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My friend's new house has a loft conversion done in maybe 2014 and the power to it failed, and to a socket on the floor below, if you're thinking "uh oh" you're right.. The entire loft was powered off a spur from that one socket, and it was all on a 60s era hand wired fuse box (with probably the wrong amperage wire in it) . The electrician they got round said "whoever did this was a fuckwit", and that the spur had pre 2014 wire colours so my guess is that there was a socket up there pre conversion that they just reused for *everything* when they did it. I smugly just replaced my own messed up fuse boxes with a brand new consumer unit and they were nowhere close to that bad.
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My Lovely Horse posted:How do you guys feel about the idea of a carpeted sauna I had to gis this and oh gently caress caption: "white stains on sauna bench and carpet"  (it could be just calcium residue or other dirt, but in a hotel like this I wouldn't want to take my chances)   quote:I know we have higher standards than the housekeeping staff at most hotels and we try to be objective with things like cleanliness of a room.....so I won't be mentioning anything about the stains on the carpets, the worn edges on the stairs, the rusty fireplace parts, the lack of a fake log in the fireplace, the tattered curtains, the dirty floor in the sauna, the grit on the floor of the pool area, the mirror in the bathroom that was hazy, and the general unkempt look of the bedroom and the circular bed. of course that kind of sauna won't work, if that image shows all of it, because at most your head will feel some heat while your toes are freezing. Sauna benches need to be situated so that your feet are at stove level or above. Nenonen fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Sep 7, 2019 |
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Sep 7, 2019 14:53
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quote:Ah......the bed. I would be willing to bet that the mfr of these beds went out of business soon after this place bought them...because its my opinion that they are still the same ones that the place opened with. I cannot for the life of me......think of a reason a hotel will not replace a worn out mattress......which needed to be replaced the LAST time we were there. It's the very foundation for what a hotel is supposed to offer its customers.....a decent place to lie down on. They went back? Nenonen posted:of course that kind of sauna won't work, if that image shows all of it, because at most your head will feel some heat while your toes are freezing. Sauna benches need to be situated so that your feet are at stove level or above. My Summer Car disagrees with you.
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My personal favorite hotel experiences were the Queens Blvd Best Western that was renting my room hourly when I was out: came back to find a line of coke and a used condom in the bathroom. And the hotel in Utica that hadn't washed all of the blood off of the jacuzzi. https://twitter.com/wurp/status/1064225154492964864?s=19
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Sep 7, 2019 15:26
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The coke line must have been a nice bonus but I hope you went to reception to ask for a clean condom
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Sep 7, 2019 15:31
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Nenonen posted:The coke line must have been a nice bonus but I hope you went to reception to ask for a clean condom There's already a sink in the room.
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Sep 7, 2019 15:52
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Just wanna say here that dealing with the original wiring in a house built in 1947 sure is an experience. Ugh.
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Sep 7, 2019 19:31
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Dr.Smasher posted:Just wanna say here that dealing with the original wiring in a house built in 1947 sure is an experience. Ugh. Knob and tube or asbestos cloth?
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:Knob and tube or asbestos cloth? Yes.
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Sep 7, 2019 20:50
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Pretty sure it's cloth. What's in the walls is staying there, I just want a ceiling fan in the bedroom.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:My personal favorite hotel experiences were the Queens Blvd Best Western that was renting my room hourly when I was out: came back to find a line of coke and a used condom in the bathroom. And the hotel in Utica that hadn't washed all of the blood off of the jacuzzi. Sounds like something off Another Dirty Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joj8Tn5Nn84
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While there were some choices made during the construction or remodeling of this house and I'm pretty sure at least one room has massive water damage on its ceiling, that isn't the real reason I'm posting it https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-magill-131914778       
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Sep 8, 2019 03:07
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Moatman posted:While there were some awesome choices made during the construction or remodeling of this house. It even comes with a murder room!
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Sep 8, 2019 03:21
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H110Hawk posted:It even comes with a murder room! Murder rooms, plural
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Sep 8, 2019 03:41
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Moatman posted:Murder rooms, plural A murder suite if you will.
