If your home is more than 20 years old your floor joists are most likely solid wood 2x8s 2x10s or 2x12s.
How to run wire without drilling floor joists.
I m in bc canada and need to figure out how many holes i need to bore in the dimensional floor joist lumber and the number of wires i can run in each hole as a run across the room to a main panel.
Drilling floor joists to run plumbing wiring or ducts can be tricky.
But modern living requires electrical wiring and plumbing.
Attaching an electric wire under a ceiling joist.
Follow the rules to keep your floor solid.
There are very specific locations and sizes in the code telling you what is allowed.
How to drill a hole through the side of a floor joist.
The picture above shows what can happen when an untrained plumber is working on your home.
The notching and boring rules of thumb for solid lumber are shown in fig.
Let s review what is wrong with this particular joist and discuss what the proper technique is for.
I need to run about 8 x 14 2 wires 12 wire water heater 10 dryer wire and 2 x 12x2 wires through a set of 10 floor joists 2x10.