the_robin•2mo agoProlific Poster

Showerthought: a job in Savannah taught me to always check the studs before hanging a single sheet.

I was on a big house job there last spring and hung a whole wall before realizing the framers had put the studs at 19 inches on center, not 16, and I had to pull everything down and start over.

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lee6891d ago

Yeah robinp89's point about making them fix it makes sense, but honestly I used to think that way too. Before that Savannah job I would have just blamed the framers and walked off. Then I realized sometimes you gotta adapt to what's in front of you instead of waiting for someone else to get it right. That 19 inch spacing meant I had to get real creative with blocking and extra backing, but the wall came out solid in the end. Now I check every single stud layout before I even bring a sheet in the house. Saves way more headache than trying to argue with a builder about redoing their work.

dianam192mo ago

That Savannah framer must have been having a real off day.

robinp892mo ago

When I had a bad frame job, @dianam19, I just took it back and made them fix it.

the_xena2mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst. Learned that lesson the hard way too. Now my stud finder never leaves my tool belt. I even mark the first one with tape and measure for the next, just to be sure. Saves so much time and drywall repair.