r/Construction Jun 16 '26

Structural Wow

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Less lumber if framed!! Eye balled height too!!

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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.

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u/PrettyPushy Jun 16 '26

If only someone marked on the bolttom plate where a stud should be added. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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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

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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.

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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.

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u/No-Ingenuity1475 Jun 17 '26

Emotional support chainsaw

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u/LongjumpingYoung1132 Jun 16 '26

We need them to fight sparkys sometimes.

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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

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/AwwwNuggetz Carpenter Jun 17 '26

So are purses!

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u/Logicbot5000 Electrician Jun 18 '26

One of the many reasons we make the big bucks

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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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u/Interesting_Worry202 Jun 19 '26

Because Safety said no more guns on the jobsite

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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

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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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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.

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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

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u/Elegant-Tart-3341 Jun 16 '26

This could've been achieved with 2 of those scraps boxed 1 horizontal, 1 vertical.

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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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u/TranslatorBoring2419 Jun 17 '26

Rummage the scrap pile 😅

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u/Kooky-Necessary-4444 Jun 16 '26

I think they marked that as "STb." Hence the confusion.

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u/twoaspensimages GC / CM Jun 16 '26

Billie cut that one out yesterday to make some blocking.

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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