a mare of an installation

[moony]

no mate its upstairs. above a dining room

and you cant notch a third of joist its against regs whether or not it would bother you is a different matter no offence intended its building regs me and my company work towards - your allowed 1/8th. but thanks for your advice on a solution i will wait until building control get back to me on this one - the support beam underneath i would think would be a better solution as your not adding weight to weakened joists.

 

[kay-jay]

i've seen worse! i couldn't believe it, but notches at least 3/4 of the joist depth! waiting to hear from customer about what she wants to do.
i will reccomend speaking to building control, but she will probably not like being told that serious and expensive remedial work is required.

i was planning on rerouting the pipework, and bolting lengths of joist either side of the damaged joist to give support....
would this be acceptable or should i insist on building control and maybe just walk away from this???

KJ

 

[plumber0808]

that shower notch is bad, looks like they've used expanding foam to sort of stick one side of the joist back. classy.

at least you dont have to buy a trap for the basin