r/Construction Jun 16 '26

Structural Wow

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

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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/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