Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Frames, Timber or Steel ?? 26Oct 15, 2019 9:05 pm fredinver We are just in the final stages of a owner built steel frame house. I used to work in the timber industry and have built in timber in the past. Pros of steel, frames and trusses are light and straight to work with. Termites etc as others have said. Cons some tradies don't like/or are used to working with steel. Screwing can be a problem and slower than a nail guns. I have had some screws strip the thread or frames hole. Screws are more expensive than nails. Some extra mounting plates are required for TV mounts etc. I would owner build in steel again. You built with a steel frame? Was this a single story or 2-story house? I heard that steel framed 2-story homes are noisy when walking on the upper floor? Re: Frames, Timber or Steel ?? 27Oct 30, 2019 11:47 pm ramprasa Hey Voz, I'm looking for some feedback. What you ended up going, hybrid? I'm actually getting the same offer from Eden Brae and checking whether you ran into any issues? Do you've any other electrical issue like control panels on the wall? Sorry, I didn't login for a long time after my build was done. I got hybrid and happy with it. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17857 Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14442 This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 8008 |