Metal Stud Framing Lesson.

[@k2concepts]

Been around construction since I was 13...mainly HVAC and refrigeration...mechanical engineer now ...BUT even at the ripe old age of 57? I still learned a couple things from this video...thank you very much for sharing this...

[@johnlacambra6004]

This is exactly what I wanted to learn! Thanks Mr. Ramirez, you're a great instructor and teacher!

[@rolandperez4284]

This video was very informative, I am planning on an outdoor kitchen using these metal studs , so this helps

[@gregre052]

Seemed that half the entry were not there.

[@hildalopez1252]

Thank you Mr. Ramirez. Now I feel confident to frame out my outdoor kitchen.

[@markbennett8476]

This is actually what I was looking for. The negativity is unnecessary!!!

[@TAHY09]

I was a wood carpenter for 5 years ... I started my first metal stud job 2 years ago ...... I was so nervous so I watched this video literally a day before starting my metal framing job ..... now I’m a journeyman running a 4 man crew 3 framers and one more journeyman .... 🙌🏽

[@Rodskrrt]

TAHY09 best tips for new comers?

[@TAHY09]

Rodrigo Lopez measure twice cut once 👌🏽 and always have batteries charging

[@TAHY09]

Jon Jones sorry not really ... I started as apprentice with a carpenter for 5 years and then started metal framing and it was very similar.... I’m sorry I don’t really know any books on metal framing ... but this video is very thorough 👌🏽👌🏽

[@megostop9650]

I'm not a carpenter but I've framed with both and I prefer metal.

[@hunterways2442]

@Chaos Covington rondo professional installation manual, gyprock red book. Enjoy

[@Idlehampster]

I'm a computer scientist and I have no intention of getting into building frames, but I found your video fascinating to watch and very informative.

[@thewealthbuildingtx]

Great lesson. A helpful addition would be to demonstrate the cuts made on the saw and by hand. Thank you. My homeschooled sons loved it!

[@unkwm128]

omg all instructors should present the material in this format great job

[@m.mgnmark9186]

Thank you. I might not get fired this week . Fake it till u make it !!!!

[@douglasstewart2442]

I am preparing to install metal studs so this lesson was exactly what I needed, thanks very much, Mr. Ramirez.

[@jp2159642587]

I’m a Philadelphia, Pa Job Corp alumni class of 1993. It’ nice to the advancement of the program I learned a great deal from all my instructors keep up the good work.

[@inthegardenwithpatrick6247]

Rigo! You are a natural. Great job teaching these kids and me too!

[@tommyvillarreal3399]

honestly to the people who wanna learn "metal framing". Its very easy and not difficult at all just watch your instructor carfully and do not hessitate to ask questions. I never went to school for it I just immediatly jumped into it due to my step dads friend for allowing me to work. im 21 and just started last week. Its a fun and very busy trade. Also always remember safty comes first always!. this is a trade where you must pay close attention or you or your partner/crew might end up hurt.

[@jbtwo1733]

Any tips or tricks for beginners? Have experience with wood but looking to get into commercial metal framing.

[@dustyandsneezing]

@@jbtwo1733 I start tomorrow and I'm gonna see what it's all about i guess. I've done wood framing a ton but never any metal framing. Seems pretty straightforward. A lot less material usage than wood it seems.

[@TheElevenBravo]

Extremely useful video! Thank you so much for putting this together! - Up until now, I did not know anything about metal framing. Learned a great deal today! -Thank you so much, Mr. Ramirez!

[@davidrhp847]

I don’t know why every so often this video shows up but I have to watch it. He explains everything so well. Would like to see the students build something too.

[@Framer_Mike]

Im 47 and went to Harpers ferry job corp/ united brother hood of carpenters and joiners of america pre apprenticeship.. i helped build the luxor*in vegas* and a couple of other big jobs b4 i switched to framing.. Thank You Dale & Mark for teaching me the basics.. Life is Good! To all young Men: get a trade make $$$ steady

[@tonicetobegood1]

I went to Boxelder in SD. For pre apprenticeship carpenter. Now I’m a diesel mechanic. But still a good trade to learn. And a very good program for young kids. I’m 41 now time goes by fast.

[@cameronwong7608]

Thank you for posting this! Great lesson and gives me so good ideas for my upcoming BBQ build!

[@TPoPArt]

Great lesson! I hope to see more videos like this.

[@swill1020]

I just finished building an outdoor kitchen using metal studs. The good news the granite tops didn’t collapse my frame… actually i overbuilt this thing. I wish I would of watched this prior to the build. Best takeaway is the stud’s openings should have small opening pointing down

[@MLFreese]

Thanks for naming the types of cuts. I'm planning on building a tiny home on wheels using steel studs.😉

[@eukaryon]

Wow, that was very cool! Huge amount of info in a very short time. You demonstrated many types of metal-to-metal joints and many types of complex wall openings in a VERY short period of time. And much of the nomenclature. The magnetic level is much easier to use than the traditional level on wood. Thanks, I will have to try steel framing on a small project.

