Stud notching and drilling

Structure · Wood Frame Walls · printed page 68 (PDF page 69)

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Notching of Studs Stud – Notching Wood Frame Wood Frame – Wall

Text in the illustration

remaining portion must be at least 3/4 (US) or 2/3 (CAN) of the stud width or the stud must be reinforced
load-bearing stud
remaining portion must total at least 60% (US) or 5/8" (CAN) of stud width or the stud must be reinforced
non-load-bearing stud

Generated explanation

The illustration compares drilling and notching restrictions for load-bearing and non-load-bearing wood studs. Each stud is shown with a drilled hole, dimension arrows indicating the remaining wood on either side, and a downward arrow above it. The load-bearing stud annotation requires at least 3/4 (US) or 2/3 (CAN) of the stud width to remain unless the stud is reinforced. The non-load-bearing stud annotation requires the remaining portions to total at least 60% (US) or 5/8" (CAN) of the stud width unless reinforced. The non-load-bearing example has a visibly larger hole.

Components

load-bearing wall stud non-load-bearing wall stud drilled stud holes

Materials

wood

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