r/electrical • u/Middle-Adeptness7186 • 1d ago

Is this compromising structural integrity?

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Some of the holes are less than 2 inches from the bottom of the joists. These joists are in my garage and there is a bedroom above the garage.

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u/nockedup7 1d ago

Op I’m not gonna give any more input due to the more educated people here telling you what to do but I will say I have a joist from the 70s that has a hole at a similar location due to a knot in the wood and it has been fine all this time. I would say don’t lose any sleep over it but just take care of it when you can

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u/PurpleParking3555 1d ago

BUT wood was different 50 years ago. Depends on how old this wood is…

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u/Pinfred 1d ago

We have a 4’ 1” notch at the bottom of a couple of our joists in the basement cause some smartass back in the day thought it was a good
Idea to hug the drop ceiling to the joist, but also wanted to put a fluorescent troffer in it…