[@anndrake492]

Absolutely outstanding presentation! Thanks.

[@apsuaha]

Great video, well explained for these young apprentices. Who by now should almost be journeymen.

[@JesusMartinez-zj5ct]

The difference between a stud and a track is the "flange" on a stud which has a 90° leg of 1/4" at the end that adds rigidity, this usually comes after the leg which is called a flange in a stud and the flange is usually 1-1/4" on a non structural stud and 1-5/8" on a structural stud and a track has a 90° leg of 1-1/4". You can order an unpunched stud so you can't always go by the opening on a stud to say that it is a stud.

[@cesarromeiranunes]

Great video! Aproached practical side and also nomenclature, opening doors or windows to greater views of the subject!

[@diegomont3963]

Thanks Mr Ramirez. It was concisely information.

[@connectubes]

Great Video! For people wanting to build an outdoor steel frame there is now a better alternative to track and studs called connectubes. Connectubes uses 1 1/2 galvanized steel rectangular tubes that are joined together with steel couplers and self tapping screws. No welding needed. It is sold wholesale to the public and is around the same cost as 18 gauge track and studs.

[@sw-lv6qv]

Doesn't wholesale mean sold to retailers who then mark it up to sell to public? Can diyers purchase connectubes?

[@oneway1811]

Much respect to these guy who has educate me a little more

[@SamarGranger]

Thank You so much, I’ve learned a lot!!! Much appreciated. 🙌🏾👊🏾

[@13612]

I hope this guy teaches the importance of layout so that the stud orientation is correct. I joined the union where I am after having moved 600 miles north and these idiots up here learned long ago the wrong way to turn studs and hang drywall so that the board is left protruding on one side because of this and starting the wrong direction with their hanging. I had to get it straight from Dietrich and print it for some of them to believe me...lost it, but need to get it in letter format again and tape it to every game box on every job. It's something so simple that so many get wrong too often up here in NY upstate.

[@kevinlink2856]

I found this so helpful I went to look for more videos from Mr. Ramirez but only found one other.

[@kompshi]

he explained it so well.......thank you very much for the video.

[@elijahmerrill9045]

About to frame out a fireplace, and would love to know what screws are being used.

[@MaxSachs]

Awesome lesson thank you, I've got a 14.5' wall with a door opening that will be easy cake now.

[@izaigarcia9202]

Saludos Rigo Ramirez muchas gracias x tu enseñanza Dios lo bendiga

[@mr.newhaven]

This is the perfect video what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing

[@pandagiant2195]

Very educational! I would love to see the next lesson.

[@faucody]

I always wondered what came of the stand and deliver students….. this teacher is definitely using that advanced math.

[@alinsyd8099]

Excellent for beginners....

[@sorry11303]

Your training is greatly appreciated thank you 🎯🍻

[@burnedoutproductions5915]

very good lesson and using all the ppe necessary

[@cooperbrown1]

Good video for understanding how to work with metal studs. Thanks.

[@LydellAaron]

This was an excellent training class. What does he say at 17:49 "cold rolled runner?" I'm seeing results for "Cold Rolled Channel"

[@dc5duben96]

great video for the newbees thanks

[@BelieveNFairytales]

thanks for the lesson! this is what I plan to use on the walls in building my house. I learned a lot. Video was very informative and easy to follow. Two suggestions: camera-person: please get a tripod. the bouncing and spinning makes me dizzy. Instructor: keep facing the camera; we want to see you, not your back. ;-) Great start!

[@kenjisaepharn2921]

Thank you for this Video please make more vdeos too help us the DIYers out thank you this was helpful💯

[@jotocs3]

From Sagada Philippines. We're planning to make our small Mt house with metal framing. This basic lesson really2 helps me much. It was well planned, straight to the point with my time well spent. It was like sex you don't want it to end 😂. Thanks Mr Ramirez. Keep up the good videos.

[@javiermartinez-ge8ss]

Rigo you do a great job teaching 👍

[@VictorVoon_VicVoon]

Fantastic video Sir. can you show more? thank you

[@realprojecttools3543]

excellent! love the basic knowledge! next is mastery

[@wwearmandoma]

Great Job amigo. Also like the watch.....

[@paintmaster4831]

Informative for a beginner but for doorways you need to double up studs on either side and the header gets a center stud

[@maddeusdoggeus1]

Thank You for Your time and Help👍

[@eridulife]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you :)

[@Maxid1]

:03 for a second there I thought he was going to blame someone for killing his father.

[@HIREDWEAPON]

LMAO. No one got that. Good one.

[@garym7771]

Thank you sir for such good instructions on building a steel stud wall. I learned something new already.

