Is steel framing noisy?
As myths go this is a beauty. The short answer is no and we have solid evidence to support our point of view. How and where it started is a mystery. Maybe it began as a joke, but the long-term impact it has had on the steel framing industry is no laughing matter. Anyone stating that steel frames are noisy should be challenged and asked for proof in the form of hard evidence – facts and figures, not just hearsay or reference to a single isolated instance. G. A. King, Dr. M. Ridge and G. S. Walker of the CSIRO conducted a properly structured study in which they surveyed a number of occupants of steel framed dwellings. They published the results in Building Materials and Equipment, Vol. 17, No. 1. They found that “most occupants either reported no sound emitted from the frame, or if they did, said that it constituted no problem”. Their findings were in accordance with another study (by Brealey) in which numerous people, living in remote tropical settlements were asked, among other things,
