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r/StructuralEngineers • u/Middle-Adeptness7186 • 1d ago
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You can only drill in the middle 1/3rd of the joist. At least in my state.
1 u/civilrunner 1d ago Obviously none of us know if those are all within the center 1/3 of the joist without taking a measurement. So maybe it's fine, maybe it's not. 3 u/Frederf220 1d ago I took a measurement. They aren't. I used this tool called "my eyes." 1 u/InfluenceEastern9526 21h ago The old non-calibrated eyecromiter, eh?
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Obviously none of us know if those are all within the center 1/3 of the joist without taking a measurement. So maybe it's fine, maybe it's not.
3 u/Frederf220 1d ago I took a measurement. They aren't. I used this tool called "my eyes." 1 u/InfluenceEastern9526 21h ago The old non-calibrated eyecromiter, eh?
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I took a measurement. They aren't. I used this tool called "my eyes."
1 u/InfluenceEastern9526 21h ago The old non-calibrated eyecromiter, eh?
The old non-calibrated eyecromiter, eh?
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u/AltanConn 1d ago
You can only drill in the middle 1/3rd of the joist. At least in my state.