It hurts to even read that. I can’t even imagine your frustration.
Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right
doughless@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMy house is over 30 years old, and the studs are 24" apart. Frustrating when I need to hang things built for 16". 😭
Broken@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your house is incorrect. 16" on-center wall studs have been a thing for way more than 30 years.
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Engineered roof trusses have made most interior walls non-load-bearing. 24" on center is fine for such walls. Exterior, load-bearing walls are still 16" OC, though.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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.
billwashere@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Non-load bearing interior walls less than 8’ tall are often 24” studs.