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WISteven t1_j2dd5kh wrote

How do you KNOW that the wood around the opening is a 1x6?

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Jolly-Performer OP t1_j2dfavk wrote

If you stand in the entryway and look up, it's clearly a single board of wood, so there's the 6. And if you step back and look at the face of the entryway, you can see the faint outline of the 1" where the drywall isn't completely flush with the edge of the board.

The house was built in the 50's and had some work done in the 70's, and I don't always understand why things were built the way they were. I hope I didn't misunderstand your question. But it's kind of irrelevant now, I'm taking some sound advice here and looking for framing members in the wall rather than fastening to that board.

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WISteven t1_j2djnaq wrote

That board that you are seeing is likely just a 1x6 that was placed over the rough framing which should be a 2x.

In this case my guess is that you have 2 1/4" of solid material all the way around that opening. Good luck.

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