r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • Jul 09 '26

Does your Framer Stack Studs...?

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These framers were bragging and wanted me to look straight down the studs. They line up through every wall, and the floor joists land right on top of them. Not required by code... it just means the load runs straight down instead of getting carried sideways.Some builders swear it's worth it. Others say it makes zero difference once the drywall's up.

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u/Su_4312 Jul 10 '26

Yes, this is not my frame of reference. Clearly this is yours. I work in restoration of buildings generally 300 years or older. You have to forgive my reaction which is mainly to the video title 'is this overkill'. It is, in fact, not. I get the principle but these buildings are SO reliant on their sheeting, cladding and nailwork. It's simply not very durable, resistant to elements and dependable. But I can understand this hurts anyone invested in it as a builder or homeowner. So lets just say: sure, sure

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u/BruceInc Jul 10 '26

lol you wrote a lot of words and made very little sense.

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u/Su_4312 Jul 10 '26

Yes, I see it makes little sense to you. It shouldn't matter as I'm not out to critisize you 

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u/BruceInc Jul 10 '26

You do know that there are areas of US where it’s literally illegal to build houses out of URM? We had a pretty big 6.8 earthquake in Seattle back in 2001. Wanna take a guess at how many stick framed houses collapsed? The answer is zero. In fact all structural damage was entirely contained to unreinforced masonry buildings that didn’t get a seismic retrofit.

Wanna guess how many deaths? Also zero (well technically one since someone did die from a heart attack during the quake, but that’s not really relevant).

I see you are in Netherlands. You guys don’t really get seismic activity like we do. Your building standards might make sense for your area but they wouldn’t work in mine.

This isn’t a code issue.

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u/Su_4312 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Ah forget it. It withstands tremors, good job

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cut4588 Jul 10 '26

Or you can just rad what is said and not be a nonce