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TVs Ian
Jun 1, 2000

Such graceful, delicate creatures.

moist turtleneck posted:

I'm still confused as to why he didn't angle the stairs so they pointed down to the left so there'd be room

I feel like that was the plan but he built the steps first and measured the hole later

I really can't wait for when it's time to sell the house

So, uh, this is the ladder stair case

It goes down to the tv

That's in a Dun-

Geon

I think the top and right (from that angle) sides were against the wall upstairs as well. So if you were to put the ladder there, you'd have to awkwardly climb into the bench and try to step on the ladder from the other side of the hole. So he had the option of a bad dismount, or putting it in a position where you'd be likely to fall off while trying to get on the ladder.

It seems like the hole really should have been somewhere other than a corner, and maybe using one of those folding attic ladders.

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VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



if he was real clever, he'd have a long section of floor fold down into stairs by a mechanism powered by gravity, at the push of a button

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos

flosofl posted:

So dropping a pre-fab spiral staircase was the correct answer here.
Spiral staircases to code are an ungodly diameter. But then not really sure if a ladder accessed hole in the floor is in a hurry to meet codes either.

The correct answer is a fireman's pole.

The Archaic
Jul 6, 2003

Are you a consultant archaeologist in North America?

Unionize today!

PM me and ask me how your future can be history!

Powershift posted:

They should lower the road :goonsay:

Change nothing but the sign. Change it to 11"4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Y’all need some alternating tread stairs.




Bozart
Oct 28, 2006

Give me the finger.
Why do I get the feeling that is all in Scandinavia?

Gumbel2Gumbel
Apr 28, 2010

Uh...If you never needed to carry a heavy thing upstairs that would be cool so you could fit your entire foot on it.

Most stairs are 10 inches and if you wear anything larger than that well enjoy never properly being able to step on them.

Imagined
Feb 2, 2007

Bozart posted:

Why do I get the feeling that is all in Scandinavia?

Because you know it ain't in America. Any American over 10 years old would be too heavy for those stairs.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land






checks out

Keiya
Aug 22, 2009

Come with me if you want to not die.
Do people not realize you actually ARE supposed to insulate the bottom of stairs if the area below isn't a heated, insulated space?

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

Keiya posted:

Do people not realize you actually ARE supposed to insulate the bottom of stairs if the area below isn't a heated, insulated space?

You aren't supposed to place the windows so that anyone that trips on the stairs gets a face full of glass

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Keiya posted:

Do people not realize you actually ARE supposed to insulate the bottom of stairs if the area below isn't a heated, insulated space?

Okay but in this photo we can see the area below the stairs and it’s as insulated as the rest of the room unless someone did something really weird.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Keiya posted:

Do people not realize you actually ARE supposed to insulate the bottom of stairs if the area below isn't a heated, insulated space?

Genuine question, why?

If the walls next to the staircase are insulated, what point does further insulation serve?

kiss me Pikachu
Mar 9, 2008
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5b5_1481951611&comments=1

Windows at the bottom of stairwells perform an important community service

The Bananana
May 21, 2008

This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.



Gorilla Salad posted:

Genuine question, why?

If the walls next to the staircase are insulated, what point does further insulation serve?

Lol

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Improbable Lobster posted:

You aren't supposed to place the windows so that anyone that trips on the stairs gets a face full of glass

My fiancee's grandparents had a huge house in the North Carolina mountains. One of the centerpieces of the entrance was that it was 3 stories and the architects had decided on what was essentially a single gigantic staircase situated in front of the front door, with a landing at the second story. I think the front door also opened onto a large hill.

One day as a young child, my fiancee was playing on the third floor and fell down the stairs. Because of the architecture, she ended up falling down all the stairs. She stopped just before she would have gone out the front door and continued rolling downhill.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


drat, and he was so close to perfecting the trick the audiences always wanted.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/en...c600-1483845457

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Facebook Aunt posted:

On the left side of the hole is a fireplace. At the top side a solid wall. On the right side a glass door. And the hole can't be any larger or it would be blocking the door to the outside.


http://imgur.com/gallery/ruXzh

As for getting stuff in and out, the death stair is not the main entrance. The basement (root cellar?) has a door to the outside, but a while after he finished his TV dungeon he realized it's really inconvenient to go outside and walk around the house every time you want to get a drink or take a piss. Shocking. So he half-assed this ladder to provide internal access.

