I just did a house last week where I cut 8" holes through some 10x TGI joints.
Builders quote: "as long as your 5' 8" away from the ends, your ok."
Framers quote: "....I don't know if thats exactly accurate....."
"Better tell the sandman to stay away, because we're gonna be workin on this one all night."
"Dude, you need more than 2 wires to a condenser to run a 2 stage heatpump."
you'd be surprised how well a building holds it'self together....amazing the amount of material that can be removed without....uhhh....catastrophic failure!!LOL!!
I just did a house last week where I cut 8" holes through some 10x TGI joints.
Builders quote: "as long as your 5' 8" away from the ends, your ok."
Framers quote: "....I don't know if thats exactly accurate....."
We had a new hire cut 2 - square 24"wx12"h holes out of tgi webbing in a few joists! Had to call in engineer and cost us over 7k to repair. 10 years installation experience my ass.
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Originally Posted by hvacvegas
Well, since it lasted 112 years, whats the issue? It has already settled!!!
