Basements, Attics and Crawl Spaces - Metal Studs in Floating Basement Wall - I have read on this post that you can frame a floating wall with metal studs, but I am not quite clear. Here's my question, 1. You start with a 2x4 attached to the concrete floo
An insulated wall system for a basement with foundation concrete walls that are nearly adjacently disposed to masonry block or concrete walls. The insulated wall system has a plurality of vertical metal studs with C or U-shaped cross-sections forming a plurality of cavities nearly adjacent to ...
Once you find the center of one stud, you can measure horizontally to find more studs. In most homes, studs are spaced 16 inches apart, measured at their centers. Older homes, and some interior walls in newer homes, have studs with 24-inch spacing, and very old homes may have relatively...
Basements, Attics and Crawl Spaces - Breaker box mounted on rotting studs - While removing some wood paneling from the walls in my basement I discovered some serious water damage to the wall studs. Over the years the damage has caused the bottom of the s
4 inch for standard lap siding. Add the 5 1/4-inch thickness of the wall to the 12 inches. From the outside, hook the tape measure over the outside wall corner and measure in 17 1/4 inches, and you should find a stud. Adjust wall thickness measurements accordingly for thicker walls...