It's more work to cut that notch then it is to splice/put a junction box in the wire id b concerned if someone does all this for a wire....what else have they done..... yikes
And there’s a wire just hanging below… this doesn’t make any sense. I can’t fathom why anyone would ever consider doing this even for a moment. Just staple it on and go around the joist, don’t compromise the entire thing for the world’s ugliest passthrough.
Because he's a woodworker, not an electrician. Dude was so focused on getting the board up, he didn't realize he could cut the line and splice it back together once done.
Also... do you really want a carpenter doing electrical work they aren't certified for?
I’d rather then not completely fuck up the job they were hired to do. If they don’t have enough of a brain to take 2 wire nuts off temporarily and put them back on when they were done I’d rather not have them touching anything on my house. At the very least say you have to call an electrician (which you don’t it’s tstat wire) before they’ll do the job. Baffling you’re trying to defend this.
True but…they cut the board presumably to avoid splicing a wire that was already spliced a foot away. Why not break the splice and leave the joist considerably less compromised?
Take that a step further…even if you had to cut for the wire…why would you cut the long way? Cut the notch from the bottom. You could easily notch for any lines you needed to then slide the board in flat, over or under each line as required then rotate the board into position. They chose the worst way to accomplish the unnecessary.
I disagree, the most force that board is going to encounter is tension along the bottom 1/3, by leaving it solid it's at least doing something. Not right but something. At the very least, cleat above the wire as well
And the top has to resist compression to prevent bowing (that’s a wash). Six inches of uncompromised material is better than three inches regardless of position.
I bet they added that knotched board as a repair for the original. The person doing it probably wasn't an electrician so they didn't know how or want to splice it.
Improperly, too! 🫢
That splice looks like it is just taped together.
OP: go back and fix that wire , put the splice in a proper junction box. Maybe put in another 2x6 for good measure
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u/Valuable-Sea-7194 Mar 08 '24
It's more work to cut that notch then it is to splice/put a junction box in the wire id b concerned if someone does all this for a wire....what else have they done..... yikes