Can you identify cold-formed steel thickness just by the feel of the stud? If you cannot, you are not alone. There are many ways to easily identify CFS thicknesses, including using materials you just might have in your pocket.
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Tony Coviello is the owner and chief structural engineer of Iron Engineering (https://iron-eng.com/ ), a structural engineering firm servicing the East Coast of the United States. Tony’s expertise is with load-bearing and non-load bearing framing, interior framing, blast design, and multi-story panels (tony@iron-eng.com).
Can you identify cold-formed steel thickness just by the feel of the stud? If you cannot, you are not alone. There are many ways to easily identify CFS thicknesses, including using materials you just might have in your pocket.
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