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Cut the wrong joist in my attic last Tuesday and had to fix it before the drywall crew showed up.
I was up in the crawl space over the garage in my house in Bellingham, cutting a new opening for a vent. My sawzall blade skipped and I took a chunk out of a load-bearing 2x8. I had to sister in a new 8-foot piece with a dozen 3-inch structural screws and a tube of adhesive. Has anyone else had to patch a structural member in a tight spot like that?
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stella_roberts8d ago
Oof, that "sawzall blade skipped" part gave me flashbacks. I saw a video last week where a guy had to fix a cut floor joist in a finished basement. He used a steel plate bolted on each side because he had zero clearance above for a sister. Your fix with the adhesive and screws sounds solid for that garage attic space.
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kelly_hart288d ago
Tbh that steel plate fix is a legit method for sure. The video guy probably used through-bolts with big washers. Ngl, adhesive alone wouldn't cut it on a main floor joist like that, it needs the clamping force from bolts. For my garage attic, the load is way less, so construction adhesive and screws are fine. Just a different situation.
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