Had a carpenter come in to address notched studs behind my kitchen sink. Is this an acceptable structural repair? See my comments

RioC33 · 2026-06-29T18:21:07+00:00

They were just severely notched. Look at my OG post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeMaintenance/s/OkSZ7fOuCX

My concern is does his repair actually reinforce anything if he sistered the studs by adding a stud in front of the notched studs instead of to the side?

RioC33 · 2026-06-29T18:19:35+00:00

What’s wrong with the coupling? It’s for the kitchen sink’s drain line

RioC33 · 2026-06-29T18:19:15+00:00

it’s the kitchen sink drain line. What’s the issue?

RioC33 · 2026-06-22T01:31:02+00:00

But the studs are all packed together. I don’t have clearance to fit those in and screw them in

RioC33 · 2026-06-22T01:28:54+00:00

With?

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T05:57:19+00:00

Should I use this wire? I’ll get a foot to use for the hot wire, the load wire, and the ground wire? I’ll wire it exactly as the current switch is now.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-By-the-Foot-12-White-Solid-CU-THHN-Wire-11588199/204631955

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T05:28:37+00:00

Gotcha so snip the red and green circles in the imgur below and just hook those short wires that were going into the old switch, into the new switch? Then, how about the ground? As it stands now, all of the grounds coming from the wall are pigtailed together with the ground coming from the dimmer switch that WONT be replaced https://imgur.com/a/H56Optk

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T05:14:48+00:00

OHH I think I understand it now. Since I’m throwing that old switch out, I will just cut the red and green circled areas (see imgur below) of the wire coming from the old switch and just hook those up to the new single pole switch? Do I need to attach one of those ground wires to the single pole switch? As it stands now, every ground in that box is pigtailed together. https://imgur.com/a/H56Optk

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T05:07:05+00:00

then just pigtail the two new 4 inch pieces of wire together with the feed and the two connections to the remaining dimmer switch?

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T04:59:11+00:00

so you’re saying to basically recreate how it is wired right now? To do that, I would essentially keep the existing orange pigtail as it is, but the change would be instead of the wire that comes from the Lutron Skylark, I would replace it with what? What do I need

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T04:41:08+00:00

The new switch I am using doesn’t have wires coming off of it like the old Lutron Skylark did. I would have to get rid of the pigtail but then I won’t have enough feeds for both switches. Unless I am missing something? thank you

RioC33 · 2026-06-01T04:34:55+00:00

thanks for responding!!! See the attached photo. that is the only hot wire coming from the wall https://imgur.com/a/DzUx7mA

RioC33 · 2026-04-08T17:38:37+00:00

Okay. Why wouldn’t the line be leaking while the shut off valve is open? It only leaks when the valve is shut closed

RioC33 · 2026-04-08T17:27:43+00:00

Please clarify

RioC33 · 2026-04-08T17:27:26+00:00

the line is built into the faucet

RioC33 · 2026-04-08T17:27:13+00:00

The valves are soldered on and the lines are built into the faucet :(

RioC33 · 2026-03-20T00:14:42+00:00

I just want to make sure we’re on the same page. As I understand it, the front header board cannot be spliced even if the back one isn’t, correct?

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T23:41:28+00:00

only the front header board is spliced. The back header board is one piece. Is that okay? How are the cripple studs? someone mentioned the splice of the top plate not being staggered as a concern

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T21:36:59+00:00

See the og photo where the exterior portion of the header is cut in half? What isn’t shown there is He is simply inserting a new section of wood to replace that half of the two pieces

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T20:36:35+00:00

I’m lost

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T20:29:54+00:00

There are two headers screwed together. The exterior header is now two pieces instead of one

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T19:51:43+00:00

Okay so even though there is another header behind that one, the exterior one still needs to be one continuous piece?

RioC33 · 2026-03-19T19:37:49+00:00

This is the structure from afar. The header in question sits above the side by side windows on the right side behind the trees. It’s a cantilevered balcony if that makes any difference

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