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Cement board shower enclosure that's been jointed with paper tape and drywall mud, across a wall that appeared to have had all of its studs cut out. The redguard was the least of their issues. Too late to fix any of it - they'd already done about half the shower walls.
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Oct 13, 2023 20:41
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My app still had it loaded, couldn’t save the actual image but it’d let me screenshot it:
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Oct 13, 2023 20:49
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The harbor freight bucket really ties it all together.
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Oct 13, 2023 22:01
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Usually I can at least figure out the line of thought based on the assumption that someone at some point was either trying to save time or money, but I can't think of any reason they'd notch those studs to near nonexistence to make room for a bunch of wood scraps that seemingly do nothing?
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Oct 13, 2023 23:47
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Several of those pieces look as old as the studs, are we entirely confident that this isn't just hiding the previous owner's mistakes inside the wall?
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Oct 14, 2023 00:11
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Cat Hatter posted:Usually I can at least figure out the line of thought based on the assumption that someone at some point was either trying to save time or money, but I can't think of any reason they'd notch those studs to near nonexistence to make room for a bunch of wood scraps that seemingly do nothing? I assumed they were previously notched out for some plumbing shenanigans. Then after those pipes were removed they added the scraps as filler so they could attach drywall.
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Oct 14, 2023 00:12
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They were trying to build a shower that was partly recessed in to the wall and had to notch that poo poo. love it.
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Oct 14, 2023 01:13
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The Reddit thread mentions some fun details. 1. The other side of that wall is the kitchen. 2. The bathroom has been renovated a few times before. Poorly. 3. The contractor was selected due to convenience. He had just finished work on the downstairs condo unit, and the work appeared “good” when complete. No other bids from anyone else.
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Oct 14, 2023 01:45
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Must be the same contractor that that toronto couple used. The one that was like a meth addict with a suspended driver's license that just happened to be riding by on a bike while they were talking about renovating. Then what little work he did was uhhhh sub par.
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Oct 14, 2023 02:14
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Didn’t that guy drive a bobcat into a foundation wall or something? Such a great story.
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Oct 14, 2023 02:24
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Orvin posted:downstairs condo unit Oh perfect, would love to have that load bearing not-wall above my head and not even know it.
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Oct 14, 2023 03:19
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The Harbor Freight bucket really sells it. Christ, I sure hope that's not a load-bearing wall Shifty Pony posted:The harbor freight bucket really ties it all together. (dammit, SP)
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Oct 14, 2023 03:19
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:Must be the same contractor that that toronto couple used. https://torontolife.com/real-estate/parkdale-reno-hell/
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Oct 14, 2023 04:21
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Cat Hatter posted:The plug end was cut off and is sitting in the panel not connected at either end. It might as well be in the garbage. I can pretty much guarantee that the plug was attached and dangling below the panel to be plugged into a generator JUST BARELY before someone responsible took the pictures.
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Oct 14, 2023 04:53
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Holy poo poo they made every single bad decision they possibly could, and walked away having learned that "you can't short-cut a reno". Baffling.
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Oct 14, 2023 04:57
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Lmfao what a couple of *******
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Oct 14, 2023 19:05
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How do people so naive end up with so much money in the first place??? How does a Food Network writer with a half time employed husband make enough to afford a half million house? They're like one of those renovation TV show families with their bullshit jobs: "I'm an underwater basket weaver and my husband makes scarves for left handed weasels. Our budget is 2 gajillion dollars."
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Oct 14, 2023 21:54
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They have rich parents.
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Oct 14, 2023 22:27
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peanut posted:They have rich parents. And just out of PURE LUCK our GODFATHER casually lent us $300k!!!
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Oct 14, 2023 22:36
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Scrungus posted:And just out of PURE LUCK our GODFATHER casually lent us $300k!!! Pretty sure that number is low by an order of magnitude.
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Oct 15, 2023 01:21
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peanut posted:They have rich parents. They also only say about a third of the story. There's one I saw that describes the wife as a "writer" with no qualification as to what that means. She's literally won a Pulitzer.
