Uh...

We're allowed to go larger then 1" if we use "anti-nail plates" though, right? I get mine at a hardware store, the type plumbers use...

What about protection between the framing members (in the stud-bay voids) ? Do we have to sheet the entire run with 1/16" Galvanized steel?

-Virgil
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