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Re: Room Layout Ideas Wanted
nickbuol #352190 07/21/11 04:05 AM
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Green treated/PT is code here as well. I never found it harder to work with thou, in fact I rather like it since its much more solid wood (nails guns don't blow it up as easy as regular white). It is more expensive but since it's only being used on the bottom plate I don't consider it to be very significant myself.

Re: Room Layout Ideas Wanted
INANE #352192 07/21/11 04:12 AM
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I'm just finding that since the stuff is cut first and then treated, the chemicals tend to make it expand a little and thus the bottom plates are wider than the top, non-treated wood.

It wasn't really a problem with the 2x4s, but the 2x6 stuff varies a noticeable amount.

I haven't had issues with either wood type as far as using my framing nailer goes. They both eat the nails about the same. Maybe the white splits a hair easier when trying to get an odd angle on it, but no blow throughs for me.


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Re: Room Layout Ideas Wanted
nickbuol #352198 07/21/11 12:08 PM
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It sounds like it would be best to use treated wood as both the top and bottom plate then. Or would that cause problems else where?

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CatBrat #352207 07/21/11 02:10 PM
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I think that it is mainly a cost issue. Of course, any time wood is wet, it doesn't always (hardly ever) dries straight. Having one board that could bend and twist as it fully dries is better than two. smile

I've just been taking ones that are off by a lot and ripping them down a little bit to make them similar in width, and cutting to length. (I had a 10 foot 2x6 green treated that was more than 1 inch longer than the matching non-treated board of the same length).

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