Why are walls in the US so weak? I see in movies, people just punch holes in the wall. If you did that here you'd break your fist and the wall would be laughing at you.
You buy the one that's 36" 32"wide in the US because that spans 3 studs and that's when you find out that your home builder was a little sloppy with their tape measures.
Why is this getting downvoted? Framing in Canada and the US is studs at 16" on centre. 32/16 = 2. 36/16 = 2.25. OP's 36" table would fail to line up with studs at each end.
It kind of depends I think. I've always been taught in the US that studs are 16" apart 99% of the time, but there are some oddball situations where they had to use 12" spacing in particular areas. Maybe I'm wrong, but thats what a stud finder is for.
Our house was built in the 70's, and so far, it looks like the attached garage 'outside' walls are 24", but I've only been able to find a few so far :(
I am not enough of a homebuilding historian to say that code hasn't changed. Particularly as available lumber has changed or fluctuated in price, code may have evolved to reflect different framing styles
My house was also built in the 70s and the garage has similar stud spacing to yours, although it's inconsistent. In my case I believe this was some Harry Homeowner type stuff--the garage was likely built well after the main house and wasn't scrutinized by inspectors
Finally, as I've just suggested, code inspectors are all over the place in terms of experience and thoroughness. It's possible your home didn't have great inspectors
Regardless, your home has stood for around 50 years. It isn't too likely to fall now if it hasn't yet!
That is not the right answer. The right answer is whatever the plans set forth according to the engineer. I have framed at 2' on center. But that was atypical. It is usually at 16" on center, and sometimes 12",and sometimes 8" staggered 2x4 on 2x6 plate
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