Re: Screwing Versus Nailing Studs

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:29:54 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
<jonSPAMMENOTdanniken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

dpb wrote:
On 2/5/2012 9:47 PM, gregz wrote:
...

I tried nailing by hand, that does not work. Everything shifts....

Certainly were a lot of houses (and much larger structures as well)
built that way, somehow... :J(

Those guys that swing hammers every day know how to drive a nail. The
theory behind it is simple enough to understand, but until you've driven a
few thousand of them, you don't know how to do it.

Jon

A short 2X4 (about 14 1/2", +/-) to set between the already nailed
stud and the stud you are nailing sets the proper 16" on-center
spacing and prevents the stud from walking away on you as you drive
the nails.
.

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