(OT) Wood...was: Re: [Shotimes] Now Amish was:"My Bologna"

[George Fourchy]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:06:29 +0000, bobsteig@att.net wrote:

>Good grief, the best I can do in NYC is 1 3/4" x 3 1/2".

Studs are ''surfaced-4 sides'' before they are sold.  They are rough-cut to an
actual 2 x 4 inches, but when they are smoothed,  about 1/4 of an inch per side is
removed.  I guess too many carpenters complained of splinters in the past.  The San
Leandro, Calif. house I sold last summer was built in 1937, and when we redid the
kitchen, taking it down to studs and joists for new walls and floors, the studs were
rough-cut nominal (means "actually") 2 x 4 inches, and they were all clear
redwood....looked like they had been assembled last week.  Beautiful.

No more....our new house has pretty knotty studs, and the framer went out of his way
to use the best he could get (without getting into trouble) for us....you just can't
get as much good wood at one time anymore.

George