framing a wall with a window and door |
Mercado, a freelancer who "writes about home repair, decor, and trouble shooting [sic]," snapped up the assignment to freshen content originally written by Anthony Smith. Her rewrite, however, consisted of little more than moving words around and substituting in synonyms. Perhaps that was because Angely went to journalism school instead of being an apprentice carpenter, much like Smith was a "businessman." We're pretty sure neither had ever framed a wall, much less a wall with a door in it.
Mercado's rewrite was, at best simplistic and at worst darned near plagiarism. She opened by gushing that,
"Anyone can build a wall and add a framed door with the right instructions. It's a subtly decorative way to have an opening into another room and isn't the most complicated carpentry task around the home..."...which is not, we suspect readers will agree, particularly different from Smith's claim that,
"Framing a door opening is not difficult, however, and anyone who can frame a basic wall can do it by following these steps."The problem? No, you can't build that wall by following Smith's steps, and Mercado's rewrite has exactly the same problems. What are those problems?
- Both authors want you to frame the wall lying down and lift it in place. You can't do that with a new interior wall because the frame won't stand up in that vertical space. You'll have to frame the wall in place.
- Both say to "screw the bottom plate to the floor" and "nail or screw the top plate to the structure above it (Smith)" [or] "to the wall structure (Mercado)." Neither mentions joists at all...
- Both say to place the cripple stud "between the center of the header and the top plate." Wrong: cripples should be placed at the standard locations for studs 16" or 24" OC (see image above).
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