Framing basement

[Trip McNeely]

Can you piece together 2x4s for framing basement walls? All walls would be non load bearing walls. Got an abundance of 4-5ft 2x4s I’ve accumulated over the years that could finally be put to use. Not all the studs would be pieced together I’d space them out and have full studs between. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[LBrandt]

Yep I used a strip of 1/2 plywood on both sides about a ft long and nailed them together. That was 35 years ago and still standing. LB

 

[Allen]

I would personally glue the plywood or 1x4 used to patch together the 2x4. In the past when I've had floor trusses with large knots, I reinforced them the same way. A little gorilla glue and a few screws/nails go a long way.

 

[3Roosters]

I'd ask Brandon. He knows everything.

 

[bucksnbears]

Gotta ask why?

You ain't gonna save any $ by the time you spend glueing/ nailing gussets to the sides. and the time involved doing it.
Save them for window cripples/ sills and header and go get straight 2x4s for the framing.

Purdy much gauretee, if you do that, your gonna end up saying
" W.T.F. was I thinking.

 

[guywhofishes]

Gotta ask why?

You ain't gonna save any $ by the time you spend glueing/ nailing gussets to the sides. and the time involved doing it.
Save them for window cripples/ sills and header and go get straight 2x4s for the framing.

Purdy much gauretee, if you do that, your gonna end up saying
" W.T.F. was I thinking.

This!!

 

[Trip McNeely]

Gotta ask why?

You ain't gonna save any $ by the time you spend glueing/ nailing gussets to the sides. and the time involved doing it.
Save them for window cripples/ sills and header and go get straight 2x4s for the framing.

Purdy much gauretee, if you do that, your gonna end up saying
" W.T.F. was I thinking.

92.5% of my life choices have been “wtf was I thinking” I need to keep the trend in tact til I’m at least 47

 

[Trip McNeely]

I’m not so much worried about saving money as I am staring at all the goddamn wood I have around here. Im old school and save everything. It’s not quite hoarding but it’s definitely “your grandpas that save everything” bad. Getting scrap plywood should be easy/free as I work in the trades. I like the idea of using it for cripples/ around windows too but I’ve got enough to do a major portion of walls so wanted to know if it’s plausible and more so if it’s within code.

 

[Wall-eyes]

Non load bearing no problem see it done many different ways. Do it no problem seen, just make them straight top to bottom use green treat or similar on floors

 

[Chas'n Tail]

Anyone ever tried using a truss connecting plate? Wonder if that would do the job. Under a buck a plate, granted you'd need 2 per stud.

 

[guywhofishes]

At this point I have to assume we're being trolled.

 

[Colt45]

you could double the 2X4's and stagger the joints

 

[Obi-Wan]

Build two 4' walls and stand them on top of each other

 

[bucksnbears]

This is getting stupid.

Buy the fricken studs!

 

[JMF]

you could double the 2X4's and stagger the joints

Genius! It'd be almost impossible to miss a stud.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Build two 4' walls and stand them on top of each other

It would be a pain in the azz if you ever wanted to fish the walls to add an outlet or tv wires.

 

[bucksnbears]

It would be a pain in the azz if you ever wanted to fish the walls to add an outlet or tv wires.

Hence the phrase " this is getting stupid ".

 

[Obi-Wan]

It would be a pain in the azz if you ever wanted to fish the walls to add an outlet or tv wires.

every Engineered wood framing job we do has horizontal framing at 4’ intervals on all exterior walls and some interior schear walls, engineers don’t give a fuck about any trades

 

[Davey Crockett]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned a board stretcher.

 

[Trip McNeely]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned a board stretcher.

I’ve gotten a few new hands lately with that. The confusion in their eyes is priceless