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shponglefan:
Now that I've had a better look at it, it looks like they used reclaimed lumber from some other project.   There are all sorts of random holes and cuts in the various studs.  I'm still baffled why they didn't buy proper 2x4's and just cut them to fit though.  Surely it's more work to try to fit all these too-short pieces?  ???

And another gem from this wall:

SlammedNiss:

--- Quote from: shponglefan on July 04, 2013, 08:30:20 pm ---Now that I've had a better look at it, it looks like they used reclaimed lumber from some other project.   There are all sorts of random holes and cuts in the various studs.  I'm still baffled why they didn't buy proper 2x4's and just cut them to fit though.  Surely it's more work to try to fit all these too-short pieces?  ???
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Yup, called that one.

And, may I go ahead and add a... WTF?!?

shponglefan:
Yes, SlammedNiss, yes you may.  I'll say one thing, though.  The construction of this wall has made it incredibly easy to tear down.  ;D

And yet another marvel of construction brilliance, one of the studs had been sawed more than half-way through:



crashwg:
Non load-bearing wall, against the foundation?  I don't see the problem.  Why not save a bit of scratch and use some used materials.  It might have looked a little nicer with a double bottom and/or top plate, but the construction seems perfectly useable given, again the non load-bearing wall against concrete...

SlammedNiss:

--- Quote from: crashwg on July 05, 2013, 12:15:32 am ---Non load-bearing wall, against the foundation?  I don't see the problem.  Why not save a bit of scratch and use some used materials.  It might have looked a little nicer with a double bottom and/or top plate, but the construction seems perfectly useable given, again the non load-bearing wall against concrete...

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Using used materials is perfectly fine, but c'mon, you can't tell me that you'd be perfectly happy if you tore down a wall only to find that behind it. There's no telling what other cost-cutting corners these people might have taken on the rest of the home.

BTW, the stud that was sawed 1/2 way through, I would of had no issues reusing it in the manner in what it was used, as it is a non load-bearing wall. However, all that other hacked-together garbage needs to go away .

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