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Wire protection nail plate for rough cut 2x4?
Anyone know where I can get wire protection plates for rough cut 2x4s? Right now I'm trying to make due with the regular ones which are only 1.5 inches wide so I have to use 2 and nail them to the edges of the studs in order to to cover the whole stud and they overlap in the middle which I'm not real fond of, plus doing it that way uses a ton of them.
Actually Anonymous, My house was built in 1880 and does in fact use rough cut 2x4's that are the full 2" x 4" as there were not planed back then. The issue with the nail plates I was finding is that they are for modern 2x4's which have .25" planed from each side, the nail plate was .5" too narrow to cover the full width of the stud. Instead of trying to be condescending maybe try to understand the issue at hand, you would be more helpful that way.
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- Spock (rhp)Lv 73 months agoFavorite Answer
you worry too much. it is always possible for some fool with a sawzall to hit an electrical line inside a wall. just use the standard ones and put them in the middle of the stud
- STEVEN FLv 73 months ago
There is not such thing. Plates to protect wires inside walls from nails/screws/etc have nothing to do with the framing material. The studs are the LAST place the plates would be useful. In fact, that is the one place you absolutely DO NOT want to use them.
- Anonymous3 months ago
Nobody uses rough cut 2x4. They are all planed wood. By the time you add the 1/2" gypsum board on top of one side that makes it 2". Put gypsum board on the flat of the 2x4 makes the wall 4 1/2" thick. Wiring run down the center of the 3 1/2" flat of the wood. Nobody is using 1 1/2" nails into gypsum board.
Obviously you are neither a carpenter or an electrician. These guys know this.