Can I remove the short horizontal 2x4's between the Vertical 2x4's?

Leona Clemens
by Leona Clemens
Want to make shelves for holding craft jars with the EZ StudRacks.

  5 answers
  • William William on Sep 29, 2017

    Yes you can. I use the stud spaces for storage in my workshop.

  • B. Enne B. Enne on Sep 29, 2017

    Yes the shelves will basically serve the same purpose.

  • UTAHGAL UTAHGAL on Sep 30, 2017

    yes you can they are supports but the racks will do almost same thing

  • Carol Carol on Sep 30, 2017

    I believe those short pieces of wood between studs are actually 'fire-breaks', and a building code requirement. If a fire were to break out, those pieces of wood would serve to slow the advancement of fire within the walls. With that being said, substituting another kind of insert would serve the same purpose. At any rate, if you are opening the wall to do something different it seems like it would not matter. I am not an expert but this is what my common sense tells me.

  • Wendy Wendy on Sep 30, 2017

    Good luck, let us know how it goes!