Admiral Joeslop posted:

https://i.imgur.com/SLMpGk6.mp4

moist turtleneck posted:

cant even tell if those posts are going into the ground or not, but i guess they will eventually

Meow Meow Meow posted:

Deteriorata posted:

That's a nice-looking fence. What's the prob... oh.

PurpleXVI posted:

Man that is absolutely amazing. Truly a wonder of the modern world.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

You know, now that phrasing makes me wonder. Obviously the only examples of Roman engineering that we still have today are the ones that were built to last. But human nature never really changes, so there must have been instances, now lost to time, where Gaius Bubbacus Tertius built a really lovely extension to his villa on the cheap. And there's no way that some of those remote border forts didn't have some sketchy poo poo rigged up by bored soldiers.

VelociBacon posted:

While you guys were partying looking at the swimming pool, I was studying the blade getting ready to retire easily and early after an unfortunate and legally indefensible trip on the stairs

PurpleXVI posted:

"...and here are the hanging gardens of Babylon. Not pictured are the falling gardens of Babylon, built by the lowest bidder."

Blue Footed Booby posted:

Did the ancient Egyptians have subcontractors?

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229 If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.

230 If it kills the son of the owner, the son of that builder shall be put to death.

231 If it kills a slave of the owner, then he shall pay, slave for slave, to the owner of the house.

232 If it ruins goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re-erect the house from his own means.

233 If a builder builds a house for someone, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means.

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When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

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35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like a defiling mold in my house.’ 36 The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mold, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house. 37 He is to examine the mold on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall, 38 the priest shall go out the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.39 On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mold has spread on the walls, 40 he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town. 41 He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town. 42 Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.

43 “If the defiling mold reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered, 44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean. 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

https://i.imgur.com/SLMpGk6.mp4

HelleSpud posted:

Code of Hammurabi

Deuteronomy 22:8

Leviticus 14:39-45

Wingnut Ninja posted:

You know, now that phrasing makes me wonder. Obviously the only examples of Roman engineering that we still have today are the ones that were built to last. But human nature never really changes, so there must have been instances, now lost to time, where Gaius Bubbacus Tertius built a really lovely extension to his villa on the cheap. And there's no way that some of those remote border forts didn't have some sketchy poo poo rigged up by bored soldiers.

HelleSpud posted:

Code of Hammurabi

BONUS - SAFETY RAILS!

Deuteronomy 22:8

New Living Translation
“When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof."


BONUS - MOLD!

Leviticus 14:39-45
New International Version

And, of course, that Babel hackjob.

Meow Meow Meow posted:

PainterofCrap posted:

There aren't too many options for where that pipe has to go. The crock can't be moved. The pump cannot likely be rotated. It has to clear the beam and the duct.

The Dave posted:

Is the typical sump pump strong enough to push the discharge that high? Mine only goes vertical for like 4 feet and then let's gravity do it's thing.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

You know, now that phrasing makes me wonder. Obviously the only examples of Roman engineering that we still have today are the ones that were built to last. But human nature never really changes, so there must have been instances, now lost to time, where Gaius Bubbacus Tertius built a really lovely extension to his villa on the cheap. And there's no way that some of those remote border forts didn't have some sketchy poo poo rigged up by bored soldiers.

brugroffil posted:

They typically give GPH ratings for horizontal/0' lift and 10' lift. I would imagine most systems are running in 7'-10' basements plus sump depth and need to get out to ~ground level. It all comes down to head loss, which is combo of vertical lift, bends, and length.

PainterofCrap posted:

There aren't too many options for where that pipe has to go. The crock can't be moved. The pump cannot likely be rotated. It has to clear the beam and the duct.

n0tqu1tesane posted:

Clearly it was built in self defense to stop hordes of invaders from advancing up their back lawn. One quick knock at the bottom of the structure and you've got a huge amount of water/burning oil to wash away the advancing army.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

You know, now that phrasing makes me wonder. Obviously the only examples of Roman engineering that we still have today are the ones that were built to last.

Nenonen posted:

Not really, majority of what is left is literally ruins. But it's tricky to tell if the house was abandoned because it was built poorly and fell or if they had a fire or other reasons.

stevewm posted:

That looks like a 3000-4000 gallon pool... So that "structure" has at least 25,000lbs (11,300kg) on it

ptier posted:

My 1963 house called and says that it pre-dates safety. Which is why I have a poo poo interior door separating the garage from the kitchen.

It’s on my list to fix. Cause drat.

kid sinister posted:

From the Electrical thread. I'm digging the 2 prong suicide cords.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxeKdIOx14Y

PainterofCrap posted:

Meth. Not even once.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

https://i.imgur.com/SLMpGk6.mp4

3D Megadoodoo posted:

This really dahirs my insaats.

Meow Meow Meow posted:

PurpleXVI posted:

Time to make a new religious movement based entirely on OSHA commandments harvested from all previous religions. The ritual vestments will be a high-vis vest, a hard hat and safety glasses. The congregation is allowed to wear their ear protection while attending sermon.

Splicer posted:

The last one is my favourite kinds of religious instruction. Through perfectly standard effort they came up with a practical procedure for mold remediation in their region, but preceded the instructions with with "The Lord said to Moses and Aaron" because people are people and nobody would pay attention otherwise.

I can just see some grizzled contractor looking over the scribes shoulder and saying "put the mold thing in there. Yeah, uh, Aaron really hated mold"