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DreadLlama posted:I like how he knew to double up the studs to support the window but right next to it there's just a notched out 2x4 under the absent ridge beam. There's the four white boards that are obviously sawed off, but then there's the stud above the window, partially covered by insulation. Is it just me or is that cut off too?
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 Who thought that was a good spot?
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Shifty Pony posted:
Reminds me of driving with kids, reaching backwards behind you while still facing ahead feeling on the floor for some toy they dropped out of their carseat
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Shifty Pony posted:
Hey, it's like my upstairs bathroom! The terrible proximity to toilet part, not the terrible proximity to splashes/shower spray part.
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May 19, 2016 21:37
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Shifty Pony posted:
Why is there a random power plug at the base of the toilet?
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May 20, 2016 01:30
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Bidet plug.
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May 20, 2016 01:33
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Crust First posted:Why is there a random power plug at the base of the toilet? Shower toaster
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OSU_Matthew posted:Shower toaster 
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Crust First posted:Why is there a random power plug at the base of the toilet? For the turbine in the toilet drain. Sure, it sounds like a great idea, chopping up the solid waste, but wait until the poo poo really hits the fan.
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kizudarake posted:For the turbine in the toilet drain. Sure, it sounds like a great idea, chopping up the solid waste, but wait until the poo poo really hits the fan.
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kizudarake posted:For the turbine in the toilet drain. Sure, it sounds like a great idea, chopping up the solid waste, but wait until the poo poo really hits the fan. Crappy Construction indeed. These are a real thing though: http://www.vogelsangusa.com/products/solids-reduction/xripper/muffinmonster-replacement/overview/
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"Muffin Monster".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7GihJOJ7M
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kizudarake posted:For the turbine in the toilet drain. Sure, it sounds like a great idea, chopping up the solid waste, but wait until the poo poo really hits the fan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1gAS9-Mn0
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Wow I think most people don't appreciate the engineering involved in waste management, that is kind of a marvel. But why not have it draw from one of the ponds for water to keep it clear instead of needing a person to clear it? Seems inefficient.
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Guy Axlerod posted:Crappy Construction indeed. Really disappointed these didn't lead to some toilet garbage disposal contraption I could send to people who insist on flushing tampons.
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May 20, 2016 22:37
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Incinerator toilets for all.
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All turds should be immediately exposed to a stream of superheated acetylene plasma upon rectal crowning. The remaining carbon should be crushed into artificial diamonds, loaded into a rocket, and shot into space. Not efficient but I think we can all agree that if man's gift to the universe is spaceships filled with poop gems, that's better than fading quietly into the night.
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High Lord Elbow posted:All turds should be immediately exposed to a stream of superheated acetylene plasma upon rectal crowning. The remaining carbon should be crushed into artificial diamonds, loaded into a rocket, and shot into space.  Well this is art.
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Pretty sure they also have those at prisons because inmates would try to flush sheets and pillows in an attempt to flood the cells.
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Crotch Fruit posted:Pretty sure they also have those at prisons because inmates would try to flush sheets and pillows in an attempt to flood the cells. Aww man I came here to say that. Also even just at your county or city jail as they want to flush anything to make a clog. Best I heard was a guy who clogged it with jumpsuit and covered his whole body is shampoo to become slippery. The shampoo on the water flooding the cell kept the tear gas or mace or whatever in the air and the 5 deputies sent in to get the guy did so in tears.
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Just watching that made me want to take a shower. When I was in middle school we got to visit my home town's water treatment plant and they had a similar machine. The smell in those buildings is indescribable, even through a carbon filter face mask.
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Whats the deal with new construction going up with an entire side of the house having no windows, or one or two tiny windows seeming placed a random on a large blank wall?
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May Contain Nuts posted:Whats the deal with new construction going up with an entire side of the house having no windows, or one or two tiny windows seeming placed a random on a large blank wall? Sound proofing if it's facing a road. Or murder rooms.
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May Contain Nuts posted:Whats the deal with new construction going up with an entire side of the house having no windows, or one or two tiny windows seeming placed a random on a large blank wall? It's so they can cram as many houses right next to each other as possible, but still give the impression to buyers that they can't reach out and touch their neighbors house. You don't want a bunch of windows staring right into your neighbor's windows. One of my co-workers bought into such a development and it gives me claustrophobia every I'm over there
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Toll Brothers is like an ungodly huge machine that just crawls across the earth making GBS threads out piles of horrible houses. I blame them for these windowless-sided boxes.
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Fun fact on no windows: I once asked a Jehovah's Witness why their meetinghouses don't have windows. He told me there's no theological reason, but just two practical ones. First and foremost, it's because many of their buildings were built entirely by volunteers of varying skill levels from the local congregation, and windows are just one more thing for a novice to screw up. The second is that it decreases the vandalism targets.
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May Contain Nuts posted:Whats the deal with new construction going up with an entire side of the house having no windows, or one or two tiny windows seeming placed a random on a large blank wall? I unwittingly moved into an apartment complex like this and I hate it. It's nearly impossible to get any actual goddamned sunlight in here.
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May Contain Nuts posted:Whats the deal with new construction going up with an entire side of the house having no windows, or one or two tiny windows seeming placed a random on a large blank wall? It provides shear strength in modern homes designed with largely open floor plans.
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StormDrain posted:It provides shear strength in modern homes designed with largely open floor plans. I always assumed it was 100% for compact development privacy, never considered this.
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It also makes them more energy efficient as walls are much better than windows at keeping heat in/out.
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You know what would make them even more compact, structurally sound, and energy efficient? Share a wall with the neighbours. But we can’t have that. Only poors live that way.
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Platystemon posted:You know what would make them even more compact, structurally sound, and energy efficient? drat straight, the neighbors house has to be at least 3-5 feet away
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If you were building houses to sell you'd get more money building single family homes. I own a townhouse and I'm lucky that my loud neighbors moved out. There's real value in not sharing walls and having an air gap.
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Chemmy posted:If you were building houses to sell you'd get more money building single family homes. I own a townhouse and I'm lucky that my loud neighbors moved out. There's real value in not sharing walls and having an air gap. Wait, firewalls between units in townhouses isn't a thing? Huh, I'd just assumed it would be not just for restricting the speed of combustion but for the acoustic dampening as well.
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Platystemon posted:You know what would make them even more compact, structurally sound, and energy efficient? flosofl posted:Wait, firewalls between units in townhouses isn't a thing? Huh, I'd just assumed it would be not just for restricting the speed of combustion but for the acoustic dampening as well.
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Chemmy posted:If you were building houses to sell you'd get more money building single family homes. I own a townhouse and I'm lucky that my loud neighbors moved out. There's real value in not sharing walls and having an air gap. You’re not wrong, but when the air gap has shrunk to the point there are no windows on that side of the house and the side yard is useless for anything other than storing rubbish bins, I’m not willing to pay so much for that privilege.
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