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Re: What are these and are they O.K.?
What I see in all of them are mis-matched connection points where that piece does more harm than good.
In the first photo, one vertical 2x4 with a 'T' or 'L' brace supports the bottom of the 'thingy' (technical termy), which then *only* supports the bottom of a cut down 2x shim stood on its side.
Just a little movement and that shim standing on its side will act like Fido, play dead and roll over.
That 'thingy' does absolutely nothing except create another hinge point
In the second photo, the vertical support is off center of the 'thingy', with the load above offset from the support below, and the grain of the 'thingy' is running parallel with the load above. The load above could easily shear the grain of the 'thingy', thereby leaving a space, which, hopefully, would be filled with special 'structural air' and not 'regular air'.
In the second photo, the 'thingy' further back, you can see the vertical support, the 'thingy' and the load above ... there is no reason for the 'thingy' there.
The third photo looks like the first 'thingy' in the second photo, waiting to be sheared through its grain due to the support and load being offset from each other.
While they may be used in Texas, I concur with West Coast Jerry: "I'd call those "goof pads." ", or, at the very least "goofed up pads".
Or maybe simply "goofy pads".
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