Pink studs at Lowes

Are they pink or heart wood?

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i believe it’s a fire retardant or possibly a type of pressure treating.but if that were the case id think they would cost more ?

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I’ve never seen true “pink” studs at Lowe’s but I avoid that place as much as possible. I have seen a lot of pinkish and red studs that are cut from the heart of trees. Assuming that’s not what you are talking about I found this online “ That pink preservative protects the lumber against fire, mold, fungus and rot.”. Like already said though I’d think that would make it more expensive not cheaper.

-- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might

When a company like Lowes has a bundle of wood sitting on a shelf, still dripping moisture after being “kiln dried”, it’s probably prudent to apply a rot preventer/fungicide so your inventory doesn’t turn to trash before you can sell it. 8^)

I think they technically are purple and have heard it was a marketing angle to differentiate their product kiln dried southern yellow pine and heard they were precut for wall framing? Reported as stainable and paintable and they aren’t treated. I don’t think they sold very well and probably trying to get rid of them. At one time the Lowe’s website had photo showing the previous (purple color) and the new none dyed product.

Interesting question?
DuckDuckGo uncovered some misc info with a possible explanations:

Marketing: https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/2013/01/2x4-studs/

Flame retardant: https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/lumber-boards/dimensional-lumber/2-x-4-fire-retardant-interior/1141010/p-1444422266658.htm

Mike Holmes: Pinkwood (a Canadian product out of western Canada) which is coated with a pink fire retardant coating designed to produce an endothermic (heat absorbing) reaction when exposed to flames.

Watching to learn Lowes reason…..

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I think they’re Spruce

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I’ve never seen true “pink” studs at Lowe’s but I avoid that place as much as possible. I have seen a lot of pinkish and red studs that are cut from the heart of trees. Assuming that’s not what you are talking about I found this online “ That pink preservative protects the lumber against fire, mold, fungus and rot.”. Like already said though I’d think that would make it more expensive not cheaper.

- JCamp

I think it’s all got to do with your region.

Here in the ATL , Lowes has pretty darn good framing lumber. Better and more consistent than pretty much all of the locally owned contractor suppliers. Some of which have been here over a hundred years.

Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.
I saw them on Scott brown carpentry channel on YouTube. He’s a kiwi so I figured it was specific to that region till I saw them at lowes.
I wanted to ask an employee but didn’t because that usually results in me standing there while they look up stuff on the internet on their phone, or following them around the store for 20 mins as they ask random employees who also shrug their shoulders.

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Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.

- willhime

‘By using pre-cut 92-5/8″ long studs the framed wall height ends up being 97-1/8″:

(2) top plates for a thickness of 3″
92-5/8″ stud length
(1) bottom plate for a thickness of 1-1/2″
TOTAL wall height = 97-1/8″
So I’m sure the question is why does 97-1/8″ wall height make sense when you’re trying to get an 8′ ceiling height right? Well there’s more math at play here as the house is “finished”

Once typical 1/2″ drywall is installed to the ceiling the overall ceiling height drops from 97-1/8″ down to 96-5/8″.’

I had said Spruce, but I believe they are Doug fir which us east of the Mississippi dont see much of. Might look pink to some of us

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Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.

- willhime

Pre-cuts:

By using pre-cut 92-5/8″ long studs the framed wall height ends up being 97-1/8″:

(2) top plates for a thickness of 3″
92-5/8″ stud length
(1) bottom plate for a thickness of 1-1/2″
TOTAL wall height = 97-1/8″
So I’m sure the question is why does 97-1/8″ wall height make sense when you’re trying to get an 8′ ceiling height right? Well there’s more math at play here as the house is “finished”

Once typical 1/2″ drywall is installed to the ceiling the overall ceiling height drops from 97-1/8″ down to 96-5/8″.

- 1thumb

8 ft is 96”
96-5/8 =/= 96”

Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.

- willhime

Pre-cuts:

By using pre-cut 92-5/8″ long studs the framed wall height ends up being 97-1/8″:

(2) top plates for a thickness of 3″
92-5/8″ stud length
(1) bottom plate for a thickness of 1-1/2″
TOTAL wall height = 97-1/8″
So I’m sure the question is why does 97-1/8″ wall height make sense when you’re trying to get an 8′ ceiling height right? Well there’s more math at play here as the house is “finished”

Once typical 1/2″ drywall is installed to the ceiling the overall ceiling height drops from 97-1/8″ down to 96-5/8″.

- 1thumb

8 ft is 96”
96-5/8 =/= 96”

- SMP

-- WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH --

Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.

- willhime

Pre-cuts:

By using pre-cut 92-5/8″ long studs the framed wall height ends up being 97-1/8″:

(2) top plates for a thickness of 3″
92-5/8″ stud length
(1) bottom plate for a thickness of 1-1/2″
TOTAL wall height = 97-1/8″
So I’m sure the question is why does 97-1/8″ wall height make sense when you’re trying to get an 8′ ceiling height right? Well there’s more math at play here as the house is “finished”

Once typical 1/2″ drywall is installed to the ceiling the overall ceiling height drops from 97-1/8″ down to 96-5/8″.

- 1thumb

8 ft is 96”
96-5/8 =/= 96”

- SMP

I am not an expert, but when you hang drywall, you usually put up the top piece horizontally first, so now the top 4’ of the wall is covered. Then you put the bottom piece on to cover the lower half. You want slightly more than 4’ of space on the bottom so that you can fit a wonderbar or something underneath the piece of drywall to lift it.
If the wall space was exactly 8’, it would be a tight fit to get that bottom piece of drywall in.. there might even be cases where you’d have to “rip” a strip off the bottom to get it to fit. Thus, you need the extra space. That small gap on the bottom is covered with baseboard,

Yeah, they’re definitely for framing. They have a weird length- 92 5/8 or something like that.

- willhime

Pre-cuts:

By using pre-cut 92-5/8″ long studs the framed wall height ends up being 97-1/8″:

(2) top plates for a thickness of 3″
92-5/8″ stud length
(1) bottom plate for a thickness of 1-1/2″
TOTAL wall height = 97-1/8″
So I’m sure the question is why does 97-1/8″ wall height make sense when you’re trying to get an 8′ ceiling height right? Well there’s more math at play here as the house is “finished”

Once typical 1/2″ drywall is installed to the ceiling the overall ceiling height drops from 97-1/8″ down to 96-5/8″.

- 1thumb

8 ft is 96”
96-5/8 =/= 96”

- SMP

You walk around on the subfloor or carpet, hardwood, tile, etc,?

- 1thumb

Understood, and al floor materials are different sizes, stained concrete being 0”, wood being various thicknesses, tiles being various thicknesses plus various thicknesses of thinset etc, so the math cannot be accurate.

I am not an expert, but when you hang drywall, you usually put up the top piece horizontally first, so now the top 4 of the wall is covered. Then you put the bottom piece on to cover the lower half. You want slightly more than 4 of space on the bottom so that you can fit a wonderbar or something underneath the piece of drywall to lift it.
If the wall space was exactly 8 , it would be a tight fit to get that bottom piece of drywall in.. there might even be cases where you d have to “rip” a strip off the bottom to get it to fit. Thus, you need the extra space. That small gap on the bottom is covered with baseboard,

- LumberJockMan

This makes sense, just a buffer to allow the drywallers to work.