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Re: Ceiling Under Attic Problem

RicodJour

2005-07-08, 11:25 pm

Colbyt wrote:

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> "R. Gerard" <bobgir2004@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:bobgir2004-8BD98D.15122608072005@news1.east.earthlink.net...
>
> Our house is similar. The builder provided walk boards made from 2X stock.
> We have never had a problem. I feel pretty sure that if he thought a thinner
> material would work, he would have used it.

That's entirely overkill. He probably had the boards lying around and
threw them in. If there are any signs of nail holes, paint or cement
on them, they were used somewhere else first and then used as your walk
boards.

R

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