Read more: 8 Hammer Types And When To Use Them There are two ways to frame a basement wall, and both have adherents. (We're assuming wood framing here, though using metal studs is increasingly ...

For our evaluations, we built a four-by-eight-foot wall from common materials: wood and metal studs; drywall; copper, black, pex, and PVC pipes; and nonmetallic sheathed cable. Then, we scanned ...