Home renovations, some question about stud spacing
 

ok, just doing some reno's.

does anyone know what the stud spacing is for a non load baring wall?

if it helps, the house is roughly 20 years old.

im using a stud finder, and taking a few measurements, its 24" on center from stud to stud. i remember it was suppose to be 16in on center between studs...

This probably wont help you but, when my dad put up a wall in our old house he was explaining that 16inch is better because it makes the wall more stable /shrug

16 inches

I've seen both in commercial but probably 95% of the time it's 16" O/C. We don't do residential so it might be more common there, it's probably totally fine especially if not load bearing.

Commercial is 16 inches. For a non load bearing wall you can have 16 or 24.

isn't 24 on the wall above the fireplace so you have ample room for exhaust?

In residential construction you'll find 24" o/c - it used to be 16" but building code changed and has been 24" for a number of years. You won't find many houses that are 16" o/c unless they're 30+ years old

mike holmes said 16". can't go wrong w/ what mike says :thumbsup:

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When i do renos and new housing usually we go 16 o.c this very common even for non load bearing and load bearing (unless engineer states). The point of 16 oc is that its provide a better hold for the drywall than being 24 oc which is obviously not as strong as the 16 oc. Its just a general practise to do 16 instead of 24.

Pm me SG if you have questions. Construction is my life.

Anyways here is my BC building code 2006( nothing too much has changed )

interior walls

no load = minimum stud sizing @ 1.5 x1.5 / Maximum Stud Spacing 16 o.c

The place I live in is only 5 years old and its 16 inches.

16" If you do 24" it will be less stable.
It is cheap enough to go 16" and in the end that little extra time and materials will be worth it.