Price difference between wood and steel?

[sman789]

anyone know some figures or a website....i googled but came up with articles about raising prices of wood and steels stable prices

 

[DurocShark]

Per pound? Cord foot? What?

 

[sman789]

pound sounds good, anything good for house framing


research project, thanks anyone that helps

 

[conjur]

You suck at teh Google!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=steel+house+frame+construction+costs

Click the first link then click Full Report for a nice PDF

 

[GoodRevrnd]

the timber market semi-collapsed in the early 90's i believe, thx to siberia and norway
although recently prices are back up some, it's not what it was

 

[fr]

Pick up a copy of your local newspaper? I think here it's listed everyday in the business section next to the stock quotes.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Steel is stronger. Use steel.

 

[sman789]

^^i knew that, i just wanna know the difference in cost.

thanks all

 

[piku]

Isn't comparing by pound pointless? Building code isn't written in weight...

 

[amdskip]

I worked with a construction crew building a steel house a couple summers ago, very interesting in the way it goes together.