As for selling the house, just don't call it a dungeon. Call it a man cave.

My friend has a house with a basement apartment like this too. You can only get to it by walking outside which is a shame because it's a really nice space down there.

I guess if you have tenants it's nice to keep it completely separate?

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
Why not spend a few grand and get a residential lifting platform?




It's serious overkill, unless you're in a wheel chair or otherwise infirm, but it looks cool as hell.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Perfect waste of a fire pole hole.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Should have made the lift out of a hydraulic press.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
Let's just up the entire goddamn floor and call it a day.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Gorilla Salad posted:

Why not spend a few grand and get a residential lifting platform?




It's serious overkill, unless you're in a wheel chair or otherwise infirm, but it looks cool as hell.

Save space and money and make it a man engine

Rev. Bleech_
Oct 19, 2004

~OKAY, WE'LL DRINK TO OUR LEGS!~

Keiya posted:

Do people not realize you actually ARE supposed to insulate the bottom of stairs if the area below isn't a heated, insulated space?

Improbable Lobster posted:

You aren't supposed to place the windows so that anyone that trips on the stairs gets a face full of glass

you also aren't supposed to put the thermostat in direct sunlight, put the grill up against your vinyl siding, put electrical outlets every 4 inches, or spend a quarter billion dollars on combat lasers either but here we are

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsUEZ1NG7YU

Failed his roll vs seizure

Phuzun
Jul 4, 2007


Certainly had some speed going into that, got in pretty Deep. Appreciate all the camera angles.

The Archaic
Jul 6, 2003

Are you a consultant archaeologist in North America?

Unionize today!

PM me and ask me how your future can be history!

Part of me really wanted that gumball machine to get hit and gumballs fly everywhere.

Dr.Smasher
Nov 27, 2002

Cyberpunk 1987
We are quickly heading towards the Clockwork Mansion from Dishonored 2 here

goatsestretchgoals
Jun 4, 2011

Gorilla Salad posted:

Genuine question, why?

If the walls next to the staircase are insulated, what point does further insulation serve?

So that this doesn't happen:


The real story is that he barbecued too close to the house, but I already had it on my clipboard for another thread.

goatsestretchgoals fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jan 8, 2017

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



Just wanted to chime in and say that Sully is one of the best videos that ntsb has put out. really putting those csb vids to shame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeaX0IRjyd8

KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Jan 8, 2017

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
So are his walls insulated or not? You are sort of implying he didn't insulate his walls.

Also tell everybody about the load bearing dry wall.

wyoming
Jun 7, 2010

Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.

I like the clerk that hardly reacts at all. :btroll:

goatsestretchgoals
Jun 4, 2011

oohhboy posted:

So are his walls insulated or not? You are sort of implying he didn't insulate his walls.

Also tell everybody about the load bearing dry wall.

you build your walls with the insulation and 2x4s you have, not the insulation, 2x4s, or foundation you have

e: someone else should tell the load bearing drywall story because i know as much about structural engineering as grover except i understand that i dont know

fake edit: and the part where he signed off on his own electrical work

goatsestretchgoals fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Jan 8, 2017

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


wyoming posted:

I like the clerk that hardly reacts at all. :btroll:

He is shock that his dream job and everything he loves in the world was smashed.

MrYenko
Jun 18, 2012

#2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Phuzun posted:

Certainly had some speed going into that, got in pretty Deep.

:golfclap:

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

I'm Crap
Aug 15, 2001

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

you also aren't supposed to put the thermostat in direct sunlight, put the grill up against your vinyl siding, put electrical outlets every 4 inches, or spend a quarter billion dollars on combat lasers either but here we are

my favourite part of the grover mythos was when he insisted that his assistant it manager job at a government contractor made him the equivalent of a colonel in the us armed forces, and that the enlisted ranks in gip would show him the respect he deserved

Bum the Sad
Aug 25, 2002
Hell Gem

I'm Crap posted:

my favourite part of the grover mythos was when he insisted that his assistant it manager job at a government contractor made him the equivalent of a colonel in the us armed forces, and that the enlisted ranks in gip would show him the respect he deserved

Isn't that was caused him to be driven off?

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007


Thank god physical media is dead or someone could have gotten hurt.

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Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

Bum the Sad posted:

Isn't that was caused him to be driven off?

The constant laughter anytime he mentioned the 'F35' in reverential tones didn't help much.

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