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   joeh | Mar 04, 2004 05:52am | #1

   16' tall?

   No.

   Joe H

   
   

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   Edited 3/3/2004 9:53:04 PM ET by JoeH

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   r_ignacki | Mar 04, 2004 06:06am | #2

   Instead of sixteen inches, you can save money by spacing them farther apart.

   Try one FOOT -  four inches.

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   Splinky | Mar 07, 2004 04:57am | #10

   LMAO Panama.

   I know you wanted to tell him to make sure the studs are "plum level" too.

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   Piffin | Mar 04, 2004 06:08am | #3

   If you mean 16' tall, you want them on 16 centers, IMO and you want to place at least one row of blocking in.

   This technically depends on the live loads the building is expected to bear. The snow loaad on the roof and the wind laod on the wall. There are places you might do OK with 2x6 @ 24"oc but I wouldn't. I don't imagine it will save you more thana couple hundred anyways unless this is a football stadium sized building.

   Another possibility if it is a really big oine and you are looking to shave the budget close, Have you ever seen those little black diamonds on your tape measure? They are for a 19.2" layout which repeats to itself every eight feet, saving one stud in that distance but giving nearly the same engineering as 16"oc. 4x8 sheet goods still work too. It is a common layout for commercial buildings.

    

    

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   Woodchuckle | Mar 07, 2004 01:14am | #5

   Thank You for your help.

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   Kyle | Mar 07, 2004 03:42am | #7

   I dont' have my code book in front of me, but for 16' walls don't you have to have 2"x6" studs?

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   armin | Mar 07, 2004 03:53am | #8

   Wind loading is a big factor. No matter what the spacing, a 16 ft. tall wall would be pretty rubbery, add a ton of snow and you are creating a nightmare. Around here we double up 2x6 studs and space them on 24 o.c. Another option would be to triple up the studs and space them 48 in. o.c. with 2x4 purlins 24 in. o.c. Type of inside and outside sheathing would influance the decision as well.

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   Piffin | Mar 07, 2004 04:11am | #9

   I don't know that codes specify sizing, only loading. The you get to that required load factor however the engineering and costing works out. I believe that in a low wind zone, you could make a pretty stout wall by using osb or ply sheathing over 2x4s inside and out but their goes the budget....

   But I didn't mean to imply that 2x4s would be OK other than they might, if the engineer can figure it that way. I was assuming staying with 2x6 and suggesting either a 16" or a 19.2" layout, plus fireblocking.

   That blocking takes a lot of the rubberlegs out of the studs. In 16' tall, I would probably use two or three rows. 

    

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   RW | Mar 04, 2004 07:59am | #4

   Pif makes a good point on blocking - and here that would be a requirement for any bearing wall over 8' in height to have staggered blocking more or less dividing the wall in half. I agree - stick with 16" spacing.

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   Woodchuckle | Mar 07, 2004 01:14am | #6

   Thank You for your help.