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Aside from the technicolour, it reminds me of the City Museum.
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Jun 17, 2016 13:27
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Crappy construction: everything about The Olivebridge Cottage.  It's a series of blog posts. You can browse the relevant tag, or here are the posts numbered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Now for some images to whet the appetite. Exterior:  There are a lot of images I could post that are emblematic of how hosed‐up this house is, but I’ll tease you with this electrical wiring:  
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Jun 18, 2016 10:44
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Platystemon posted:Crappy construction: everything about The Olivebridge Cottage. How could you not choose the picture of the foundation? 
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Jun 18, 2016 14:48
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I didn't know you could make an entire house out of handyman fuckups. quote:As a final “gently caress you” before dying in the wall, this badass squirrel tried to make the house collapse.
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Jun 18, 2016 14:57
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Roseo posted:How could you not choose the picture of the foundation? The big reveal must be saved for the end. Surely this deck bodes well for the integrity of the adjacent wall:  It’s hard to see here, but there were new boards slapped on top of rotten ones. Don’t miss what’s going on on the right side of the image, either. Another highlight: The dryer vents into the crawspace. The kitchen sink drains into… quote:First, we had to pull out the old plumbing. I don’t mess with that. Everything was bad, basically—the galvanized pipe in the photo above was the drain line for the kitchen sink and laundry machine, which drained into…I don’t even know. There’s a main drain that goes to the septic system, but this one basically came out the side wall of the house and directly into the ground, presumably into some kind of dry well. It’s best not to think too hard about it. At least there wasn’t a garbage disposal. Did I mention the house has a well? Platystemon fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jun 18, 2016 |
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Jun 18, 2016 14:58
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 quote:When squirrels gnawed through the wood encasing a live electrical box, the artist was unfazed. “All you need is a little creativity,” he explained. Here, a bit of steel wool from the supermarket and a few wood shims made everything look like new. This whole thing's a joke right?
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Jun 18, 2016 21:07
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11 cinder blocks should be enough for a foundation for anybody, what is the big deal? The best part of that house, is how it really isn't a house. Just a bunch of rotted wood and critters.
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Jun 18, 2016 21:10
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Before I dive into this thing - holy poo poo, why steel wool? You know that poo poo catches on fire with any kind of electrical current, right?
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Jun 18, 2016 21:13
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 Actually, that entire house is
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Jun 18, 2016 21:31
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LordSaturn posted:Before I dive into this thing - holy poo poo, why steel wool? You know that poo poo catches on fire with any kind of electrical current, right? Because squirrels and mice won't chew through it. My grandmother had a mouse problem for a few years while they were developing subdivisions around her house in a heavily wooded area. She used to stuff steel wool in the holes to keep them from coming back in that way. Her long term plans was to adopt a couple stray cats.
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Jun 18, 2016 21:34
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Lime Tonics posted:11 cinder blocks should be enough for a foundation for anybody, what is the big deal? No live critters, just nests. Even the vermin eventually found it uninhabitable.
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Jun 18, 2016 21:37
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I actually thought the link were to the wrong project because in the first pages the house looked kinda cute. But then...
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Jun 18, 2016 22:09
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Jun 18, 2016 23:01
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For when you really need to triple-wield sinks. I can't imagine how even two of those sinks could be used at the same time (by different people), let alone all three.
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Jun 18, 2016 23:08
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I'm trying to justify this as a commercial style wash/rinse/sanitize type setup......but the surrounding area seems to demonstrate enough cash that they weren't trying to make it out of things they found at Habitat for Humanity ReStore like I do. And then....there's the 4th sink. Sterilize?
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Jun 18, 2016 23:17
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Motronic posted:I'm trying to justify this as a commercial style wash/rinse/sanitize type setup......but the surrounding area seems to demonstrate enough cash that they weren't trying to make it out of things they found at Habitat for Humanity ReStore like I do. And then....there's the 4th sink. Sterilize? Wet bar, hence the filter.
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Jun 18, 2016 23:30
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Any chance it's a kosher kitchen? I know some people who take the rules extremely seriously have separate sink/prep areas for different foods. Although even with that thought, those sinks look too close together to be suited for that purpose anyway.
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Jun 18, 2016 23:54
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Ashcans posted:Any chance it's a kosher kitchen? I know some people who take the rules extremely seriously have separate sink/prep areas for different foods. Although even with that thought, those sinks look too close together to be suited for that purpose anyway. Great idea.....you're reaching as much as I am trying here. But skinks in a kosher kitchen should be further apart then splashing distance as I understand it.
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Jun 19, 2016 00:01
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If I were building it, I'd swap the positions of the wide one and the double-well one. I think the contractor just had a surplus of sinks and the homeowner was like that pimp whose grand architectural vision was "yes."
