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My wife and I attended a Home & Remodeling Show in Huntsville, AL two years ago. At this particular show, we met with an owner that built Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) homes. He was in process of starting to experiment with using steel framing on some of the interior walls. The manufacturer that he was dealing with is from your area, Marietta, GA. The name of the steel supplier is Metal Benderz LLC. We also meet with these folks and the cost of steel framing versus standard wood was almost the same (steel was slightly higher by about 4% - material and labor)

Fast forward one year... the ICF builder was building a new home that the floor joists and interior walks were all of steel. I visited this worksite several times and the was quite impressed with the sturdiness offered by by the steel. We opted not to go with an a ICF hone ONLY because no builders in our new area had any experience with this type of home building. The price then had dropped and it was slightly less to use steel rather than wood. This was based on the home's entire structure (both exterior and interior walls) using steel. It has a very quick learning curve and the interior and exterior wall treatments down easily and securely be affixed the these steel wall and floors.

See if you can arrange a visit to Metal Benderz LLC and see their operation and ask a plethora of questions. Also, talk to some builders that have used the metal studs to get their opinions.