A framing crew in Boise showed me a better way to mark studs

I was helping a buddy frame a garage out there last spring, and I saw their lead guy use a chalk line for the whole wall layout. He snapped lines for both top and bottom plates at once, then just lined up each stud between them. I'd always marked them one by one with a square, which took forever. After trying his method, I cut my layout time for a standard wall down from about 20 minutes to maybe five. It's so much faster and everything stays perfectly straight. Has anyone else picked up a simple trick like that from watching another crew work?

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sandra1461mo ago

Ever think marking each stud was the only way?

josephf1023d ago

Used to just think it was some OCD thing honestly, @sandra146. But yeah, now I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't just about finding the stud again later for some specific reason. Marking each one means they never had to measure or guess again, super efficient if you're clumsy with a tape measure. Kinda changes the whole mystery vibe of it for me.

josephb351mo ago

Honestly, it makes me wonder if they were trying to hide something in the wall later. Like, maybe they needed to find the exact stud again to retrieve something, not just to hang a picture.