To all the negative comments below, this is obviously a very short class on the day one basics of metal framing. Please think before you comment to make yourself feel good and smarter than the man teaching the class. He has taken the time to begin the process of teaching these young men. Although the lesson may be missing some very basic proceedures, they will most likely cover that a little later. Thank you sir for your time to help these young men on thier career path.
@@1lowtrade I don't understand what you mean by your comment. Construction and carpentry are very much a career and a very successful one at that. Here in Ohio, standard union journeyman wages are like $31/hour with full benefits. Even if you're not union there are plenty of independent contracting groups or if you have a knack for business you could potentially start your own
@@1lowtrade Yes, A career path is a smaller group of jobs within a career cluster that use similar skills. ... You can start in a lower-level job in a career path and, with MORE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, move up within that path. A career path helps you find out how you might move from one job to another within a career cluster. A great way to actually achieve something in life.
@@NakedSnake__ I 2nd that. Add in JOB SECURITY. Trades jobs are high in demand now, and likely will for decades. Many "career path" college educated white collar jobs don't have that same security.
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...
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.
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 .... 🙌🏽
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 👌🏽👌🏽
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
've seen on UA-cam 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?
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.
Mr. Ramirez, I was hoping you could help me with a question. We have a commercial building (restaurant) with metal stud walls. Because we wash the floor every night the bottom of the studs are beginning to rot due to the excessive water intrusion. Can I cut the bottom of the studs one at a time and replace just the bottom portion?? NOTE: The damage covers approximately 8" up the bottom of the wall studs so I would want to cut and replace the bottom 8 " if possible.
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?
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.
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
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.
To all the negative comments below, this is obviously a very short class on the day one basics of metal framing. Please think before you comment to make yourself feel good and smarter than the man teaching the class. He has taken the time to begin the process of teaching these young men. Although the lesson may be missing some very basic proceedures, they will most likely cover that a little later. Thank you sir for your time to help these young men on thier career path.
That's an easy task.
"career path"
@@1lowtrade I don't understand what you mean by your comment. Construction and carpentry are very much a career and a very successful one at that. Here in Ohio, standard union journeyman wages are like $31/hour with full benefits. Even if you're not union there are plenty of independent contracting groups or if you have a knack for business you could potentially start your own
@@1lowtrade Yes, A career path is a smaller group of jobs within a career cluster that use similar skills. ... You can start in a lower-level job in a career path and, with MORE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, move up within that path. A career path helps you find out how you might move from one job to another within a career cluster. A great way to actually achieve something in life.
@@NakedSnake__ I 2nd that. Add in JOB SECURITY. Trades jobs are high in demand now, and likely will for decades. Many "career path" college educated white collar jobs don't have that same security.
This video was very informative, I am planning on an outdoor kitchen using these metal studs , so this helps
Seemed that half the entry were not there.
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...
This is actually what I was looking for. The negativity is unnecessary!!!
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!
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.
Thank you Mr. Ramirez. Now I feel confident to frame out my outdoor kitchen.
This is exactly what I wanted to learn! Thanks Mr. Ramirez, you're a great instructor and teacher!
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 .... 🙌🏽
TAHY09 best tips for new comers?
Rodrigo Lopez measure twice cut once 👌🏽 and always have batteries charging
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 👌🏽👌🏽
I'm not a carpenter but I've framed with both and I prefer metal.
@Chaos Covington rondo professional installation manual, gyprock red book. Enjoy
omg all instructors should present the material in this format great job
Thank you. I might not get fired this week . Fake it till u make it !!!!
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.
Rigo! You are a natural. Great job teaching these kids and me too!
I am preparing to install metal studs so this lesson was exactly what I needed, thanks very much, Mr. Ramirez.
Thank you for posting this! Great lesson and gives me so good ideas for my upcoming BBQ build!
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!
Absolutely outstanding presentation! Thanks.
Thank You so much, I’ve learned a lot!!! Much appreciated. 🙌🏾👊🏾
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.
he explained it so well.......thank you very much for the video.
Awesome lesson thank you, I've got a 14.5' wall with a door opening that will be easy cake now.