[@mochidiyplay2873]

Thank you this video is really informative and easy to understand. Can we use metal stud to do a exterior privacy wall around a backyard patio to attach horizontal wood fenching? If yes if I expose the stud would the utah weather destroy it in time? Any suggestions please and thank you

[@elyeballar2532]

THANK YOU. I GOT THE LESSON. I CAN INSTALL A PARTITION IN MY ROOM NOW.

[@davidmeissner5010]

Excellent lesson.

[@laslydia6228]

@Hello David how are you doing

[@stevekopcial129]

Great Instruction!! I learned something today.. I wonder if its cheaper wood framing or metal framing.. I talk to some of the old timers and I think they are biased on wood...

[@promotexyz]

Thank you for posting this you have helped me SO much THANK YOU

[@christianlewis4011]

Great demonstration.

[@TheBryeCooper]

Excellent video, very informative. Cheers.

[@Maxid1]

9:25 If you're doing a long wall it may help to put the top channel on the ceiling first. Having that bottom track on the floor while you're putting the top track up really gets in the way and can catch a lot of damage.

[@Hockeykid1515]

How so

[@Maxid1]

@@Hockeykid1515 walking on it, tripping on it, driving the high lift over it.

[@123justinheller]

He should have use the square as well to make sure everything straight. And they don't use levels will use lasers. And he also didn't talk about the holes in the stud are every 2 ft apart to make it easier to count. And he also didn't talk about the top of the door needs a stud in the middle. He should have talked about more stuff like the rough opening of a door is 37 and 3/4 but overall a good video

[@manofausagain]

123justinheller yeah spot on bevan. I mean this teacher if he had spent 5 more minutes telling the students the information you provide they could all walk out of there and start a framing business. I could too just from watching the video and reading the comments...... gees

[@jordanbergmann4067]

Well first off door openings can be alot of different sizes depending on the door going in the wall. Those holes in the studs are for stiff bar bracing and running electrical not "easy counting". You still need a good level in alot of situations even though laser levels are best for steel stud framing. If you wanna start a framing businesses you better damn well know how to layout and build, sheet and plumb wood walls, decks and roofs not just flimbsy non bearing steel curtain walls. I carry a c clamp with me at all times on and off the job, i call it my hand.

[@Scrubble71]

flimsy non bearing steel curtain walls? obviously you aren't a commercial framer, wood is rarely used other than backing and millwork. oh, and yeah, it's rare to actually use a level. other than maybe a torpedo level.

[@Scrubble71]

r.o.'s are dependent upon the door size and type of frame used. it varies with different frames. the cripples above the header goes on layout in most cases as well as backing for control joints if present.

[@16JD16]

123justinheller always use the square... ALWAYS!

[@jaimecastro4018]

I love metal framing

[@ronniekotler9265]

Good video, good information. Thanks

[@applexlover3663]

Loved it when the student wrote on the stud and the teacher thought it was real

[@DFLASH991]

Thank you for the training

[@maplehouseknives]

No disrespect but I learned to do the top track first, when you need a ladder, the bottom track is always in the way! This instruction is great for a freestanding wall but where I live, absolutely nothing is plumb, level or straight. I can't put a level on the top when the top is flush with the ceiling.

[@joseparra8233]

Do More videos, they r very useful

[@steveporadek1931]

I have 28 years experience and I am tired of working in the field how do I learn to teach a class likenthis

[@papiwe1]

great job sir

[@andrewhofer3874]

Great video. Very Clear instruction..Thank you very much

[@davidsusanivar6453]

Great video, gracias maestro!

[@AuthenticCraftsmenDesigns]

Hello, Mr instructor looks like you know a thing or two. Here at Baptiste, we have 8yrs formal training and the proper use of instruments for our trade is vital to fellow manufactures spec. Too have a level upright is called plum not leveled to have it leveled is from left to right

[@leewhay]

Plumb, not plum...

[@jessiecornello664]

Plumb is in vertical Level is horizontal

[@_.brizzy91_]

Great beginners tutorial .

[@rosanadancel7225]

Thank you.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

It would have been nice if at the beginning it was emphasized that the material used in this video (20 Ga. steel) and the techniques used (framing a door without jack studs) are suitable only for non-load bearing walls.

[@antoniovasquez5302]

Good job 👏 👍

[@Tsiri09]

Perhaps should have had closed captioning. Had trouble hearing him. He kept turning away from the mike.

[@txwelder8107]

Who's Mike?

[@TheCubs1One]

Great lessons, Union all day!

[@alenconstruction4303]

Nice well done

[@JuggerGirl001]

I was in job corps in carpentry in Montgomery I’m getting evaluated for a job on metal stud framing Monday😅

[@SubstationWireman]

Well done! I would like to share this video with my new apprenticeship instructors to give them an example of how to conduct a proper class.

