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I reframed a basement wall in my 1920s house last month and the difference in how solid it feels is night and day.
The old wall was just 2x4s nailed flat to the stone foundation, no real plate or studs. I tore it out and built a proper pressure-treated bottom plate with 16-inch on-center studs, all anchored with concrete screws. Has anyone else found that older homes often have framing that's more like an afterthought, and what's your go-to fix?
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blair_green8616d ago
More like an afterthought" is putting it nicely. My last house had a wall framed with what looked like old fence posts. What's the weirdest framing you've found?
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jade88516d ago
Oh totally, that sounds about right. Found a whole section in my attic framed with what I swear were just random scraps of 1x2, like they ran out of wood halfway through.
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