Great lesson! I hope to see more videos like this.
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.
Thanks Mr Ramirez. It was concisely information.
great video for the newbees thanks
Great video, well explained for these young apprentices. Who by now should almost be journeymen.
Good video for understanding how to work with metal studs. Thanks.
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
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.
Your training is greatly appreciated thank you 🎯🍻
Great demonstration.
Excellent video, very informative. Cheers.
Thanks for naming the types of cuts. I'm planning on building a tiny home on wheels using steel studs.😉
Much respect to these guy who has educate me a little more
Thank you for posting this you have helped me SO much THANK YOU
Good video, good information. Thanks
I found this so helpful I went to look for more videos from Mr. Ramirez but only found one other.
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
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.
Any tips or tricks for beginners? Have experience with wood but looking to get into commercial metal framing.
@@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.
This is the perfect video what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing
Great video, gracias maestro!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you :)
Just the information I needed. Thanks :)
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.
Doesn't wholesale mean sold to retailers who then mark it up to sell to public? Can diyers purchase connectubes?
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.
Rigo you do a great job teaching 👍
Very educational! I would love to see the next lesson.
very good lesson and using all the ppe necessary
Great beginners tutorial .
Excellent for beginners....
Excellent lesson.
@Hello David how are you doing
I always wondered what came of the stand and deliver students….. this teacher is definitely using that advanced math.
Excelente clase
Thank you Mr Ramirez!
Thank you sir for such good instructions on building a steel stud wall. I learned something new already.
Great instructions... I shared.
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.
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.
Thank you for the training
Loved it when the student wrote on the stud and the teacher thought it was real
I love metal framing
Thank you for this Video please make more vdeos too help us the DIYers out thank you this was helpful💯
Great Job amigo. Also like the watch.....
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
good video.
Good instruction.
About to frame out a fireplace, and would love to know what screws are being used.
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...
Very helpful...Thanks.
Genaline Cabije c
Thank You for Your time and Help👍
great job sir
buen video rigo
THANK YOU. I GOT THE LESSON. I CAN INSTALL A PARTITION IN MY ROOM NOW.
Good job 👏 👍
Fantastic video Sir. can you show more? thank you
excellent! love the basic knowledge! next is mastery
Thank you for showing this
buen maestro Good Teacher
Awesome
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 ?
Ulises Mora crc or black iron
@@ricardomontes4940 thank you!
Great video! What type of fasteners/screws are you using? Thx.
Typically it is a pan head self tapping metal stud screw, in the industry many people call them peanut screws I believe they are 1/4 in
Thanks for sharing
Thank you 😊
Can we use extruded aluminum as studs or is that no it structurally sound
Nice
Nice well done
Thanks man!
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.
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.
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.
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.
This was an excellent training class. What does he say at 17:49 "cold rolled runner?" I'm seeing results for "Cold Rolled Channel"
Informative for a beginner but for doorways you need to double up studs on either side and the header gets a center stud
Do More videos, they r very useful
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.
Thank you.
've seen on UA-cam 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?
Yes... actually screws are not needed, just the outer studs. The other studs what gives rigidity is the drywall.
:03 for a second there I thought he was going to blame someone for killing his father.
LMAO. No one got that. Good one.
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.
How so
@@Hockeykid1515 walking on it, tripping on it, driving the high lift over it.
Make more videos! 👍
Mr. Ramirez, I was hoping you could help me with a question. We have a commercial building (restaurant) with metal stud walls. Because we wash the floor every night the bottom of the studs are beginning to rot due to the excessive water intrusion. Can I cut the bottom of the studs one at a time and replace just the bottom portion??
NOTE: The damage covers approximately 8" up the bottom of the wall studs so I would want to cut and replace the bottom 8 " if possible.
Jeff Morton what happened to the caulking?
I would rebuild the studs top to bottom, then seal it with caulk.
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?
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.
You’ve confirmed what i thought might be options for dealing with screws, but wasn’t sure it was OK! Thanks
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.
what does the hard hat do for you in this precise situation?
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
Plumb, not plum...
Plumb is in vertical
Level is horizontal
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.