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shponglefan:
So I have this unfinished portion of my basement with one of the walls being framed/insulated.  However, there have been mold issues around the bottom of the wall (the prior owners shoved a ton of crap up against the wall trapping moisture).  I was hoping I could at least save the framed wall, but after pulling off the drywall I discover this:





Almost ever single vertical stud is too short for the wall!  Who the heck builds a wall like this??

Granted, it's not a load bearing wall or anything.  Although I had built a lumber rack on it, which now seems less of a good idea.  Oh well, new wall here I come...

Howard_Casto:
Are there any signs of the basement skinning/cracking?  The only reason I could think of to have wedges like that is if at some point the stud wall separated in some way due to either the basement floor sinking, or the house above getting jacked up.  Either way rip that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out.  Any moron can properly frame a wall so whoever did that is a special kind of moron. 

shponglefan:
Nope, no sinking, at least not to this degree.  One of the studs (thus far) is actually the correct length.  The rest are all random lengths, including one about 8 inches  (!) too short.  The horizontal spacing is a bit random too.  They seemed to be going for 16" spacing, but some are closer to 15", one is 18".  As a result the insulation they packed in doesn't fit properly either.

I think this wall was just made by someone who had no idea what they were doing.

SlammedNiss:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 04, 2013, 12:18:16 am --- Any moron can properly frame a wall so whoever did that is a special kind of moron.

--- End quote ---

From the looks of it, they used whatever they had lying around to make it work, instead of buying a few more 2x4's. And come on, let's face it, 2x4's aren't exactly expensive.

Howard_Casto:
Yeah even with today's pricing they are what?  2.50 a stud?

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