Reinforcing insert article, kit and method

A method of forming an insert for use with a stud, the stud having a pair of elongated channels members opposed to one another across a width of the stud, each of the channel members having a major face, a first flange and a second flange, the first and the second flanges extending from the major face and the second flange opposed to the first flange across a thickness of the stud, the method comprising:

• providing a solid block of thick gauge material, the thick gauge being at least 3 times a gauge of material that forms the elongated channel members;
• providing at least one manufacturing operation on the solid block of material to produce a trapezoidal prism having a first end, a second end, a first major face, a second major face, a first side and a second side, the second end opposed across a length of the insert from the first end, the second major face parallel to and opposed across a thickness of the insert from the first major face, and the second side parallel to and opposed across a width of the insert from the first side, the first and the second sides spaced from one another to provide at least an interference fit between the major faces of the pair of elongated channel members of the stud when received therebetween over at least a majority of the length of the insert and the first and the second major faces of the block are spaced from one another to provide at least an interference fit between the pairs of flanges of the pair of elongated channel members of the stud when the insert is received therebetween over at least a majority of the length of the insert.