I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

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      Furring strips are used in plenty of places, I provide one example where it is used in most residential homes to support drywall.

      Is it not structural if it’s holding ceiling drywall…? So why are people still bickering that walls aren’t structural when they still hold drywall up…?

      If it’s part of a code wall detail, would that not be structural…?

      What’s with the pedantism over something like this to try and save face over not knowing what a furring strip is?

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        No, that’s is not structural.

        Structural means it’s intended to support and transfer loads in a way that cannot be safely removed.

        Since neither the furring strips or drywall are part of a structural requirement, they are not load bearing.

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          Drywall is structural, when used on block walls it helps provide lateral support.

          This is why being pedantic usually backfires.

          Drywall is inherently structural.

          Regardless. It’s furring strips, you want to argue furring strips aren’t used in structural applications? They are used in all three applications the person said they haven’t used them in. They also claimed to be a wood wroker elsewhere, so I don’t see how they would use anything structural anyways….

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            This is why being pedantic usually backfires

            No shit. You’re giving us a master class on it right now.

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            Drywall is not structural on block walls. The blocks are structural themselves.

            The drywall may help minimize shifting/settling but the dreary is not a structurally required component of the block wall.

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              What’s that got to do with furring strips that can be used in structural drywall applications? We are getting too far from the original point.

              You agree drywall is structural and that’s all that matters to this discussion.

              And yes, if the furring strips and drywall are detailed in the plan, they are structural components since it has to be built as designed.

              Just because they can also be used in non-structural uses doesn’t negate their structural use dude.

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                Dry wall is not fucking structural. Jesus. Doesn’t even have the integrity to compress too thick of insulation without pulling through the screws.

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                    Yes, it provided load support but it’s not providing structural load support……

                    To be extremely clear, your own, provided definition, is not talking about structural components.

                    Yes, on an interior, non-structural wall drywall can stiffen the structure. No, that does not mean the drywall is structural.

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                    I just realized that you’re confusing gypsum board with drywall. While they are similar, gypsum board can be used for the loads you’re describing.

                    Drywall, however, cannot.

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            I’m not an architect, but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn.

            The easiest way to think about an element being “structural” or not is is to consider what can happen if you remove that element - will the roof/wall collapse on top of you or not. If the answer is no, the roof/wall will not fall down, it’s not “Structural” or “Load Bearing” If the roof/wall can fall down on if you remove it, it is “structural” or “load bearing”.

            So, using your example, if you were to remove the drywall and furring strips from that cement block wall, will the wall and ceiling be in danger of collapse? If it is, then it was structural. If not, then it wasn’t structural.

            The Architects and Civil Engineers that I have known, do not consider drywall or furring strips to “structural” when designing a building. I’m going with their consensus on this matter.

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              The Architects and Civil Engineers that I have known, do not consider drywall or furring strips to “structural” when designing a building. I’m going with their consensus on this matter.

              Jesus Christ, just because it can be used in non-structural application does not mean it can’t be used structurally else where. It’s also hilarious that you think we are ever going to think this has come up in a conversation before lmfao. You clearly are already taking out of your ass, but I’ll bite since the idiocy people are coming up with is entertaining as hell….

              Furring strips and drywall are both used in structural applications since they are both structural components.

              If a ceiling is strapped with them to provide lateral support and the ceiling is also cladded with drywall for additional lateral support. Congrats, both just got used in a load bearing application… I’m sorry apparently the architects and engineers you use haven’t come across this very common application?

              You clearly have no clue on the matter lmfao.

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        Furring strips and drywall don’t count as load bearing. Structural means that it carries the weight of the overlying structure. Basically if the building falls down if that element is missing, it’s structural. So staircases for instance are almost never structural. Many interior walls are not load bearing so they can get knocked down without consequence. You can also split a room by building a wall that won’t be load bearing.

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          Furring strips and drywall don’t count as load bearing.

          Except for the thousands of use cases where they are used for lateral bracing to support the structure….

          Like in shear walls… strapped drywall ceilings… load bearing walls….

          Yes they can be used non-structurally, I’ve never claimed otherwise, yet you are ignoring the fact that they can, and are used in load bearing structural applications……