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Oct 15, 2023 02:16
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Bad Munki posted:My app still had it loaded, couldn’t save the actual image but it’d let me screenshot it: Rube Goldberg wall
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Oct 15, 2023 02:59
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Bad Munki posted:My app still had it loaded, couldn’t save the actual image but it’d let me screenshot it: Looks like this guy graduated from the MC Escher school of Carpentry. (You don't actually get a diploma, you just need to find a way out).
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Oct 16, 2023 16:25
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Oct 16, 2023 17:02
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Slightly geothermal heat pump
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Oct 16, 2023 17:20
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The number of bad contractors out there is staggering. My neighbor saved up for years to do a small bath renovation and had so many issues with the tile guy that I offered to come and install a new floor for them because no one should have to deal with that. They had 1" hex tiles installed and the contractor used too big spacers between each sheet of tile so there was a bigger grout line every 12" across the entire floor. His "fix" was even worse.
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Oct 16, 2023 18:47
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We had our bathroom refinished and the tile subcontractor hosed up the tiled shelves in our shower. The guy was supposed to be a 'really good', but he still tiled the shelves with a backward grade so water pooled to the back of the shelves. Honestly, I've never tiled a thing in my life, but I sure as gently caress know that the tiles are supposed to be slightly graded to allow water to drain.
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Oct 17, 2023 00:06
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Canuckistan posted:We had our bathroom refinished and the tile subcontractor hosed up the tiled shelves in our shower. The guy was supposed to be a 'really good', but he still tiled the shelves with a backward grade so water pooled to the back of the shelves. Honestly, I've never tiled a thing in my life, but I sure as gently caress know that the tiles are supposed to be slightly graded to allow water to drain. Congrats, you know water drains downhill. That's more then my town does (they installed drainage pipes pointing upwards)
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Oct 17, 2023 00:32
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Okay that's just impressive I would pay money to see a chain of events that led up to this.
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Oct 17, 2023 03:36
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I wanna see what happens when you run it
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Oct 17, 2023 05:43
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I’ve done a fair amount of tile work but did my first shower niche with the house my wife and I bought. I got a little over zealous with the shelf angle because I was paranoid about pooling, she had me dial the angle back down some. I also bought a prefab niche that is all one piece backer board to minimize the chance for leaks. I did however not pour mortar for the tub base because it was being a pain and the insulation instructions said you can just glue it down. The tub now creaks so I am currently cutting holes in the backside wall so I can spray foam a base for the tub and hopefully stop the creaking.
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Oct 17, 2023 06:01
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Nitrox posted:Okay that's just impressive Its not a long or complex chain. The ac unit was there before, and the concrete guys dgaf
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Oct 17, 2023 13:29
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Air source < ground source < concrete source heat pump
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Oct 17, 2023 13:45
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MRC48B posted:Its not a long or complex chain. The ac unit was there before, and the concrete guys dgaf Tbf I can absolutely imagine a homeowner going ‘nah moving that is too expensive just pour around it’
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Oct 17, 2023 15:00
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Nitrox posted:Okay that's just impressive Someone said they needed a concrete pad for their condenser and the concrete guy misinterpreted the instructions.
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Oct 17, 2023 15:28
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the yeti posted:Tbf I can absolutely imagine a homeowner going ‘nah moving that is too expensive just pour around it’ This, probaby. Sad part is, it could be lifted 6" no problem without disconnecting anything; the lineset and current feed are flexible enough. At the very least they could have knocked up a form around it, poured it, waited a week, had 2-guys lift it high enough to slide a couple boards under it, then pour to fill. Or hell, just fill it with stone. Now, the lineset is encased in concrete. Nice job!
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Oct 17, 2023 22:13
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Don't worry, when it inevitably fails and needs maintenance, it'll just stay entombed forever and they'll just install a new one next to it. Or on top of it??
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Oct 17, 2023 22:17
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Bad Munki posted:Don't worry, when it inevitably fails and needs maintenance, it'll just stay entombed forever and they'll just install a new one next to it. Or on top of it?? Around and above it, like a Mayan pyramid.
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Bad Munki posted:Don't worry, when it inevitably fails and needs maintenance, it'll just stay entombed forever and they'll just install a new one next to it. Or on top of it?? Like a smaller, newer TV using the massive, monumental console TV as a TV stand!
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