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I’m surprised that no one actually did some experiments about this, pretty common scenario.

dhengr: You are absolutely correct, I've seen lots of framing mistakes done by reputable builders, calculating the load capacity on the paper is one thing and putting the wood together is another thing. It's very common to see splits in the studs caused by nails, problems like this would be very...

If this is a 2x6, and the holes are 2'' in diameer, do you think it's safe to calculate it as a 2x4?

Hi guys, There is a size and location requirement for notching and boring in stud, but does anyone knows the limitation of the number of drills in one single stud? In below situation, do you treat these drills as one when you calculate compression capacity?

Thank everyone for the great suggestions. Update: Just had a call with Simpson engineer and they confirmed that the stud load capacity would not be impacted, the only thing is that they are unsure about how much the strap would be weakened by the flattening, it allows rebend one time only.

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Sds screw is a good suggestion for holding the strap tight to the stud, but anyone knows a standard of how many empty nail holes are allowed in a stud/column?

Thanks Mark. Sorry I think I didn't make it clear in the question, the builder has already applied the fix of pulling off and renail. My client is in a dispute with the builder because the builder insists that the fix is not weakening the structure and refuse to do further fix. I'm unable to...

I think it's plate shrinkage, or the builder didn't flatten the strap before nailing it. The house was built 3 months ago. Now the nail holes cannot be easily filled with wood filler because the stud is behind the OSB exterior wall. Is there a code that mentions how many empty nail holes are...

I understand that the nail pattern is safe if it was installed correctly in the first place. If it's pulled off and re-nail back, then the nail holes would be doubled in the stud, that's my real worry. We have notching and Boring guideline, but do you know any nailing guideline? For instance...

The siding is bowing because of a buckled LSTHD, the fix has been done like this: remove the sidings, pull the strap off, flatten it and nail it back. There are 38 nails densely nailed to triple 2x6 load bearing stud that is supporting a major beam, do you think this fix could have possibly...