Exterior studs — framing: code vs good practice

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: 2×6.

Stud spacing — framing: code vs good practice

Code: 16″ or 24″. Good practice: meet code.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: 9 ft main floor.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: glued + screwed.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: photo before drywall.

Code: treated. Good practice: meet code.

Structure · Chapter 30

Framing is the skeleton. It decides wall thickness, ceiling heights, what can be hung where and how quiet and tight the house is.

IRC Chapter 5 floorsIRC Chapter 6 walls (R602)IRC R317 decay protection

30.1

Wall framing and sheathing set the insulation depth and the water and air barriers.

Every layer has a job: structure, air, water, heat.

The rest of Framing: 2 more spreads, 12 drawings and 1 code citation, plus every other chapter, is part of the full fieldbook.

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