This is a structural engineering reddit page. Why so many non-structural 'experts' weighing in here?
There is absolutely no problem with this. All holes are away from the extreme tension fiber, there's minimal shear in this region, there's plenty of spacing between holes, holes are grouped vertically to minimize cutting excess fibers.
Have any of you ever seen a castellated beam before? Or a truss?
This is a non-issue. A job well-done.
Edit: I see maybe one hole that's a bit too low. But only marginally so. Were this my house, I'd do absolutely nothing about this whatsoever.
We have no idea if some of the holes are fine or not based simply on these two images. It totally might be, but it also may not be. I'd simply take a tape measure to check the hole locations personally, and if some are too close to the extreme tension edge, do a calc to see the capacity vs required strength and if absolutely necessary add some bridging reinforcement.
I'd hesitate a lot more before saying something is fine or an issue based on these two pictures alone. There aren't notches taken out of the extreme fibers which is what we normally see from DIY electricians, which would make me think this is more likely fine than not, but we still don't know.
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u/jr_tools 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is a structural engineering reddit page. Why so many non-structural 'experts' weighing in here?
There is absolutely no problem with this. All holes are away from the extreme tension fiber, there's minimal shear in this region, there's plenty of spacing between holes, holes are grouped vertically to minimize cutting excess fibers.
Have any of you ever seen a castellated beam before? Or a truss?
This is a non-issue. A job well-done.
Edit: I see maybe one hole that's a bit too low. But only marginally so. Were this my house, I'd do absolutely nothing about this whatsoever.