Hi –

I took a look at a project yesterday – remodel of a 900 sq ft shop into an apartment.  Two things became apparent –

    1) the exterior walls have sheet rock hung but not taped.  They are framed with  2 x 4’s  on 24″ centers.  That’s not good.    I’ll have to remove the sheet rock anyway – while it is off should I glue 2 x 2’s to the 2 x 4’s and call it good or insert extra 2 x 4’s for a min stud spacing of 16″???

   2) The floor looks like 2 x 6 joists over a 12 foot span.  Worse yet they are on also on 24″ centers.  The span table I have available gives a max span with 2 x 6 of 8 feet.  The sub-floor is one layer of 1″ x 8″ pine topped with a 3/4″ sheet of particle board (not OSB).   This seems bad, is it?

Thanks

Mike