1857 - looks like we have a handle on it.  I wonder if the Romans - who
standardized so many things - had a similar set of standards.

Ed Minch





On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:17 PM, Mick Dowling  wrote:

> On page 47 he mentions marking out the plates for studs at 14 inches apart,
> or 16" centres. He then goes on to say that the end spacing might be more or
> less than 14" but that 'it is better to have the odd space all at one end
> for the plasterers in lathing.'
> 
> To me this suggests that laths came in stock lengths back then, maybe in
> easy to handle bundles 4' long.