On Sun, 02 May 2010 14:47:05 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On May 2, 7:55 am, wrote:
Typically, how many horizontal studs were used ca 1965:
One near ceiling, one in middle and one near floor?


Just an FYI...

If it's horizontal, it ain't a stud.

A plate? Perhaps. Blocking? Maybe.

But a "Stud"? Nope.

Studs be vertical.

Around here they're called "fire stops" and they're a pain
in the buttocks when you have to install new wiring.

I have them in my garage walls (don't know about the house, yet). They are a
PITA, but I think I found the trick with the last 220V outlet I put in (dust
collector). I drilled through the plate from above, then up from the hole for
the box, using a flexible wiring bit, then used a fish-rod[*] from the top. It
was a piece of cake to hit the hole in the blocking. Of course it would be
harder in an insulated wall (real hard with the cellulose fill I have).
[*] a multi-piece fiberglass rod, sorta like a fishing rod, made for the
purpose.