2x3's have been around a long time.... they don't have the structural
strength of a 2x4, and require 12" c/c spacing when used in bearing
wall partitions.... that means 25% more studs than if you used 2x4s
(plus the additional labor cost of setting 25% more studs!), so much
for cost savings! In my area, for the past 25-years or more, it has
been typical to use 2x6 studs for exterior walls because of the
additional insulation space available.
Mort
Fred wrote:
> I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
> them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle and
> still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
> haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
Mort Stevens wrote:
> 2x3's have been around a long time.... they don't have the structural
> strength of a 2x4, and require 12" c/c spacing when used in bearing
> wall partitions.... that means 25% more studs than if you used 2x4s
> (plus the additional labor cost of setting 25% more studs!), so much
> for cost savings! In my area, for the past 25-years or more, it has
> been typical to use 2x6 studs for exterior walls because of the
> additional insulation space available.
>
>
> Mort
And by all means check your local codes before using the 2x3s.
mahalo,
jo4hn
In addition, my 35 year old house has rafters made from 2 x 5s. I have never
seen such any where else.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03>,
> Fred <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
>>them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
>>and
>>still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
>>haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>>
>>
>>
>
> They've been commonly available for as lon as I can remember, and I'm
> talking about long before HD even existed.
>
>
> --
>
> Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
> [email protected]
>
In article <IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03>,
Fred <[email protected]> wrote:
>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
>them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle and
>still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
>haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>
>
>
They've been commonly available for as lon as I can remember, and I'm
talking about long before HD even existed.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
Heh ... yeah, go figure. A 2x3 (1.5x2.5) is 28% less than a 2x4
(1.5x3.5). The pre-cut rough dimension is 25% less.
Knowing Home Depot, it wouldn't have surprised me though to see the 2x3s
only 10% less!
Jack
Tim W wrote:
> "Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03...
>
>>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days.
>>....The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>>
>
> Gosh!
>
>
>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
> them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
> and
> still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
> haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
They've always been out there..just not in demand
Rudy wrote:
>>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
>> them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
>> and
>> still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
>> haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>
> They've always been out there..just not in demand
Major utility has been in furring out basement walls for insulation, with
some non-load-bearing use--just pulled down the plaster in the bathroom on
a late '60s house and found that the studs on the non-load-bearing wall
were 2x3 while the ones on the adjacent load-bearing wall were 2x4.
--
--John
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"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Wait a few years, they will be calling them 2x4s.
And they'll probably try to explain it away as an extra level of dressing.
"Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03...
>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
> them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
> and
> still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
> haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
They have been around for 50+ years that I know of, maybe longer. I used
them to frame out my basement to add insulation. Since they were not
structural, they worked very well for that.
Wait a few years, they will be calling them 2x4s.
"Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03...
> I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
> them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
and
> still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
> haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>
>
>
"Fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03...
> I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days.
> ....The price is about 25-35% less than 2x4's.
>
Gosh!
Did lumber even exist in the pre-borgian era...?
Wonders never cease...
John
"EXT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In addition, my 35 year old house has rafters made from 2 x 5s. I have
never
> seen such any where else.
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <IfMlg.14438$RU4.10727@trnddc03>,
> > Fred <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>I noticed that Home Depot is stocking 2x3 studs these days. I have used
> >>them for a small garden shed and they are much easier/lighter to handle
> >>and
> >>still give the strength for most places. I'm just wondering why these
> >>haven't been produced longer? The price is about 25-35% less than
2x4's.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > They've been commonly available for as lon as I can remember, and I'm
> > talking about long before HD even existed.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
> > [email protected]
> >
>
>