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Larry[_5_]

wrote:
Finishing my basement and done with the framing. I have one soffit
that spans a 6" duct as well as an I-beam over the course of 25'.
They're offset a little, but instead of making a turn in the soffit,
I'm just installing one long soffit to enclose both. This will
provide a little extra room to put recessed lighting in the soffit as
well, which is needed. Since I can't purchase 25' 2x2's to build the
soffit from, I used leftover 2x4's, ripped into 2x2's and OSB to add
ridgidity. Because some pieces are 4' and others are 8', the soffit
ended up not perfectly straight, although it's only about 0.5" off
over the course of the entire 25' run. Is this the nature of building
soffits, or if I buy 16' 2x2's and redo the entire thing, will it look
much better? Any chance adding the drywall will "hide" the underlying
issue, or is it likely to only make it worse or more obvious?

Thanks

Don't sweat the small stuff. Over 25', the only person that knows this,
is you. If you decided on doing something crazy, like putting up strips
on the ceiling, then there would be a reference point to see how far off
you were.

Walls are not perfect, most all rough framing done in wood is twisted,
bowed, crowned or has some imperfection. Rarely when laying out a wall &
standing it up, will it hit the chalk-line perfect the entire length.