Individual members of a wood-frame home react differently and in varying degrees to climactic changes. Steel framing also provides you with a structure that can easily adapt to a family's changing needs. Additions or renovations are simpler because you can unscrew rather than rip apart walls. A steel framed home may be finished in stucco, wood, brick, siding or any other material you can name. Plus steel framing allows greater flexibility during design, construction and remodeling, including more open space and larger rooms.
Steel Framing can interfere with TV and radio reception or garage door openers .
There is no difference in the reception of TV and radio broadcasts. Garage door openers and all appliances work exactly the same in wood or steel framed homes. Steel framed homes are less efficient than wood framed homes. Steel framing can be designed to meet or exceed governmental energy efficiency standards. In additions, steel framing helps prevent cracks in walls and joints due to shrinking or warping, thus preventing the costly loss of energy through air leaks.