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Idk it doesn't seem like an inherently bad idea by itself, just overcomplicated for the use case. However I highly doubt that it is actually built properly.
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I recognize all the reasons to not build one, especially the way that guy did, but I'm a sucker for a cable stayed
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Canuckistan posted:I'm no engineer, but I don't think that the front posts will stay true for long. my guess is they didn't want to pull their dock on shore every winter, cause ice. i highly doubt this resolves the issue based on their description
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I had a coworker who was retiring down to Tennessee somewhere. The river they were on had some sort of rule or law or something that there could not be a pier put into the water. So the way around that was to put a cable stayed suspension pier out over the water. The coworker didn’t go through that effort, but just hung out with the neighbors who did.
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Even if that water is down a foot or two that dock is still going to be pretty high isn't it? Like the water level can't even rise that high before it overflows and then the first step is going to be at water level.
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wesleywillis posted:Even if that water is down a foot or two that dock is still going to be pretty high isn't it? Like the water level can't even rise that high before it overflows and then the first step is going to be at water level. Yeah but the precut stair risers from Home Depot only come in one length so what are ya gonna do?
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wheatpuppy posted:Yeah but the precut stair risers from Home Depot only come in one length so what are ya gonna do? Well, like I said, I'm not an engineer, but cut two of them off?
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they're waiting for you Gorden, in the test chamber 
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I'm gonna guess the weak link will be the eye bolts. I bet you could break 'em pretty easily by bouncing on the end of the dock at just the right frequency.
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Eh, it's a dock. IMO it's an appropriate place to try out some amateur engineering. It's not very expensive, nothing critical depends on it, so if it breaks, big deal. Make something better. Credit for a clever design that may have a few unexpected weak points.
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Vertical load works out the same whether you have a continuous web going over a dowel or whether you have two lines deadending on an eye. The dowel will be stronger, ofc, but you can just use a big eye.
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Needs an indoor skydiving setup for squirrels and GI Joes.
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`Nemesis posted:they're waiting for you Gorden, in the test chamber Man, I want to poop there
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There's nothing better in the summer than a barbecue out on the deck with my bins, AC vent and exposed electrical system.
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Where do you see exposed electrical systems?
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Mar 14, 2024 10:50
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Nitrox posted:Where do you see exposed electrical systems? I thought that grey thing on the left was a main supply isolation point but looking closer it's another vent?
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I thought that grey thing on the left was a main supply isolation point but looking closer it's another vent? Question: are you not from North America?
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The domey thing near the far edge of the less‐off white wall is the electrical meter. It’s normal to have it outside. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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Looks like a cable/fiber distribution enclosure. They tend to look like trash because the installation techs aren't given nearly enough time or money to give a gently caress about keeping things tidy if the owner isn't riding their rear end about it.
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SOON https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7344167763100978475
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mycomancy posted:Question: are you not from North America? Nope! And if I'd looked closer I'd have also seen that the black cable is coming from an overhead run. Shifty Pony posted:Looks like a cable/fiber distribution enclosure. They tend to look like trash because the installation techs aren't given nearly enough time or money to give a gently caress about keeping things tidy if the owner isn't riding their rear end about it. That makes more sense. You'd think it'd be boxed in or something but I guess that's the least of the problems. Platystemon posted:The domey thing near the fall edge of the less‐off white wall is the electrical meter. Ohhhhh, yeah those are all square in the UK. Or not ancient ones anyway. I think it's against regs to not box it in if it's outside as well. Mine is inside and they boxed it (unnecessarily) with an outdoor box that they basically hacked holes in at random to fit over it. I got the entry point and meter moved (and the guy kindly fitted an additional whole supply isolator) and boxed it in myself to make it look nicer. Powerful Two-Hander fucked around with this message at 11:54 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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I cannot stand this woman and I desperately hope her requests are denied.
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I love that her updates are like doing what legitimate contractors and trades do and all the people in her comments are like “omg you’re a genius”, “you’re so incredible”. Really hope it all gets denied. Even with competent people I’m sure a loving tunnel dig goes through a couple rounds. A month or longer ago she vaguely said there was “good progress” and things would be moving again and it’s funny that she was either just lying or is assuming all her stuff is going to swiftly get approved.
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Nitrox posted:Where do you see exposed electrical systems? They were half right, the overhead wires are supposed to feed into the meter via a mast and not just directly attached to the house and fed into the box like that. Or at least that's certainly the code around here, there is so much wrong in that photo it's hard to tell if they just don't know, don't care, or don't have code to follow...
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I don't know what the hell is going on there, but is she an actual engineer? Did you get an architect to draw up those plans? And what is the purpose of this digging project?
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I cannot stand this woman and I desperately hope her requests are denied. "If you're watching this, the ball... *picks up oversized baseball* is back in your court!"
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Nope! And if I'd looked closer I'd have also seen that the black cable is coming from an overhead run. From left to right:  Blue: shutoff for the AC compressor Red: coax/fiber junction box, likely fiber given the size of the run going down Yellow: Telephone junction box Purple: likely an irrigation system controller Green: electric meter
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Nitrox posted:I don't know what the hell is going on there, but is she an actual engineer? Did you get an architect to draw up those plans? And what is the purpose of this digging project? She’s the worst kind of engineer… … a software engineer.
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The purpose of the tunnel is (or was at one point) to quarry stone for turning her house into a castle
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The Dave posted:or is assuming all her stuff is going to swiftly get approved. It's this, "I'm an engineer" so obviously they're gonna approve everything, why wouldn't they? It's not like she's a regular schmuck digging out their basement, she's An Engineer! Of course she knows what she's doing!
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all that dust she's huffing all the time scares me the most
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Is this why they are trying to ban TikTok? Giving people ideas that just anyone can dig holes or build castles?
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thread not happy when the lady digs. i say, let the lady dig
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Sirotan posted:They were half right, the overhead wires are supposed to feed into the meter via a mast and not just directly attached to the house and fed into the box like that. Or at least that's certainly the code around here, there is so much wrong in that photo it's hard to tell if they just don't know, don't care, or don't have code to follow... There's a weatherhead above the meter. I won't put money on it without looking at it myself, but I bet the boxes next to the meter are a solar controller and backfeed cutotff switch.
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The Dave posted:She’s the worst kind of engineer… Cooooolzies. Every software engineer I've ever met was extremely overconfident in their knowledge on any matter whatsoever, including internal medicine, history, sciences and of course, construction. I do not know where it comes from, but this trend scares the hell out of me.
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Nitrox posted:Cooooolzies. Every software engineer I've ever met was extremely overconfident in their knowledge on any matter whatsoever, including internal medicine, history, sciences and of course, construction. I do not know where it comes from, but this trend scares the hell out of me. Speaking as a software engineer, I defy this trend. I am so humble, in fact I can confidently state that I am the most humble person I know, furthermore...
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Nitrox posted:Cooooolzies. Every software engineer I've ever met was extremely overconfident in their knowledge on any matter whatsoever, including internal medicine, history, sciences and of course, construction. I do not know where it comes from, but this trend scares the hell out of me. I touch computer, and it does things - very fast. It's easy. How hard could anything else be!
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Nitrox posted:Cooooolzies. Every software engineer I've ever met was extremely overconfident in their knowledge on any matter whatsoever, including internal medicine, history, sciences and of course, construction. I do not know where it comes from, but this trend scares the hell out of me. The humble ones call themselves programmers or developers.
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it doesn't matter if conglomo corp says they wont give you more money unless you accept the engineer/architect monikers designed by HR
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