Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
6y
I’m not 100% sure but it looks like a poor job of adding recessed lighting in this room and they trimmed holes in the drywall to allow for room to drill through each ceiling joist to pass the electrical wires through. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with a city inspection. Assuming I am correct, it would be easier for a drywall contractor to cut full straight sections for easier replacement instead of 30 small holes.
Maybe if that's the direction the lights are daisy chained. But then I don't see how an inspector would let that drywall fly. If there's an attic maybe you can get in there and check it out. But I would just replace all that ceiling drywall and inspect it while its open. Would be pretty easy since it doesn't appear to be taped and mudded yet.
Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
6y
I’m not 100% sure but it looks like a poor job of adding recessed lighting in this room and they trimmed holes in the drywall to allow for room to drill through each ceiling joist to pass the electrical wires through. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with a city inspection. Assuming I am correct, it would be easier for a drywall contractor to cut full straight sections for easier replacement instead of 30 small holes.
Developer · Charlottesville, VA · Member since 2018 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
6y
@Eric M. looks like they may have been running wires through each joist so they cut the holes to access for drilling. Would have been easier to just cut a channel.
Rental Property Investor · Member since 2018 · 826 posts · 809 votes
6y
@Eric Michaels whatever they were attempting I can think of numerous better ways to achieve the end result. Seems like inexperienced rehabbers, so it raises concern for anything else they touched.
Flipper/Rehabber · Winchester, VA · Member since 2019 · 56 posts · 16 votes
6y
Time wise, it would have much more prudent to just remove the unfinished ceiling, run the wires and put the ceiling back up. Now painters will have all those holes as well as the seams to finish vs just the seams. It may take twice the time to finish that ceiling. But it could be worse. I would take what @eric Michaels to heart
Specialist · Easton, PA · Member since 2018 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
6y
@Eric Michaels
I agree with @Greg Dickerson
They definitely cut to run wires for the recessed lights. At this point you are better off tearing it all down and starting over with new drywall. For the time it would take to cut each individual piece, you can have the ceiling down. Unless you have a magician of a drywall finisher, you’ll see the patches, there’s just to many
