Submitted by WaterChestnutII t3_117pir1 in DIY
WestWoodworks t1_j9di6v4 wrote
Reply to comment by porcelainvacation in How do I find these g-d studs?? by WaterChestnutII
I’m currently renovating a house with 19.2 OC main floor joists, 16 OC main floor studs, 24 OC attic joists and roof rafters.
The attic joists also simply meet end to end in the center over a non-load-bearing 2x4 wall with a single top plate, and zero headers in the doorway openings in said wall.
Point load, and a great many other pretty essential things, basically don’t exist.
Shockingly, it’s one of the straightest, most level and plumb homes I’ve ever worked on… which likely has a lot to do with the fact that it’s all rough cut old growth Douglas Fir. Beautiful lumber, and still really straight.
But yeah… it’s a 1920s house built by the original occupant. The client is that guy’s granddaughter.
Is_This_A_Thing t1_j9e59zy wrote
19.2 is a metric layout. Some tape measures have little black diamonds on this layout.
scofus t1_j9eaf1e wrote
Metric? Isn't it just 1/5 of 8 feet?
dickbaggery t1_j9eeyff wrote
487.68mm centers.
Dsiee t1_j9ekhqu wrote
That ain't no metric layout. 450mm is.
TheCreat t1_j9egdnd wrote
48,768 cm doesn't really scream metric to me. 50 cm would be 19.685".
This seems just weird and random? Might've just been what evenly decides one (or some) of the walls or something?
Dsiee t1_j9ekmei wrote
Metric doesn't use 50cm as a common spacing. It is all 300, 450, 600, 900, etc. basically using 1200 mm increments a base metric and then using factors of that.
WestWoodworks t1_j9ie5nm wrote
It isn’t metric. It’s just the only way to divide eight feet into five even parts.
It was meant to simplify, but it failed. Which is why it didn’t really stick.
MortalGlitter t1_j9e7txp wrote
>19.2 OC main floor joists, 16 OC main floor studs, 24 OC attic joists and roof rafters
My eye is twitching Hard reading this.
WestWoodworks t1_j9idylt wrote
It’s less than ideal. Hahaha.
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