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3 minutes ago, Okie State said:
7 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:
My room where my wife hung up a picture. 
 
ETA fuck any builder that runs wall studs horizontals to save a few bucks.  Just making the wife problem worse 
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Wait...runs wall studs horizontal? Say more about this...

They’re not holding anything up. It’s just framing to hold up drywall. I think it saves a handful of 2x4s. They did this on our house built in about 2000. I also recently found it on a house we are redoing built in about 1950

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They’re not holding anything up. It’s just framing to hold up drywall. I think it saves a handful of 2x4s. They did this on our house built in about 2000. I also recently found it on a house we are redoing built in about 1950
Weird. I've heard of blocking in specific spots for specific things, but never seen this.
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6 minutes ago, Okie State said:
10 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:
They’re not holding anything up. It’s just framing to hold up drywall. I think it saves a handful of 2x4s. They did this on our house built in about 2000. I also recently found it on a house we are redoing built in about 1950

Weird. I've heard of blocking in specific spots for specific things, but never seen this.

I’m not saying it is right. I think it is done to save a few bucks by people who don’t know what they’re doing and/or don’t think anyone will notice. I’ll see if I can find pictures of the one we gutted.

The 1950s home as we were taking it down

 

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I’m not saying it is right. I think it is done to save a few bucks by people who don’t know what they’re doing and/or don’t think anyone will notice. I’ll see if I can find pictures of the one we gutted.
The 1950s home as we were taking it down
 
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That’s a lot of weight on very few studs!
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On 6/25/2023 at 7:00 PM, UT_OB1 said:

I’m not saying it is right. I think it is done to save a few bucks by people who don’t know what they’re doing and/or don’t think anyone will notice. I’ll see if I can find pictures of the one we gutted.

The 1950s home as we were taking it down

 

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As an architect I wouldn't have believed this without seeing it.

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