Joshua Hardesty
08-02-2008, 07:21 PM
Okay, I know that you are VERY limited when boring holes into LVL's, but how about this situation:
I was building a house with two bathrooms side-by-side. There was a joist that was running across where two toilets and the center of the tub needed to go, so we asked the framers to come move the joist. So they do, but they use LVL's instead of regular lumber because they didn't have any. Framer tells me I can treat it like regular lumber because it's just being used to replace regular lumber.
What are your thoughts on this? Can I have my way with it, or is the structure of LVL's such that a 2" hole bored through it will significantly weaken the board, even if it's not being used to bridge a significan span?
I was building a house with two bathrooms side-by-side. There was a joist that was running across where two toilets and the center of the tub needed to go, so we asked the framers to come move the joist. So they do, but they use LVL's instead of regular lumber because they didn't have any. Framer tells me I can treat it like regular lumber because it's just being used to replace regular lumber.
What are your thoughts on this? Can I have my way with it, or is the structure of LVL's such that a 2" hole bored through it will significantly weaken the board, even if it's not being used to bridge a significan span?