joist cabling routes

Phillcbr400 · Mar 25, 2013

Pretty simple question really,
Is it ok to use existing holes in joists when running in the cables?
Thanks
Phill

ayjay · Mar 25, 2013

to fit those metal plates you need to cut the top of the joist to flush them in
am i right or not right, am i wrong?

Silly Sausage · Mar 25, 2013

markc123 said:
Move your house to Whitby, you'll soon follow through.

I'm daft, but not that...
I could do with having a local East coast chipper near me though.

DPG · Mar 25, 2013

ayjay said:
to fit those metal plates you need to cut the top of the joist to flush them in
am i right or not right, am i wrong?

unless you want your floorboard to be 3mm higher than the rest. Daz

stuartcourt · Mar 25, 2013

I have not used then for years but we never did (dont think you should) and you could not tell with old boards but not sure with chip board sheets but would not think so

DPG · Mar 25, 2013

Surely you'd notice a 3mil height difference??

Silly Sausage · Mar 25, 2013

Chipboard is crap.
Put in my kitchen once then jumped up and down to test its strength.

You can guess the rest...
Painful!!!

stuartcourt · Mar 25, 2013

maybe you would but we did not, I am pretty sure you cant cut out the joist and I imagine millions have been used

R G · Mar 25, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
I'm daft, but not that...
I could do with having a local East coast chipper near me though.

Take your chances with Dracula or the mother in law , better still get the best Cod & chips in the country!!!!

DPG · Mar 25, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
Chipboard is crap.
Put in my kitchen once then jumped up and down to test its strength.

You can guess the rest...
Painful!!!

Fall through? Follow through? Daz

Stroppy · Mar 25, 2013

A friend of mine tried to fart in time with the music last year, and followed through. She ended up going home in a pair of my pants!

DPG · Mar 25, 2013

Classy lass!

Silly Sausage · Mar 25, 2013

DPG said:
Classy lass!

Lass???
He's talking Guernsey, they'll be more inbred than Norfolk!

Stroppy · Mar 25, 2013

She was an absolute gem, bless her. Several people described her behaviour as "a bloke with [big] t*ts"

And yes we are inbred as flip - there is one instance in my family tree in the early 1800's where a Stroppy married a Stroppy. And in those days apparently you could tell by looking at someone whether they came from one place, or another which was about a mile away.

Silly Sausage · Mar 25, 2013

And you're worryingly close to France as well!

Ah Strop, what's the boozing like on Sark?
Somewhere I've always wanted to go.

Stroppy · Mar 25, 2013

Boozing on Sark? Well, to start with last time I went maybe two years ago it was about £1.75 a pint, so yes very good, and its your normal UK lagers and beer, Carling, John Smiths, whatever. Cars are not allowed, so transport is by foot, horse and trap (really), or hired bicycle, so drink driving is not a problem. Un-tarmaced roads and lovely scenery. The official website for the Island of Sark - Sark Tourism Well worth a visit in summer. You need to go via Guernsey as that's the only place the boats go from, unless you go via France.