I am not a builder… but that does not seem right
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Wowzer trousers that's bad. There's even an outlet just to the left, what's that all about??
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A stud finder works by sticking to the drywall screws just under the wall paint. A stud finder wouldn't pick this up unless the hangers screws the drywall to that piece for no reason.
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Wowzer trousers that's bad. There's even an outlet just to the left, what's that all about??
Buuut
A stud finder works by sticking to the drywall screws just under the wall paint. A stud finder wouldn't pick this up unless the hangers screws the drywall to that piece for no reason.
Nah, modern stud finders can tell the difference between "drywall with stud behind it" and "drywall without stud behind it" with some rf whatever the hell it does
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Nah, modern stud finders can tell the difference between "drywall with stud behind it" and "drywall without stud behind it" with some rf whatever the hell it does
Oh yeah I totally forgot about the fancy ones. Never loved using them much but I'm sure that's what the kids call "skill issue." I'll lay my life on the line defending the honor of my Stud Buddy though
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Wowzer trousers that's bad. There's even an outlet just to the left, what's that all about??
Buuut
A stud finder works by sticking to the drywall screws just under the wall paint. A stud finder wouldn't pick this up unless the hangers screws the drywall to that piece for no reason.
They're more like depth detectors now. They dont work on magnetism, they work by detecting the ultrasonic echoes of what's behind the wall.
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Oh yeah I totally forgot about the fancy ones. Never loved using them much but I'm sure that's what the kids call "skill issue." I'll lay my life on the line defending the honor of my Stud Buddy though
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Except some places use glue and 3 screws in the stud. Top bottom and middle. Then they’ll even push it and not put one in the middle, good luck finding a stud with a magnet.
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If it works, is it really broken? Just add more screws.
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This is some environmental storytelling right here. I see a story of an electrician, all out of appropriate lengths of wood, working past five on the night before the drywallers show up.
That can't possibly be an actual electrician's work, can it? That's got to be the work of a homeowner who didn't know the correct way to locate an outlet in the middle of a stud bay.
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Don't take off the panels on your electric and light switches. You'll find that they're all like this.
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Nah, modern stud finders can tell the difference between "drywall with stud behind it" and "drywall without stud behind it" with some rf whatever the hell it does
Gnomes. Gnomes live inside and use magic to tell you where the stud is. That's show it works.
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To verify your stud detector works you must point it to your self, make a beeping sound, turn to your significant other and tell them "I'm a stud"
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If it works, is it really broken? Just add more screws.
I know the adage "if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid" is a thing, but this might be the exception to the rule
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That can't possibly be an actual electrician's work, can it? That's got to be the work of a homeowner who didn't know the correct way to locate an outlet in the middle of a stud bay.
Nah, it's been awhile, but I've been an electrician. When you get a foreman who has made it to that special level of asshole, your give a fuck starts to run out incredibly fast. Even if you're not the kind of guy who would do this yourself, someone working with you probably is.
With that said, I don't think this would pass code, but I'm honestly curious as to which part it violates specifically. The wire doesn't look like it's secured properly at least, but this might be one of those things where this is where they learn that they need to write some new passages.
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I know the adage "if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid" is a thing, but this might be the exception to the rule
It doesn't apply to safety items at all. Your car will function fine without seat belts.
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To verify your stud detector works you must point it to your self, make a beeping sound, turn to your significant other and tell them "I'm a stud"
Standard dad calibration technique.
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Gnomes. Gnomes live inside and use magic to tell you where the stud is. That's show it works.
THANK you. Finally, someone tells us what's really happening in there.
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Oh yeah I totally forgot about the fancy ones. Never loved using them much but I'm sure that's what the kids call "skill issue." I'll lay my life on the line defending the honor of my Stud Buddy though
I use a stud finder and a rare earth magnet with a small light metal chain that (if the stud is plumb) perfectly shows where the stud is.
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NEC 314.23(B) An enclosure supported from a structural member ... shall be rigidly supported either directly or by using a ... or wood brace
NEC 314.23(B)(2) ... Wood braces shall have a cross section not less than 1"x2"
This is fine. I'm not an electrician and don't know what that is securing the romex but I assume that's approved.
I mean I guess if the inspector wants they could deny it for not being "neat and workmanlike" but they'd have to really be an asshole. Like it's weird but it's not going anywhere, not like a switch is a heavy piece of equipment. This would probably even be fine for a light.
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It's okay, they're using that special load-bearing drywall.
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Wowzer trousers that's bad. There's even an outlet just to the left, what's that all about??
Buuut
A stud finder works by sticking to the drywall screws just under the wall paint. A stud finder wouldn't pick this up unless the hangers screws the drywall to that piece for no reason.
Going by the writing on the wall, it's for a 3-way dimmer switch. It also is likely the picture was taken during its install and not from someone trying to find a stud
