I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

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    I’m going to guess they can get away with this because 2x2s aren’t intended for structural use. I’ve never built one into a floor, wall or ceiling.

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            6 months ago

            Furring strips are used in plenty of places, I provide one example where it is used in most residential homes to support drywall.

            Is it not structural if it’s holding ceiling drywall…? So why are people still bickering that walls aren’t structural when they still hold drywall up…?

            If it’s part of a code wall detail, would that not be structural…?

            What’s with the pedantism over something like this to try and save face over not knowing what a furring strip is?

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              No, that’s is not structural.

              Structural means it’s intended to support and transfer loads in a way that cannot be safely removed.

              Since neither the furring strips or drywall are part of a structural requirement, they are not load bearing.

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                6 months ago

                Drywall is structural, when used on block walls it helps provide lateral support.

                This is why being pedantic usually backfires.

                Drywall is inherently structural.

                Regardless. It’s furring strips, you want to argue furring strips aren’t used in structural applications? They are used in all three applications the person said they haven’t used them in. They also claimed to be a wood wroker elsewhere, so I don’t see how they would use anything structural anyways….

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                  This is why being pedantic usually backfires

                  No shit. You’re giving us a master class on it right now.