As the supply of quality lumber diminishes, steel studs will replace their wood stud cousins more and more in home construction. You’ll like steel framing for the many advantages it has over wood: ...

“An electronic stud finder can tell the difference between the increased density of material behind existing wallboard,” Veselsky said. Wood and metal studs have a higher density than the ...

Stud finder apps rely on your smartphone’s magnetometer to find metal fasteners such as nails or screws in a wall stud. Since you’ll be locating nails to find the stud, you may have to move ...