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Studs are vertical framing members used in building walls. They are thinner and lighter than posts. Studs hold in place windows, doors, siding, insulation and utilities. They run from the bottom plate to the top plate to form walls and may carry vertical loads or be used in non-load bearing partition walls. Traditionally made of wood such as 2x4s, steel studs are also used, especially for non-load bearing walls and in firewalls.

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Wood Frame

Studs are vertical framing members used in building walls. They are thinner and lighter than posts. Studs hold in place windows, doors, siding, insulation and utilities. They run from the bottom plate to the top plate to form walls and may carry vertical loads or be used in non-load bearing partition walls. Traditionally made of wood such as 2x4s, steel studs are also used, especially for non-load bearing walls and in firewalls.

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Wood Frame

Wall Stud plate to wall plate. In modern


construction studs are fastened to the
plates in a way, such as using ties, to
A typical wall section in platform framing
prevent the building from being lifted
off the foundation by severe wind or
earthquake.

Properties
Studs are usually slender so more
studs are needed than in post and
beam framing. Sometimes studs are
long, as in balloon framing where the
studs extend two stories and carry a
ledger which carries joists. Balloon
framing has been made illegal in new
construction in many jurisdictions for
fire safety reasons because the open
wall cavities allow fire to quickly
spread such as from a basement to an
attic; the plates and platforms
in platform framing providing an
automatic fire stop inside the walls,
1. Cripple
and so are deemed much safer by fire
2. Window header safety officials. Being thinner and
3. Top plate / upper wall plate lighter, stick construction techniques
4. Window sill are easier to cut and carry and is
5. Stud speedier than the timber framing.
6. Sill plate / sole plate / bottom plate
In the United States and Canada,
studs are traditionally made of wood,
usually 2"×4" or 2"×6" by name,
Steel tuds in wall however these historically traditional
dimensions have been reduced but still
carry the name of "two by four" and
"two by six". Typical dimensions of
today's "two by four" is 1.5" x
3.5". dimensional lumber and typically
placed 16 inches (406 mm) from each
other's center, but sometimes also at
12 inches (305 mm) or 24 inches
(610 mm). The wood needs to
be dry when used or problems may
occur as the studs shrink and twist as
A wall stud is a they dry out. Steel studs are gaining
vertical framing member in popularity, especially for non load-
a building's wall of smaller cross bearing walls, and are required in
section than a post. They are a some firewalls.
fundamental element in frame building.

Purpose
Studs form walls and may carry
vertical structural loads or be non load-
bearing such as in partition walls which
only separate spaces. They hold in
place the windows, doors, interior
finish, exterior sheathing or siding,
insulation and utilities and help give
shape to a building. Studs run from sill

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