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kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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Wife and I BUILT our Alabama home in 84. We did about 90-95% of all work ourselves. 2x6 studs were not available at the time and neither was millwork (doors/windows) sized for the deeper walls. The additional cost would have been considerable and the payback was in the order of 25 years so we went with 2x4's on 16" with a good R-Max sheathing and put R54 insulation in the ceiling. Now 2x6 studs and millwork are more common down here but the payback is still WAAAAAY out there.
Studs on 24 is legal down here because we basically have no snow load to worry about and if the house gets hit by a tornado it won't care anyway. The main problem with 24" OC is that sheathing can get wavy and may show up if you have siding. The norm in construction however is 2x4 studs 16" OC. Frequently on even high end houses with trusses on 24s (the norm here because of the lack of snow load), you can see the droop in the OSB between trusses.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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