Electrician has cut holes to close to joist ends

[JazzyB]

Hi

Employed electrician to wire extra sockets in bedrooms upstairs in an empty house. However I have noticed when I lifted floor board up to do other work, that the cables are running through holes close to ends of the joists, not within the safe zones, .25 & .4, as with Building Regs.

Looking for advise on how to approach this, with them.

Thanks
Jazz

 

[Mike Johnson]

The analysis carried out by a qualified Structural Engineer that qualified the zones specified where established for a reason, taking into account the compression and tension zones within the timber and the shear zones at the bearing end, a Structural Engineer would not dream of telling an Electrician how to do his job.....................................

 

[telectrix]

them joists will still be supporting the floor long after today's new builds have been bulldozed into landfills.

 

[mattg4321]

Where’s the eye roll emoji

 

[MJPD29]

I dont think that will ever cause any structural damage to the joist. It'll be absolutely fine I've seen it in many many places and it's never caused an issue. Just put the floorboards down and don't worry about it.

 

[Pretty Mouth]

The analysis carried out by a qualified Structural Engineer that qualified the zones specified where established for a reason, taking into account the compression and tension zones within the timber and the shear zones at the bearing end, a Structural Engineer would not dream of telling an Electrician how to do his job.....................................

I am literally holding my head in my hands reading this

 

[UNG]

The analysis carried out by a qualified Structural Engineer that qualified the zones specified where established for a reason, taking into account the compression and tension zones within the timber and the shear zones at the bearing end, a Structural Engineer would not dream of telling an Electrician how to do his job.....................................

For structural engineer read overkill merchant over the years the ones I've come across have such a high overhead on their calcs the likelyhood of anything happening even in an earthquake is minimal

 

[GBDamo]

The analysis carried out by a qualified Structural Engineer that qualified the zones specified where established for a reason, taking into account the compression and tension zones within the timber and the shear zones at the bearing end, a Structural Engineer would not dream of telling an Electrician how to do his job.....................................

Id argue the reason was to prescribe a place where notches should be made rather than to say where holes couldn't be made.

 

[LukeD]

Is there not another set of holes about 2 inches further into the joists ? Looks like there are