[@diversitylove5460]

Thank you 😊 Can we use extruded aluminum as studs or is that no it structurally sound

[@ulisesmora4015]

Thank you Mr.Ramires for your training it was so good very easy to understand,I just have a question,what's the name of the part that hold the 2 metal studs in the hole where the plumbing or electric ?

[@ricardomontes4940]

Ulises Mora crc or black iron

[@ulisesmora4015]

@@ricardomontes4940 thank you!

[@phillip1519]

Good instruction.

[@tomiskalmar]

Thank you Mr Ramirez!

[@paulsmith6182]

Just the information I needed. Thanks :)

[@stevenmoomey2115]

What do you do when you can’t get to the back side? It’s going to be against the insulated block wall.

[@maplehouseknives]

My thoughts exactly...

[@jesuslomeli2734]

Angle shaft

[@jesuslomeli2734]

Also you can screw from the front it just takes a lot of practice

[@thelionandchampion2644]

've seen on KZbin where metal stud walls are being put up in basements. The metal stud wall is just inches away from the basement cement wall. They only put one screw in the bootm of the metal stud and one screw in the top of the metal stud. With only one screw at the top and bottom of the studs, would the studs be strong enough to hold two sheets of 5/8 drywall. One sheet put on and the second one put on top of that one?

[@NoRoads2AllRoads]

Yes... actually screws are not needed, just the outer studs. The other studs what gives rigidity is the drywall.

[@albertmunoz9391]

buen video rigo

[@christiamsaldarriaga3831]

Excelente clase

[@endreadams6309]

Overall a good video. The comments about "using a square" and all that other stuff is being too picky and some of it is actually incorrect. Maybe you guys should make a video to back him up? Just an idea. Maybe he'll make a pt 2 going into more detail for an advanced group. Good beginner video.

[@dennismeyers2008]

He doesn't know

[@BelieveNFairytales]

Question: I want to do offset studs so that I can insulate on each side. How would you do that with this material? Just double it up?

[@paratroopermccown7335]

level is parallel to the ground , plumb is the opposite.

[@moofushu]

I have a question about the screws used. We never get to see the screws using up close. Most self tapping metal screws have a head on them that when driven down to its head still leaves the thickness of the head sticking up from the face of the metal stud surface. When you go and try to install dry wall on to a metal framed wall those screw heads will force your dry wall out the thickness of the head. In other words, the dry wall won't sit flush to the metal stud because the thickness of the screw heads suspend it away from the metal stud. How do you make the dry wall sit flush to the metal stud?

[@robertmeadows1657]

The screw heads dent into the backside of the drywall a bit but will also hump out the drywall a bit. At the ends of headers a drywaller will often beat on the screw heads and framing to drive it slightly below the plane of the wall. Another trick is to shave a little drywall off the backside of the sheet in bad areas.

[@steves1460]

You’ve confirmed what i thought might be options for dealing with screws, but wasn’t sure it was OK! Thanks

[@aetherflow]

You use Wafer head screws. They are self tapping fine thread for metal, and the head on them is flat so you can drywall over it.

[@ppainterco]

Gracias, Rigo. I learned a lot in a short period. Now to see if you have a video for installing a floating steel stud wall, per code in expansive soil areas.

[@oscarrobledo5727]

I don’t think that’s possible, metal track/studs have a coat of maximum of G90 making it strong against but not rust proof. Installing it on direct soil it’s not very think full. MHO.

[@ppainterco]

Oscar robledo in areas with a lot bentonite in the soil, when the soil becomes wet it expands and will heave a concrete slab in a basement. In these areas (example, Colorado) it’s building code to have a gap of 1.5”-3” between a partition and the floor joists in a basement. You cannot pass inspection without this gap or “float”. Typically, a treated wooden 2”x4” is nailed to the floor and the wooden wall is attached to the overhead joists with a gap just above the treated 2”x4”. Then holes are drilled and spike nails inserted in the holes to keep the wall from swaying. I checked with out town’s engineer, and for steel studs, the wall is built and attached directly to the concrete floor of the basement. The wall needs to be 2” shorter than the height of the basement. Sliptrack (“U” snapped track with high sides) is attached to the joists above and the top of the wall sets into sliptrack. This allows the wall to slip up and down with movement of the concrete slab. Another iteration involves using a sliptrack with a series of elongated slots used to screw the wall to the sliptrack.

[@oscarrobledo5727]

paul painter thank you for the information. I misunderstood the previous information (floating). I see that the expansion it has logic. But,If it’s seating on top of concrete, and expect that the concrete will move , that’s something interesting. I had worked on clay soil and understand the behavior of the water and clay, but we mixed with some regular soil, plus triturated stone, foam insulation and for moist barrier 4 mil poly sheating. (After study of soil) Thank you for the angle view, that’s info that come handy on different escenarios.