Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Feb 10, 2015 1:08 am Hi, I am not sure if this should be in this section or new house. You see we have brought a half built house The house was never clad (only wrapped in foil), After extensive research we have decided we are going to use james hardie easy lap panels which are like blueboard but thinker and have a ship lap joint in them so they but together which leaves a nice 6mm gap between each panel as a visual effect We are going to be using 1200 wide sheets as this is the look we want however our studs are spaced at 450mm centers So we are going to add 90x45 studs and extra noggins for reinforcing to meet the 600 center requirement for our 1200 wide panels My question is, When we have the framing inspection done will this still be ok, Obviously the original frame is correct and in place (was checked by two master builders before we brought) which we are not altering, we are simply adding studs to meet the requirements of our chosen cladding Betts Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 2Feb 10, 2015 6:52 am Can't see how extra studs wouldn't be OK. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 3Feb 10, 2015 8:29 am I am not a qualified builder nor chippy but I worked as a builder's labourer for a number of years and I have built 2 extensions as owner builder on my own house. I always worked with 450mm centres but if the 600 centres has been passed at frame inspection adding extra studs to obtain 600 centres would be fine in my books. Skew nailed to top and bottom plates with nail gun and noggins would only increase frame strength in my unqualified books. Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 4Feb 10, 2015 2:22 pm Thanks guys for the replies so far. This is what we thought (we are only strengthening the wall further if anything) We are completing as owner builders and have allot to do so we will have many questions to save us nagging our building relatives and also to get other peoples opinions and advice Our next issue we have found is that not all walls are perfectly square, Two walls are out a couple of mm, one is about 5mm. We cant see this being a huge problem except for extra work when finishing plaster etc. We are now wondering if when we have the framing inspection done what the council inspector will allow with out of square or if they are even really concerned about that at all, perhaps they just check the main load bearing and structure codes are met? I guess all wood framed houses are not perfect square Betts Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 5Feb 10, 2015 7:22 pm Sheet cladding I have done before allows horizontal nogging at 450 or 300 centres for eg. I've found the joins sit flatter with this method Check with someone at hardies if this alternate fix is acceptable. 2 walls out a couple of mm? well that's about as close to a perfect frame as you will find. The inspector won't have a tape of level with them either, just checking the structural points as you guessed Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 6Feb 11, 2015 6:24 am You may find the cladding specified to span max 600 stud centres, so a house built with 450 centres is more than required. This then leaves you scope to add extra studs at but ends of the shiplap boards for joinning. I would then fit the extra studs say 70 x 45 with the wide face to fix too , as you don,t need them as a structural component and will give more surface area to fix the boards and fixings. check min distance from edge of board for screws. Design from top down to ground , build from ground up Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 7Feb 13, 2015 6:59 pm 33amc Sheet cladding I have done before allows horizontal nogging at 450 or 300 centres for eg. I've found the joins sit flatter with this method Check with someone at hardies if this alternate fix is acceptable. 2 walls out a couple of mm? well that's about as close to a perfect frame as you will find. The inspector won't have a tape of level with them either, just checking the structural points as you guessed The panels we are using join together, the joins must be vertical with max of 600mm allowed across the sheet fixing wise so basically we must have studs either end (45mm) and one to fix to in the center of the sheet.. it will be some mucking around but we will add all studs as required to support and fix the sheets, We would have to add them anyway even with Bluebeard as the studs used are only 90x35mm One wall is out a good 5/6mm but like you say i don't think this will be of any concern and with the roof all down it would not be easy to straighten, all good wobbly1 You may find the cladding specified to span max 600 stud centres, so a house built with 450 centres is more than required. This then leaves you scope to add extra studs at but ends of the shiplap boards for joinning. I would then fit the extra studs say 70 x 45 with the wide face to fix too , as you don,t need them as a structural component and will give more surface area to fix the boards and fixings. check min distance from edge of board for screws. Good thinking.. this is why we wanted to join the forum for further ideas Betts Re: Adding studs for 600 centers, Meet inspection? 8Feb 13, 2015 7:04 pm Next thing we will have to find out is about changing some of the cladding as to what was on the original plans, A few builders we spoke to said not to worry about it basically just put up what you want as long as its not some crazy major change One wall which was meant to be rendered blueboard will now be stackstone, And another wall instead of being all hardie planks will be half hardi planks and half zincalume colorbond We have no idea what the council is like regarding minor things like this, from what we can gather it's not likely to be of any issue but we perhaps better check with them first Betts Hey, I am wanting to add a second toilet to my house, bit we have limited room. There is a hallway/entry that is never used, so was thinking this could be an option. Only… 0 2950 Welldoone Sorry to hear about your issues. Over the past 4-5 years I have inspected heaps of forum member's frames in my spare time and the non compliance issues with… 4 8888 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 71573 |