Light-Gauge Steel Stud and Track Takeoff
Light-gauge steel studs and track for a partition.
Example
You enter
- Partition length (ft) 50
- Stud spacing (in) 16
- Door / window openings (count) 2
- Extra studs per opening 2
You get
- Steel studs 43
- Track (top + bottom runners) 100 LF
No published worked example is on file for this calculation. It is checked against a hand-worked derivation of its method and an independent reference test.
Details, formula, and sources
Scopestuds = ceil(wall / spacing) + 1 + openings x extra; track = 2 x wall (top and bottom runners). A 50 ft partition at 16 in on center with two door openings is 43 studs and 100 LF of track; at 24 in on center the field studs drop and it is 30 studs on the same 100 LF. The spacing sets the field count, the openings add on top. Distinct from the wood residential-framing.
Formula or tablestuds = ceil(wall_length_ft / (spacing_in/12)) + 1 + openings x extra_per_opening; track_lf = 2 x wall_length_ft.
Source and editionSteel stud/track takeoff identity by name (field studs from wall over spacing, plus one and the opening allowance; track twice the wall); first-principles count arithmetic.
Free accessThe takeoff is public quantity arithmetic; the spacing and opening details come from the plans.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field nameswall_length_ft, spacing_in, openings, extra_per_opening, studs, track_lf
- Spacing 16 or 24 in on center per the plans; the spacing sets the field-stud countplans
- Opening allowance extra studs per opening for jack/king/cripple plus corners and intersections (~2 each)framing practice