I had two accounts. One I forget I had for so long, :rofl:
Understood. It's why I only use one and have no reason to hide from any one.
I didn't comment on the "jack stud", which is an east coast terminology for the framing member that is placed next to the king stud and below the header.
The west coast term for that member, is trimmer, as in trimming the load.
Here the double trimmer is required for openings 6' and greater and double king studs are not required.
There is an evolution for how this became a requirement, and builders did this to themselves, kinda like shooting yourself in the foot.
Often people will interpret the header size as a prerequisite for the double trimmer requirement.
As a point of clarification, you could have posted some photos of the framing alone.
We just did a room addition and the header was 6 ft wide and the beam used 6"x10" over a load bearing wall on a single jack stud. Engineer approved and city inspected.
terminology is all about where you are. We support headers with criples and jack studs are the shorts under the window.
I think you will find that code everywhere is two each end for 5ft and then the engineers go nuts from there.
Here, cripples occur between the header and top plate, the header and the window sil, and the window sil and the bottom plate and constitute a trimmer.
In windows where the callout is less than 6', the header and sil span between the two king studs and the trimmer is comprised of three pieces, a cripple above the header, between the header and sil which is also adjusted for the window fit, and a cripple between the sil and bottom plate.
When the callout is 6' and larger a full length trimmer is installed between the header and the bottom plate and the rest is completed as above.
Call out?
A standard header is 2 2x10s, same as floor joists, less selection of lumber on the job. From time to time engineers do what they do.
As far as more work, put it this way.
If we have a floor ready to put walls up, we have a three man crew. We take (one day) to lay out all the walls top and bottom plates layed out in place on the floor, All headers cut and labeled
Jack studs or criples all cut and nailed to king studs as required, corner Ls and interior door doubles are nailed up
Sills and lower jacks are cut and labeled for all doors and windows
waterscreen paper and blueskin is prepped for all the windows and doors
On the second day we build and stand walls and level and brace it ready for floor joists above
That would be house about 2000 sq ft
With the impending earthquake we a sure to get we often have to block every joint on the plywood sheeting and then have to drill a hole so every stud bay is vented.
Our joist material is dry but depending on how long it has been stored in the rain some can be 3/8" taller than the rest.
We use wet lumber so that it is easy to straighten, we hate lumber that we get in Aug as it is impossible to work which does slow us down.
Most of the time we are working in the rain.
We start in mud and form the foundation a finish with it ready for the roofer, come back to install windows and back frame the basement after the furnace is in
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