Atlanta Home Inspector Discovers Plumber's Big Mistake

http://www.weinspect4u.com Atlanta Home Inspector reveals the bottom cord of structural framing is not allowed to be cut but the plumber needed some additional space for a drain line so he did it anyway.

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[TheRealityisreality]

@TheRealityisreality to add to my previous comment however, I cant help but remember being in this position many times as a framer, and looking at "ALL" the pages in the plans and moving my joists around to avoid things like this. Its not hard to figure out how much room a toilet needs against a wall. 2 types of framers in the world, guys that say screw it and just go off the plan, and guys that can see issues down the road, which ones do you think the builders call back? cant underbid brains!

[TheRealityisreality]

The Joists are doubled because its load bearing, there is a wall above it. The plumber is what I call a hack. He had no business cutting the joist, all you can do now is sister a joist against the uncut BCI. It will pass then and be just fine. I would however send the plumber a bill, complete with pictures of his "work" and my fix and dare him to try to flake it.

[yendor1200]

ok mister home inspector, what woud you have done. i honestly think you would have done a sister joist as well.

[sanity599]

@sanity599 You should look at US Steel. Their steel used to be the best in the world. But the union just kept going on strike until Japanese steel was able to break their market. Now they need yours and my tax dollars in the form of subsides. The American tax payer keeps them going so we can have a steel plant in America. And it is directly the unions fault.

I'll let you in on another secret. Someone that is a US citizen is an American not a foreigner you pompous ass.

[sanity599]

@atcaleb Talk about somebody with issues. Another example of the pot calling the kettle black. What you lose your cushy union job? No more three hour coffee breaks? No more sleeping in the back of the truck?? Unions are supposed to take care of the worker. But all over America they have destroyed jobs. Just keep going on strike and raise the price until foreign materials and workers take over. Next time you see china on something realize the Union made that happen.

[atcaleb]

@sanity599 Why would you say Union made? You have some issues buddy. Majority of new homes are not at all Union made. in fact I'll bet most of that engineered lumber was made in China, go look inside a new home and see for yourself. Made in China all over the materials. I'll bet the plumber, electrician, insulators etc. were all non-Union. I'll bet over half the labor was foreign. Maybe US citizens, but not born in the US. Go out to a site and look-for real. P

[sanity599]

This should have been caught by the building inspector when the house was being built. But a few dollars passes and nobody is the wiser.  Until a huge crack opens in the wall but by then everybody has gotten paid and building another fine example of union workmanship.

[HomeEnergyNow]

One of the million reasons to hire a good framer. We would actually install the floor joist knowing where the tub/toilet drains need to be. To me it looks as if has already been repaired with the joist next to it. TJI are rarely doubled up like that, unless one needs cut for plumbing.

[MovingUpp]

Hey inspector. Isn't that a scab-on brace installed to the right of the cut-out? If so, how does theory dictate it performs relative to design? Are the floor's newly down-rated loads being breached with this cutout/scab?

...not everything that's not "to code" is dangerous. Don't murder liberty. Please. Don't kill happiness.

[2525monsterman]

just so it fixst the problumb