re: Home Renovation - Framing Inspection Question

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The last time I saw a 2x2 anything in residential use was on the trusses of the old style sardine can metal roofs of mobile homes from the late 70's and early 80's. So many of them opened right up during Rita

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I inspected a small home in Lake Charles that appeared to be part of a WW2 build. It was after a fire, if memory serves and had 2x2 studs throughout and some kind of paper type press paneling that require a complete gut of the home.

Unfortunately with BR DPW it depends on who does the inspection. What gets flagged and what passes varies from inspector to inspector there.

I'm doing an addition in EBR that also has just a small amount of renovation on the old home. Recently failed an electrical inspection because a closet light in a bedroom we didn't touch is too big for the space it's in.

i like to use paneling ripped into 2" strips for studs. i laminate two strips, of course, because only an idiot would just use one strip. not strong enough...

I guess this is what I'm most concerned with - having to incur additional cost and a modified floor plan in an area we didn't touch.