Framing walls longer than 16ft?
#1
08-07-07, 05:14 AM
Framing walls longer than 16ft?
Seeing as the longest 2 x 4s I can find are 16ft long how do you go about framing longer walls? I have a wall in my basement that is about 50ft long. Can you just butt the ends of shorter walls together?
#4
08-07-07, 10:12 AM
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Wall Framing
Cut your plates exactly 16 ft. Place a stud at the splice with 3/4 in. exposed to each plate and nail the ends of both plates to this common stud.
#6
08-07-07, 01:54 PM
Yes, or double the stud at the intersection of the plates, making a solid section to raise, then nail the studs together once you bring the wall vertical. Make sure you are using pressure treated lumber for the bottom plate.
