I just ran across this link on another forum. The HO was concerned about the “gap at the 2×4’s on top of the wall” LOL.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7104/wallgapec8.jpg
If the backing 2×6 won’t hold the wall together maybe the foam will.
I just ran across this link on another forum. The HO was concerned about the “gap at the 2×4’s on top of the wall” LOL.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7104/wallgapec8.jpg
If the backing 2×6 won’t hold the wall together maybe the foam will.
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Is there any more info? Sure looks like a panelized wall, doesn't it?
Dang, is that daylight, or White Lightning Caulk ?
Greg
I thought that might be what it was too; but didn't think they came with double top plate.
There was another pix of a longer view but floor wasn't shown. The gap narrowed at the bottom so I suspected panels were set on an uneven floor. If that was the case I wonder what the bottom looks like? No mudsill maybe?
What it looked like to me was doubled plate was ended at the end of the other plate then backing was nailed down over the gap.
damn, i hate it when the panel companies forget the installation manual
I don't think that gap is the end of the world. I wouldn't even worry about it, as long as the 2x s are spiked together, and the outside is well papered.
Most of the old houses around here, with board sheathing, have much bigger gaps.
That's a good point, but still... if I was paying for it new...I love squirt foam!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." Voltaire
I'd carefully looking at the rest of the house for any problems.
If everything else looked OK, I wouldn't worry about it.
Especially if it was only that one gap.
Looks like panels to me. With the panels, you have to shim underneath, to make them all level. Otherwise, your top plates are not level, or at least one of them is not, which will cause problems with the second floor or god forbid the roof frame.
I agree. I've lived most of my life in worse.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." Voltaire
I think that I'd be a little more concerned about not having a continuous top plate, or at the very least a mending plate between the panels than the gap between the studs...