From: cyber 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Strange Looking Floor Joists
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 07:21:19 -0800

In article 
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 "Andrew Koenig"  wrote:

>  The main disadvantage is that can be more difficult to route
> plumbing pipes through it, because there are stricter restrictions on where
> it can be drilled.

If I were putting holes through it, I would gusset a length of plywood
on either side of the area. Like a box.
Hell, I might add panels to either side when ever I had some scrap 
plywood. The stuff looks like an "I" beam.
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