Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 days 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.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 6 days ago
I spoke with a firefighter I know about those trusses. He said they were the worst thing to ever happen to fire safety and that he refuses to buy a house with them, because once they start getting hot, you’ve maybe got two minutes before that stupid staple plate pops off. Two or three trusses get their stupid little plates popped off and the whole house is coming down. Makes house fires way more dangerous and time sensitive than they already were, apparently.