The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[WRXtranceformed]

Even with prefabbed walls, studs get bowed out of alignment all the time...whether from sitting in water after the lumber drop and between framing, or from the weight of the joists / floor decking, etc. It's part of the reason why those lumber drops from prefabbed factories also include a few large packs of 2x4s. At the end of the day, it's the PM's job to make sure that bowed studs are replaced and walls are squared before "close in". Most unfortunately nowadays don't even bother to get out of their trucks and just trust their framing crews...which never has good results. I used to spend at least an hour on every house frame-checking it with a large level and a can of orange spray paint. The biggest thing was bowed and broken studs in roof trusses, for obvious reasons. You have to call out an inspector for those repairs no matter what.

Now if a wall is bowed after you do the frame check, it's probably because of insulation caught between the drywall and stud or a drywall issue