Tony Medaglia
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Hi All,
Apologies up front for the ignorance and a NooB post, but I made a dumb mistake and hope you can help me to fix it.
In an attempt to drill through the top plate on a lower-level (2-story) exterior wall to run some cabling, I drilled holes too close to each other and too close to the edge of the plate. The holes are above a stud bay that is 10-3/4" wide (12-1/4" on center) with the stud on the left being a normal one and the one on the right being a king stud next to a window. There are two floor joists above the area, but both are OUTboard of the two studs--therefore, no direct weight on the area that was drilled.
My thought was to use two Simpson CTS-218's to strap the area and reinforce--will this suffice? I'm obviously in over my head at this point but I want to ensure that I haven't compromised the frame of the house. Thank you for any guidance/advice/reassurance you can provide.
Apologies up front for the ignorance and a NooB post, but I made a dumb mistake and hope you can help me to fix it.
In an attempt to drill through the top plate on a lower-level (2-story) exterior wall to run some cabling, I drilled holes too close to each other and too close to the edge of the plate. The holes are above a stud bay that is 10-3/4" wide (12-1/4" on center) with the stud on the left being a normal one and the one on the right being a king stud next to a window. There are two floor joists above the area, but both are OUTboard of the two studs--therefore, no direct weight on the area that was drilled.
My thought was to use two Simpson CTS-218's to strap the area and reinforce--will this suffice? I'm obviously in over my head at this point but I want to ensure that I haven't compromised the frame of the house. Thank you for any guidance/advice/reassurance you can provide.
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