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If the studs are not fixed to the ceiling or floor how does the wall not fall over or moveIt would be difficult to bond a metal stud wall as the metal stud drops are not usually mechanically fixed, screwed or bolted to the floor or ceiling plate they rely on the plasterboard to hold it all together so even if you did just bond the floor or ceiling plate it may not have a good connection to the studs imho!
Make the person shocked feel betterIf you are going to bond the studwork at a particular point, are you also going to put a link where every piece of stud /structure is jointed/not continuous? As already said, not necessary.
That is the first time I have seen a metal stud wall built that way and not sure it would stand up to much real world abuse without flexing and cracking at the jointsThe studs in all the metal walls I have seen just stand In the slotted floor and ceiling rails. The studs remain free floating until the Plasterboard is screwed into the uprights this then fixes the uprights in position. The only ones that are fixed are the ones at the wall ends and floor and ceiling rails!
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You'll be lucky, that's sooo yesterday!I much prefer timber studs myself, way stronger!
timber studding.Pfff! .what we need is bricks. proper walls.
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