taking bets when the house falls down

[hvacvegas]

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....."

[Wheelbaron]

When will the cheep bastards learn to make ALL basements 9' so there is room to run everything without cutting joists??

[71CHOPS]

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!!

[icesailor]

You can't fix stupid.

[Rodney28334]

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.

[ldmth44]

Well, since it lasted 112 years, whats the issue? It has already settled!!!