Hi all,
This isn't strictly a plumbing question but I don't know of any good construction forums.
I had an overzealous electrition cut a 1.5 inch wide by 2 inch deep notch in the top of my 2x6 floor joist. I know that the top of a joist is in compression and the bottom is in tension. I've been searching for a fix and was planning on using a 1/4" thick piece of flatstock steel, bolted and epoxied to the side of the joist but ran across a link http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Wedge
seems interesting, using wedges to make up for the compression strength that was lost.
Any thoughts on this type of fix? seems quite elegant.
thanks
d
This isn't strictly a plumbing question but I don't know of any good construction forums.
I had an overzealous electrition cut a 1.5 inch wide by 2 inch deep notch in the top of my 2x6 floor joist. I know that the top of a joist is in compression and the bottom is in tension. I've been searching for a fix and was planning on using a 1/4" thick piece of flatstock steel, bolted and epoxied to the side of the joist but ran across a link http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Wedge
seems interesting, using wedges to make up for the compression strength that was lost.
Any thoughts on this type of fix? seems quite elegant.
thanks
d