In article , (Neil) wrote:
The joist is drilled through vertically, not horizontally. The hot
water pipe goes straight down thru the joist from the baseboad in one
room and runs underneath before turning back up (through the another
joist) to go to a baseboard in another room.

A top view would look like this ...
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and a side view like this ...


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Wow. That's amazing. The plumber who installed that is an idiot.

OK, here's what I'd do:
1. Get *two* 2x8s (or whatever size your joist is) by at least six feet long.
2. Attach one on *each* side of the drilled joist, aligning the centers of the
sisters with the drilled hole. Attach each sister with only about six nails,
in rows of three about six inches each side of the center.
3. Place jacks under *each* sister, right next to the drilled hole, and raise
the floor *slowly* (1/8" per day **maximum** rate) until it's level.
4. After the floor is level, nail the sisters to the joist along the remainder
of their length.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?