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electric wire through it (  jb721 08-21-2012 10:07 AM  Replace a
stud with electric wire through it I bought my house a couple
years ago and there is a garage conversion room where the
carport used to be which is now completely finished. I think at
some point before I bought it somebody hit the front of the room
with their car and broke a stud. The stud has electrical wire
running through it. I've cut out the bad piece of stud but I'm
not sure the best way to replace it with the wire going through
it. I was thinking of drilling a hole for the wire and then
cutting out a big dovetail letting me stick the wire in the hole
and then reassembling the stud. I've also considered cutting the
wire and putting a junction box. Not sure what the "best"
solution is but I need it to be by the book. It isn't bearing
any load.  The real reason I want to make sure that it is all
done by the book is that the