2x4s different

[Chook-A-Holic]

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So a stud is only referring to the pre cuts not just any 8' 2X4's


Repo

Correct

Marty

 

[wombat]

"pre cuts" are used for framing.

They're cut slightly shorter than 8' in length (92 5/8") to allow for the finished wall to be 8' after accounting for the wall frame.

You can find both the 92 5/8" pre cuts and the 8' at most hardware stores.

 

[spartacus_63]

A "stud" is an upright member of a framework. It can be of any material, but commonly 2"x4" dimensional lumber is what is most folks refer to when they say "stud" They can also be any length, but in standard light construction they are pre cut to form an 8' wall frame.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

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I would like to also add that even most of the manufactures mark the 2x4's and the bundle wrap as "stud" or "stud length".

 

[patandchickens]

I think the confusion here is that some people are using the word stud in the (what is really its proper technical) meaning of "vertical framing member of a stud wall", which has nothing to do with length per se although these days 8' is the commonest height in the types of buildings that tend to be framed out with stud walls.

Whereas others are using it in the sense of "things that are expressly labelled 'stud' at the lumberyard", which is also a reasonable use of the term but refers to only one particular length i.e the precuts designed to produce an 8' wall.

Point being, a stud designed to produce an 8' wall is not, itself, quite 8'

Pat

 

[gsim]

You bought pre-cuts instead of 96" length 2x4's. Pre cuts when assembled with a double top plate and a single bottom plate will be a little over 8 ft. So an 8 ft piece of drywall will fit perfectly without touching the floor. Ditto if drywall is installed horizontally since it is exactly 4 ft wide. That is why they make precuts. I once got some by mistake not paying attention to labeling and the fact that for some reason the store had two stacks of precuts, and they were not near each other, so I made an assumption that since they were next to the 10 ft ones, they must be the 8 ft ones. Wrong, and the 8 ft ones were some place entirely unrelated, with 2x6's. Caught it when loading into back of truck when I noticed ends of boards too far from tailgate. I got off lucky there catching it in the loading zone. LOL. My wife was with me too, and she got a good laugh at my expense.

 

[hilandfrog]

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This makes it a bit clearer...

We have a older house, 10 foot ceilings, I was under the impression that the studs were all the vert 2x4 boards in the walls, not kins or crips.

So I'd think our studs are the 10' minus the top plate and sill.

What do we call these longer than 93 inchers if not studs, I'm sure many a non cookie-cutter home uses boards longer than 8 for walls?

Repo

 

[Quadog]

My wife noticed progress on the coop had stopped. I told her about this issue with the boards being shorter & having to redo some of my earlier construction to match the shorter studs.

She said that she would think that the LONGER boards would be the ones called STUDS!!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

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[wingman2008]

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2x4 studs are made to length to allow for:
a bottom plate (2x4 sill plate (treated))
2 top plates (2x4)

the shorten length allows for a 4'x8' sheet rock to match up so you dont have an extra "6" inches (3layers of 2x4s)


2x4x8' are framing members... will be a lil long to allow for squaring and should all be close to the same length but would be true 8' stock

just like 2x4x8 =1 1/2"x3 1/2" x 8'- 3/4"

bottom plate + stud + top plate +top plate = wall
1.5 + 92 1/4 +1.5 +1.5 = true height of wall or 96 3/4"