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Boxing beams and ducts with steel studs

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#1 ·
Need some pointers on boxing steel I beams and ducts with steel studs.
Also pop outs ? for feeding electrical. Doorways I asume I will frame with 2 x 4
Last of all need to hang 8' x 30" cabinets in laundry room and 12' x 24" in entertainment area. Debating plywood backing on top of studs, or 2X4 within steel or just 2x4 for these 2 walls but the 2x4 loses R value...
 
#2 ·
A powder nail gun (shoots 22 shells and steel nails) can be used to fasten the track to the steel beams. Then just screw the studs to the track with #6 X 3/8" self tapping screws.

Insert 2X4 inside the steel around the door frame

Use 1/2" over the studs on the walls where you need to hang cabinets.
 
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