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Working With Steel in Residential Construction
21 articles and videos with everything you need to know about incorporating metal into an industry that has been historically dominated by wood-based building materials.
The world of residential construction has a heavy bias toward wood, and, as a result, most home builders aren’t too familiar with lightweight steel framing, or structural steel framing. After all, steel is for those commercial guys, right? Well, actually, steel has a lot to like about it, and can often solve problems—or at least offer useful alternatives—in situations where wood falls short. Here’s a bunch of Fine Homebuilding content—some very recent, and some from farther back in our archives—to help ease that learning curve that comes when working with a new material.
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How-To
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Welding 101: Fabricating a Steel Handrail
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How-To
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Site-Built Steel-Stringer Stairs
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Tools & Materials
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When Wood Falls Short, Steel I-Beams Do the Trick
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Design
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Men of Steel
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Tools & Materials
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What About Steel in Home Construction?
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Incorporating Architectural Steel Into a Traditional Home’s Decor
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How-To
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Snap-Lock Standing-Seam Metal Roof Installation
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Installing Standing-Seam Roofing and Cladding
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How-To
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Anchoring Wood to a Steel I-Beam
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How-To
10
Metalwork for Builders
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Tools & Materials
11
Quick Curves With Steel
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How-To
12
Framing a Deck With Steel
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How-To
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A Balcony Deck Built to Last
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How-To
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Leveling an Old Ceiling
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How-To
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It’s Time To Consider Helical Pile Footings
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How-To
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Open Up a Ceiling With a Steel Sandwich
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How-To
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Working With Rebar
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How-To
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Framing Kitchen Soffits
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How-To
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Remodeling With Metal Studs
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How-To
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Framing With Steel for the First Time
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Tools & Materials
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Steel Beams and a Metal Pan Deck
