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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Kerry,
I remember looking at houses in Houston with my first wife back in the 1970's; since we were "poor" we were looking at lower cost
homes. I remember going into one house and noting that the walls were "wavy." I mentioned it to the guys at work and they said that
was probably because the studs were on 24 inch centers and they were low quality and bowed.
Here in Australia they use pressed metal studs a lot because the price of wood is astronomical!
Regards,
Rob "who wouldn't live ANYPLACE where it froze" M.
Sydney, Australia
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From: Kerry
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.
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Kerry
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
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