Here's Pat atop his new WERNER ladder. We went ahead and put two coats of finish paint on as long as the walls aren't finished. It only took about 5 hours to do that and of course, we spent the evening recuperating.
The lower picture is of a new code requirement that sort of makes sense. Whenever there is a wire near by where someone could conceivably hit it with a nail, the electricians put these metal plates on top of it. There are the square metal plates, and to the side you can see the rectangular metal plate where the wire goes through the 2x6.
A question, as the bottom picture will not enlarge.
ReplyDeleteAre the metal nail guards nailed on the surface of the studs? Wouldn't this interfere with the flatness of the wallboard or plywood?
Or are they set flush into the stud by --wait for it--- rabbeting?
I am so sorry I didn't get back to you. I think they were just on top, the larger plates, but that little corregated looking plate I believe was set flush and is THAT what rabbeting means???? You have solved one of the greatest puzzles of my life.
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