Paul Brubacher
In Memoriam
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- 296
- Location
- outside of Toronto, Ont
Just recently recalled doing some reno on our previous house that was over 100 years old. Historic photos of the area always have a house at that location. The foundation was stone of varying ages, showing how additions were added.
The walls were framed with real 2 by 4's. They were rough sawn and exactly 2" x 4".
The sheathing was horizontal boards and the siding vertical boards. I can't remember if the boards were tongue and groove or shiplap, but there was a bead on the one side of the joint and a fancier profile on the other. It had of course been covered with aluminum siding before we bought the house. I wouldn't have wanted to scrape and paint it.
Anyhow, to the question, the 2x4s went all the way from the foundation to the rafters. When did they start using studs that were only a single story?
Was the change from full length to single story studs because of fire concerns or cost?
Oh, and there was no insulation in the walls.
There was a story about how after an earth quake in Japan, there was one subdivision where all of the houses were destroyed except for a handful that had been built by a Canadian firm using the single story studs instead of the typical finely crafted timber frames.
The walls were framed with real 2 by 4's. They were rough sawn and exactly 2" x 4".
The sheathing was horizontal boards and the siding vertical boards. I can't remember if the boards were tongue and groove or shiplap, but there was a bead on the one side of the joint and a fancier profile on the other. It had of course been covered with aluminum siding before we bought the house. I wouldn't have wanted to scrape and paint it.
Anyhow, to the question, the 2x4s went all the way from the foundation to the rafters. When did they start using studs that were only a single story?
Was the change from full length to single story studs because of fire concerns or cost?
Oh, and there was no insulation in the walls.
There was a story about how after an earth quake in Japan, there was one subdivision where all of the houses were destroyed except for a handful that had been built by a Canadian firm using the single story studs instead of the typical finely crafted timber frames.