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Jun 19, 2016 00:23
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Motronic posted:skinks in a kosher kitchen should be further apart then splashing distance as I understand it. Now there's a story.
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Jun 19, 2016 00:27
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Lime Tonics posted:Ever wanted to live inside an acid trip? Now you can. Hey, nice bathroom.
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Jun 19, 2016 01:15
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I see at least 8.5 vaginas in this ceiling
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Jun 19, 2016 03:26
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frozenpussy posted:I see at least 8.5 vaginas in this ceiling Pretty solid post/avatar/username combo, well done  For content: I work at a machine shop, and we were just told by our department lead that "the power company said the grid linkup is on its last jerry-rig fix before we have to get everything replaced," which honestly floored me considering that literally the entire business is devoted to the task of turning raw materials and electricity into fairly precise parts. Why would you run your multi-million dollar buisness on a jerry-rigged power box?! LonsomeSon fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Jun 19, 2016 03:37
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Hey man, gently caress what might happen next month, today this production line stays open.
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Jun 19, 2016 04:28
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Delivery McGee posted:If I were building it, I'd swap the positions of the wide one and the double-well one. I'm looking at the listing for it and I still have no goddamn clue http://www.sveingroem.com/newlisting/2129114/175-Bellevue-Drive-Boulder-CO-80302
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Jun 19, 2016 05:46
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Platystemon posted:Crappy construction: everything about The Olivebridge Cottage. Did someone sell kastein a vacation home?
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Jun 19, 2016 07:45
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LonsomeSon posted:Why would you run your multi-million dollar buisness on a jerry-rigged power box?! Also, "That's future me's problem, and that guy's an rear end in a top hat."
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Jun 19, 2016 07:45
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LonsomeSon posted:Pretty solid post/avatar/username combo, well done In my experience, because it started as a quick fix, then more machines were added and "fixed" and it snowballed and suddenly you realise one day there are coat hangers and bits of 2x4 keeping millions of dollars of machines running.
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Jun 19, 2016 08:35
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LonsomeSon posted:Why would you run your multi-million dollar buisness on a jerry-rigged power box?! the only reason they're still a multi-million dollar business is because they havent paid to fix anything, and the place hasn't caught on fire/exploded yet
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Jun 19, 2016 08:41
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nmfree posted:"If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid." "If I get the numbers up NOW, I get promoted. If it fails on the next manager's watch, that's his fault for not living up to my high standards  "
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Jun 19, 2016 08:41
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LonsomeSon posted:Pretty solid post/avatar/username combo, well done Thanks When a building needs its connection overhauled, who pays for it?
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Jun 19, 2016 21:45
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I feel like this is a bit underwhelming after the magic cave house and the one held up by drywall screws and the spirit of malfeasance, but here it is anyway. This bathroom was laid out kind weird.   Toilet was at a good 30o angle to the stall wall, and at least a foot away from the back.  leaving a good three feet of empty space off to the side. I checked and every stall on that side of the bathroom was like that.
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Jun 19, 2016 22:36
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I'm going to guess that the original toilets had a slightly different spec between the floor drain and the water supply, and when they put new toilets in, they just lined up the two holes and called it a day.
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Jun 19, 2016 22:49
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It looks like they could have avoided that issue by installing the valve assembly the other way. Are those things directional?
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Jun 20, 2016 00:00
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Bad Munki posted:I'm going to guess that the original toilets had a slightly different spec between the floor drain and the water supply, and when they put new toilets in, they just lined up the two holes and called it a day. That explains the angled johns; it does not explain why everything is crammed up to one side like there's a spider in the corner. Maybe they planned for double the toilets but the funky plumbing meant they had to take half out leading to luxury-wide stalls.
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Jun 20, 2016 00:17
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Oh jesus christ that cottage. It keeps going. Oh my loving god it's not a house it's just a pile of rot in the shape of a house. Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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Jun 20, 2016 00:48
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there wolf posted:I feel like this is a bit underwhelming after the magic cave house and the one held up by drywall screws and the spirit of malfeasance, but here it is anyway. This bathroom was laid out kind weird. This feels like a misguided attempt to meet some ADA requirement.
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frozenpussy posted:When a building needs its connection overhauled, who pays for it? The power company typically owns up to the meter. Anything past that is on the homeowner/business. This may not be the case in a lot of industrial or rural situations where the business/homeowner may have had to get things installed to make it to their property or deal with their particular power requirements (transformers, etc). In lot of those cases it it up to the property owner to deal with many of those things past the meter, some of which they may not actually be allowed to "deal with" in any way other than paying the power company to repair them when necessary.
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