bees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI am not a builder… but that does not seem rightsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI am not a builder… but that does not seem rightsh.itjust.worksbees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squaredoughless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMy house is over 30 years old, and the studs are 24" apart. Frustrating when I need to hang things built for 16". 😭
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYour house is incorrect. 16" on-center wall studs have been a thing for way more than 30 years.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMy great grandfather built a punch of apartment complexes back in the 70s, if their house is anything like those well… standardly annoying is the words that come to mind.
minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago24" on-center wall studs aren’t uncommon in building practices today Most residential interior walls are 16" If their house is single-story, then 24" would fit in a lot of local building codes.
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIf any of you find a house on the market with 24" centered 2x4 walls–run. That won’t be the only thing they went cheap on.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoEngineered roof trusses have made most interior walls non-load-bearing. 24" on center is fine for such walls. Exterior walls are still 16" OC, though.
minus-squareBroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt hurts to even read that. I can’t even imagine your frustration.
My house is over 30 years old, and the studs are 24" apart. Frustrating when I need to hang things built for 16". 😭
Your house is incorrect. 16" on-center wall studs have been a thing for way more than 30 years.
My great grandfather built a punch of apartment complexes back in the 70s, if their house is anything like those well… standardly annoying is the words that come to mind.
24" on-center wall studs aren’t uncommon in building practices today
Most residential interior walls are 16"
If their house is single-story, then 24" would fit in a lot of local building codes.
If any of you find a house on the market with 24" centered 2x4 walls–run. That won’t be the only thing they went cheap on.
Engineered roof trusses have made most interior walls non-load-bearing. 24" on center is fine for such walls. Exterior walls are still 16" OC, though.
It hurts to even read that. I can’t even imagine your frustration.