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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-15 at 19:06

Who does this?

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Written by knizer on 2025-01-15 at 19:12

@Geojoek ...how/why?!

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-15 at 19:21

@knizer

I ask myself that several times a day living in this thing.

My only guess is that the front door used to be in this corner, and that perhaps when the house was originally built the studs were resting on a door sill of some sort that was later removed? Who knows. There might be a hidden stud behind this.

(Bought from friends off-market a few years ago for a reasonable price, and still in better condition than anything remotely in my price range on the market.)

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Written by Gary McMeekin on 2025-01-15 at 19:21

@Geojoek is foam holding up your house, Joe 😛?

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-15 at 19:27

@garymcm

Probably? This half, anyway. And the 2 inches of void space between the spray foam and the dry wall. (This is an incredibly poorly applied spray foam job.)

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Written by Gary McMeekin on 2025-01-16 at 11:59

@Geojoek I know in my office, which I built in 2015, I used open cell in the walls and attic. It cures "pimply" like the left of your pic. Those "puff balls" don't seem even like the same stuff. But hey, you are much better off with it than with batting IMHO, though it can make repairs challenging.

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-16 at 20:33

@garymcm

We’ll see the other photos. They only did it about halfway up the wall, and applied it so thinly that it’s our value is not really competitive. I’m putting Rockwall in most of the wall. I’m also having to remove half of it to sister all of the studs that have rotted out from the moisture issues it has created. it was just really poorly done.

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Written by Allpoints on 2025-01-15 at 20:39

@Geojoek non-load bearing stud. That's an interesting choice. Up next? "Couldn't find Romex so used an old extension cord to wire up a socket."

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-15 at 21:41

@allpoints

I hope it isn't actually load bearing, but they are both part of the framing on load bearing walls... so they should be load bearing. One wall is warped near this corner and I'm hoping this isn't why.

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Written by NilaJones on 2025-01-15 at 21:09

@Geojoek

Ahhhh, the ol' levitating stud trick!

Judging from the rot in the lower portion of those studs, there was -some- type of previous sillplate that completely rotted out

Spray foam trapping in the additional moisture in there probably doesn't help

Your theory about a previous door and sill could make sense for one wall, but probably not both? And what is that black thing? Pipe or heavy electrical?

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-15 at 21:46

@NilaJones

The previous owners repaired a lot of moisture damage but never addressed the root cause (sill plates below grade), and did stuff like this that made it worse. A non-rotted sill plate is under that foam, and all the other studs in each wall are properly attached to it.

Wire is heavy electric, disconnected, presumably going to where an entry light used to be.

The drywall is coming off anyway to mitigate the poorly applied spray foam, so there will be more!

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Written by Stacey Cornelius on 2025-01-15 at 21:15

@Geojoek ACK. DIY repairs, minus the research. Been there.

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Written by Man aging with style on 2025-01-16 at 05:39

@Geojoek

Imbeciles, Joe. Imbeciles do that.

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Written by Joe KC1SRI on 2025-01-16 at 23:57

@praxiscode

So since opening up the wall, I have discovered that this is actually a sister on a structurally sound existing stud that was attached as backing for drywall. At least, that’s the only logic I can figure out behind it.

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Written by Man aging with style on 2025-01-19 at 02:48

@Geojoek

Well, that's a heck of a lot better than a floating stud!

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