Balloon framing has a specific legally binding definition as described in building codes. In the building codes it is a method of light wood framing (not the o

Balloon framing has a specific legally binding definition as described in building codes. In the building codes it is a method of light wood framing (not the other way round). It can also be a method of light metal framing…in practice this is probably more common in the wild (in the US), because long light metal studs are straight and lightweight and hence more “wieldy.”