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Aluminum vs. Wood for framing (Am I missing something?)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sayre32" data-source="post: 170780" data-attributes="member: 4342"><p>Ok, I do understand the other benefits of aluminum, just don't entirely believe the whole "much lighter" thing. Bassboy is right, I don't guess you would use the same footage on aluminum as you would wood. So it would be a little lighter, I just don't think it is as much as people think. </p><p></p><p>Perchin, I usually see people overlaping aluminum angle and the results are that the plywood sits on the highest piece and sags to the lower piece. I know it is only an (1/8") or whatever thickness used, but there still will be sag from highest to lowest angle. Probably not a big deal at all, but I would rather have everything flush. Didn't mean to down anybody for using angle, I thought about it myself, just didn't like the whole overlaping thing. </p><p></p><p>Bassboy, the Yazoo build looks good so I guess you can use .0625" I guess it just doesn't feel that strong in the store, but once you get everything together it really is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sayre32, post: 170780, member: 4342"] Ok, I do understand the other benefits of aluminum, just don't entirely believe the whole "much lighter" thing. Bassboy is right, I don't guess you would use the same footage on aluminum as you would wood. So it would be a little lighter, I just don't think it is as much as people think. Perchin, I usually see people overlaping aluminum angle and the results are that the plywood sits on the highest piece and sags to the lower piece. I know it is only an (1/8") or whatever thickness used, but there still will be sag from highest to lowest angle. Probably not a big deal at all, but I would rather have everything flush. Didn't mean to down anybody for using angle, I thought about it myself, just didn't like the whole overlaping thing. Bassboy, the Yazoo build looks good so I guess you can use .0625" I guess it just doesn't feel that strong in the store, but once you get everything together it really is. [/QUOTE]
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