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Moatman posted:While there were some choices made during the construction or remodeling of this house and I'm pretty sure at least one room has massive water damage on its ceiling, that isn't the real reason I'm posting it https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-magill-131914778 Saw the Alice Cooper picture, still wasn't prepared for the basement.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Saw the Alice Cooper picture, still wasn't prepared for the basement. Is there like a law that demands every creepy house have a straight up torture basement? for a moment I thought I'm watching some 1960's schlock film.
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By popular demand posted:Is there like a law that demands every creepy house have a straight up torture basement? for a moment I thought I'm watching some 1960's schlock film. Without the torture basement people might think you were going for Grandma Gothic. The Alice Cooper portrait alone might not be enough to tip the scales. Gotta make sure everyone knows your house is creepy, not quaint.
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By popular demand posted:Is there like a law that demands every creepy house have a straight up torture basement? for a moment I thought I'm watching some 1960's schlock film. Check out their basement, they're workin' on a torture rack!
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Sep 8, 2019 05:18
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I'm the Donnie Darko Devil/Rabbit quietly judging your sins against the mother church.
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Sep 8, 2019 05:22
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Scarodactyl posted:Well, they're history and learning, not sports and crap. Fuckin weebs
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Sep 8, 2019 08:01
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This is pretty amazing: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1G3eqjhJSC/ (That guy's whole channel is great. Thanks to Youth Decay for the link.)
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Sep 8, 2019 09:34
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it's a haunted house you guys sheesh available year round, for personal reasons
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They really hosed up by not putting that doll in the red chair into an old-timey electric chair.
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Sep 8, 2019 15:36
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Sep 8, 2019 18:22
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Did the electrician play 'pin the tail on the donkey' or something?
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Sep 8, 2019 18:26
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Aside from the obvious misplacement of the electrical connection, is a ceiling recess for a chandelier an actual thing? Seems an odd choice to put some ornate stuff on the ceiling, then recess it so you can only see it when you look up past a bunch of bright lights from underneath.
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Sep 8, 2019 20:02
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They put a drop ceiling below the original ceiling.
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nielsm posted:They put a drop ceiling below the original ceiling. 
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Sep 8, 2019 22:31
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Way back in the day when chandeliers used candles, a recess would've helped contain the soot stains.
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At a guess, the original ceiling didn't have room for the recessed light cans. Almost makes me wonder if it is a historical building and they are not allowed to remove any original structure? Which might explain why they went with an offset chandelier, so as not to damage the plaster medallion. Or they're just idiots, which is probably more accurate.
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wheatpuppy posted:At a guess, the original ceiling didn't have room for the recessed light cans. Almost makes me wonder if it is a historical building and they are not allowed to remove any original structure? Which might explain why they went with an offset chandelier, so as not to damage the plaster medallion. There's also the swag set up for chandeliers.
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kid sinister posted:There's also the swag set up for chandeliers. Which would be the easy way to fix this. But without seeing the floor it's not clear if that would put the lighting over an inconvenient spot.
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wheatpuppy posted:At a guess, the original ceiling didn't have room for the recessed light cans. O.K. but why are they wedded to recessed can lighting? Any other lamp would be less of an eyesore than this.
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Normally the sight of a chandelier makes me think "eat the rich". This just makes me furious. It looks like those shelves have a collection of old projectors, and guitar amps? I think it may be in a bar or something. That's bugging me too. Maybe it's just me, idk. YerDa Zabam fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Sep 9, 2019 |
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Nenonen posted:I had to gis this and oh gently caress I ... actually spent a few days at that place with my wife, many years ago. I don't remember any dubious stains or if the sauna was carpeted or not. I do remember the sauna was about the size of a phone booth, which kind of defeats the purpose if it's supposed to be a romantic couples room.
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I'm the guy in the mirror pulling my pants up after taking a monster poo poo.
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Platystemon posted:O.K. but why are they wedded to recessed can lighting? Sprinkler lines look to be in the drop ceiling as well.
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