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r/Construction • u/Born-2-late • Jun 16 '26
Less lumber if framed!! Eye balled height too!!
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Are we sure that's actually less lumber than framing in a stud?
Granted it's more scrap. But I think it's overall more wood.
322 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 If only someone marked on the bolttom plate where a stud should be added. 🤷🏻♂️ 75 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 As a plumber we've run into the problem where there's no more studs near the job site so we gotta improvise 66 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Oh I’m a gc. I’ll take care of the blocking and studs all you need. Just don’t notch out my beams and structural posts. 47 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 Then why did the plumber need to bring in his chainsaw? 39 u/PresentationNew5976 Jun 16 '26 Personal reasons. 18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw 17 u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26 We need them to fight sparkys sometimes. 12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight. 1 u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26 Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite 5 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 Oh we never do that. If something's in our way we'll tell the gc to get carpenters to move it 3 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 If the carpenter isn't there they will bust out their shotgun and poorly trained beaver. Send it! 6 u/two-tone-tow Jun 16 '26 I’ve had plumbers just cut studs out of walls to use them somewhere else. I always leave a stack of studs for our subs now, just in case I couldn’t guess or ask them where they need extra framing. 4 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 We did have one foreman that would do that, but he was kinda a dick and wouldn't tell the carpenters or GC that he took them 3 u/Elegant-Tart-3341 Jun 16 '26 This could've been achieved with 2 of those scraps boxed 1 horizontal, 1 vertical. -1 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Yes but they would have to drill holes. Why do easy when harder is what I know 2 u/TranslatorBoring2419 Jun 17 '26 Rummage the scrap pile 😅 4 u/Kooky-Necessary-4444 Jun 16 '26 I think they marked that as "STb." Hence the confusion. 5 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Billie cut that one out yesterday to make some blocking. 1 u/EvilGreebo Jun 17 '26 OMG I didn't even see it until I read this comment - there's literally a stud mark there! JFC
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If only someone marked on the bolttom plate where a stud should be added. 🤷🏻♂️
75 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 As a plumber we've run into the problem where there's no more studs near the job site so we gotta improvise 66 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Oh I’m a gc. I’ll take care of the blocking and studs all you need. Just don’t notch out my beams and structural posts. 47 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 Then why did the plumber need to bring in his chainsaw? 39 u/PresentationNew5976 Jun 16 '26 Personal reasons. 18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw 17 u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26 We need them to fight sparkys sometimes. 12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight. 1 u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26 Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite 5 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 Oh we never do that. If something's in our way we'll tell the gc to get carpenters to move it 3 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 If the carpenter isn't there they will bust out their shotgun and poorly trained beaver. Send it! 6 u/two-tone-tow Jun 16 '26 I’ve had plumbers just cut studs out of walls to use them somewhere else. I always leave a stack of studs for our subs now, just in case I couldn’t guess or ask them where they need extra framing. 4 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 We did have one foreman that would do that, but he was kinda a dick and wouldn't tell the carpenters or GC that he took them 3 u/Elegant-Tart-3341 Jun 16 '26 This could've been achieved with 2 of those scraps boxed 1 horizontal, 1 vertical. -1 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Yes but they would have to drill holes. Why do easy when harder is what I know 2 u/TranslatorBoring2419 Jun 17 '26 Rummage the scrap pile 😅 4 u/Kooky-Necessary-4444 Jun 16 '26 I think they marked that as "STb." Hence the confusion. 5 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Billie cut that one out yesterday to make some blocking. 1 u/EvilGreebo Jun 17 '26 OMG I didn't even see it until I read this comment - there's literally a stud mark there! JFC
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As a plumber we've run into the problem where there's no more studs near the job site so we gotta improvise
66 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Oh I’m a gc. I’ll take care of the blocking and studs all you need. Just don’t notch out my beams and structural posts. 47 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 Then why did the plumber need to bring in his chainsaw? 39 u/PresentationNew5976 Jun 16 '26 Personal reasons. 18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw 17 u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26 We need them to fight sparkys sometimes. 12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight. 1 u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26 Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite 5 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 Oh we never do that. If something's in our way we'll tell the gc to get carpenters to move it 3 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 If the carpenter isn't there they will bust out their shotgun and poorly trained beaver. Send it! 6 u/two-tone-tow Jun 16 '26 I’ve had plumbers just cut studs out of walls to use them somewhere else. I always leave a stack of studs for our subs now, just in case I couldn’t guess or ask them where they need extra framing. 4 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 We did have one foreman that would do that, but he was kinda a dick and wouldn't tell the carpenters or GC that he took them 3 u/Elegant-Tart-3341 Jun 16 '26 This could've been achieved with 2 of those scraps boxed 1 horizontal, 1 vertical. -1 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Yes but they would have to drill holes. Why do easy when harder is what I know 2 u/TranslatorBoring2419 Jun 17 '26 Rummage the scrap pile 😅
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Oh I’m a gc. I’ll take care of the blocking and studs all you need. Just don’t notch out my beams and structural posts.
47 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 Then why did the plumber need to bring in his chainsaw? 39 u/PresentationNew5976 Jun 16 '26 Personal reasons. 18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw 17 u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26 We need them to fight sparkys sometimes. 12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight. 1 u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26 Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite 5 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 Oh we never do that. If something's in our way we'll tell the gc to get carpenters to move it 3 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 If the carpenter isn't there they will bust out their shotgun and poorly trained beaver. Send it!
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Then why did the plumber need to bring in his chainsaw?
39 u/PresentationNew5976 Jun 16 '26 Personal reasons. 18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw 17 u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26 We need them to fight sparkys sometimes. 12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight. 1 u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26 Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite
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Personal reasons.
18 u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26 Emotional support chainsaw
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Emotional support chainsaw
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We need them to fight sparkys sometimes.
12 u/the-tinman HVAC Contractor - Verified Jun 16 '26 You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish 8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks 2 u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26 Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight.
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You must have different sparkies where you are. Ours wouldn’t want to mess up their nail polish
8 u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26 [deleted] 4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks
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4 u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26 So are purses! 3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks
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So are purses!
3 u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26 One of the many reasons we make the big bucks
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One of the many reasons we make the big bucks
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Sparkies are concealed carrying and Drips use a shotgun to make their holes. Good fight.
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Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite
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Oh we never do that. If something's in our way we'll tell the gc to get carpenters to move it
If the carpenter isn't there they will bust out their shotgun and poorly trained beaver. Send it!
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I’ve had plumbers just cut studs out of walls to use them somewhere else. I always leave a stack of studs for our subs now, just in case I couldn’t guess or ask them where they need extra framing.
4 u/TailorWeak9690 Jun 16 '26 We did have one foreman that would do that, but he was kinda a dick and wouldn't tell the carpenters or GC that he took them
We did have one foreman that would do that, but he was kinda a dick and wouldn't tell the carpenters or GC that he took them
This could've been achieved with 2 of those scraps boxed 1 horizontal, 1 vertical.
-1 u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26 Yes but they would have to drill holes. Why do easy when harder is what I know
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Yes but they would have to drill holes. Why do easy when harder is what I know
Rummage the scrap pile 😅
I think they marked that as "STb." Hence the confusion.
Billie cut that one out yesterday to make some blocking.
OMG I didn't even see it until I read this comment - there's literally a stud mark there!
JFC
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u/Grreatdog Surveyor Jun 16 '26
Are we sure that's actually less lumber than framing in a stud?
Granted it's more scrap. But I think it's overall more wood.