Sparks gone mad

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:30 am

FFS I think someone forgot to bring there drill
These used to be nice strong 8"x 2" joists over a 10ft span, now its more like 4"X 2" over a 10ft span, the client wondered
why he had a bit of bounce in the floor

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:46 am

OMG

That is the worst case of joist notching I have ever seen.

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:33 am

I think they got a bit carried away there

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:22 am

A tad to keen with the saw? that looks like about 1/2 the joist is gone

nice bridge work...is that hardboard

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:26 pm

Someone had a new saw to try out by the looks of that! Disgraceful work

Surely the client noticed the horse outside

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:44 pm

He's made sure there's plenty of clearance in that notch!

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:26 pm

stevemastic wrote:A tad to keen with the saw? that looks like about 1/2 the joist is gone nice bridge work...is that hardboard

Think the pieces of wood over the top are just packing as the floor board was thinner, joists are 100yr old pine

Hinton Heating · Post by **Hinton Heating** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:40 pm

shows how strong the joist actually are! :)

sparkydude · Post by **sparkydude** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:37 pm

trouble is these days with more and more services being required by the clients sometimes and i say SOMETIMES it s not an option to go any other route. Having said that i doubt seriously that the notching was done by the sparks as why have they drilled so many holes next to a large notch when the could have accomodated everything in the same notch ELV cables excepted. Seems strange to me

Nick

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:30 pm

Whats that ghostly semispheric shaped thing at the top of the first pic?..

Hinton Heating · Post by **Hinton Heating** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:59 pm

i agree, to meet the regs its actually hard to drill the right number of holes, the right distance apart within the zone

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:08 pm

Gadget wrote:Whats that ghostly semispheric shaped thing at the top of the first pic?..

Think what you can see Gadget is the top edge of an old light fitting as i'm gutting the place and there's crap everywhere