Double Studs needs?

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by jkeresztury

Hey Marcel, have you looked at 1800?

What's 1800?

[Joseph W. Keresztury]

Originally Posted by jkeresztury

Marcel, I just deleted,too late, cause I was messin with you buddy, I'm at happy hour, and I'm real happy. But actually as I go to 1800% it dooes look like a stud bore not a notch. Were you there? My monies on bore buddy !!! Badda Bing Badda Boom

I was messin with you buddy when you said 400% . It was a joke. It really is notched

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Oh, that's why my head was dizzy.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Oh, that's why my head was dizzy.

Sure explains a lot!

[Jeffery L. Haynes]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

What the h-e-l-l is a "hog trough". I used to raise a hog or two in my "back to the country" days but I would never put that hog trough in a house.

LOL......its a way to brace gable walls.......and used for other supports.
Hogs used to be fed in a V shape tough; when you take boards and nail them perpendicular you get the same effect.

When attached to Gables or used as support to brake down rafter spans then the largest lumber should be perpendicular the rafters or wall...... with rafters it should be the same size of the rafters. Bracing supports should be no more than 4' apart and depending on the load the brace may need to be T'd.

My back is not what it use to be but framing by far was one of the most rewarding phases of building a home I enjoyed.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Originally Posted by mcyr

From my perception, there was no need of a double stud up there. And from what I can see, the reason they are doubled, is because they notched 2/3rds out of damn studs to run the stupid wire.
The double on the right is the same with one notch one way and the other with the notch the other way.
Doubled to reinforce the notch.
Off course this is just an opinion.

Yep, that wall is basically framed with double 2x2's for studs. Bad framing and probably structurally inadequate unless it's a non-bearing wall. Recommend SE

[Jeffery L. Haynes]

If its simply because of nothing studs then no SE would be required.....simply have the builder contact his framer and electrician to coordinate that the circuit be removed while new studs are installed and then have electrician properly drill holes in studs for that circuit..........you just saved someone a $300.00 SE fee that would tell you the same thing.....after all its looks like your doing a phased inspection anyway.