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I'm curious what other builders use to build their walls, 1xN's or 2xN's? When I was a kid, I used 2x's for my walls. After my dark ages, I used 1x's, primarily because of cost. You get more linear studs of wall per dollar. All of the windows and (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wall construction - 1xN or 2xN?
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I say that it also depends a lot on the building, in some cases 2x is the solition, other times 1x. Larger / taller buildings might been better in 2x to carry more and makes them more stable. David Lewis <dlewis@seanet.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wall construction - 1xN or 2xN?
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(...) I can come at this with a slightly more, uh, "unique" case: I build ships, with walls generally 8-14 bricks high and straight runs of 100-300 studs. I can't even dream of using 1xn unless I plan my subdivisions specifically to buttress (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wall construction - 1xN or 2xN?
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(...) A 2x wall built from two layers of 1x's allows you to have different colors on the inside and outside, and allows you to block light coming through cracks by staggering the layers. The layers tend to separate on large walls, though, unless you (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wall construction - 1xN or 2xN?
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David Lewis wrote in message ... (...) 1xn walls give you more space inside for a given size of building, and when you buy buckets/tubs from Lego there are more 1xn's so people often have more of them than 2xn's. 2xn walls are more stable, for large (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.build)
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