On 2/10/2013 12:43 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
If they even shot the studs. They could've shot the bottom of the
baseboard into the sole plate and then uses angled nails to hold the top
into the plaster. Heck, most lath is plenty thick/strong enough to hold
finish nails, so if I were nailing trim to lath, I might not even bother
with studs.

Hell, in this day and age, and judging by some of the Open Houses I've
visited in the past few years, and the likelihood your average "trim
carpenter" never saw a piece of wood before getting here, and the
average builder either not knowing or giving a ****, a finish nail in
the drywall suffices, if they aren't being watched/supervised.

.... a sill plate? Wot?

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