel framing has inherent benefits that can be found in no other product.
Benefits:
- 100% recyclable
- 68% industry recycling rate
- Inorganic - will not rot, warp, split, crack or creep
- Highest strength-to-weight ratio of any building material
- Non-combustible - does not burn and will not contribute fuel to the spread of a fire
- Dimensionally stable - does not expand or contract with moisture content
- Consistent material quality - produced in strict accordance with national standards, no regional variations
- Not vulnerable to termites
- Not vulnerable to any type of fungi or organism
- Less probability of foundation problems - less weight results in less movement
- Less probability of damage in an earthquake - lighter structure with stronger connections results in less seismic force
- Less probability of damage in high winds - stronger connections, screwed versus nailed
The Mission of the North American Steel Framing Alliance (NASFA) is to enable and encourage the widespread, practical and economic use of and preference for light gauge steel framing in residential construction.
To find a contractor, architect, engineer, supplier or other industry representative in your area, request a copy of our Residential Steel Construction Directory.
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