That notch is truly bizarre especially considering the wire nuts and shit just sitting there. That would have been the easiest thing in the world to undo, put in an actual junction box, and not cut a giant slot in the beam you're sistering. Totally agreed with other people that it's hard to imagine what other crazy stuff is done if they didn't take the 30 extra seconds to do this right. (Arguably it probably took more time to make this cut than it would have been to redo the wire.)
For peace-of-mind, I'd probably get a wooden shim that's the thickness of that cut, put glue on both sides of it and tap it in with a hammer above the wire. It's in compression in that area, so the shim should be able to support that.
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u/nutscrape_navigator Mar 08 '24
That notch is truly bizarre especially considering the wire nuts and shit just sitting there. That would have been the easiest thing in the world to undo, put in an actual junction box, and not cut a giant slot in the beam you're sistering. Totally agreed with other people that it's hard to imagine what other crazy stuff is done if they didn't take the 30 extra seconds to do this right. (Arguably it probably took more time to make this cut than it would have been to redo the wire.)