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Javid posted:That's an upside down bucket lid, a piece of wood, and two decking screws. Somehow, that thing hasn't let a single detectable drop of water enter the cabin that I'm aware of, in even some serious PNW rain.  That’s like the “more magic” switch. Put it back the way you found it, throw some salt over your shoulder, and never touch it again.
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lol bless u goons
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Aug 1, 2018 07:36
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Cursed patch jobs?
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Aug 1, 2018 16:18
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That picture would be made better if they had screwed or nailed those two pieces of wood together
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Aug 1, 2018 19:03
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couldcareless posted:That picture would be made better if they had screwed or nailed those two pieces of wood together Didn't they? Isn't that a screw in the middle? Isn't that the entire point and how they are staying up there?
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Aug 1, 2018 19:18
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Yes. Two pieces of wood screwed together to stabilize the glass, so the two broken pieces don't move against each other. Smart. Obviously very temporary, except it's been there long enough for the duct tape to decay and fall apart, so... a one-or-two-day fix has been there for at least months.
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Aug 1, 2018 19:23
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Leperflesh posted:Yes. Two pieces of wood screwed together to stabilize the glass, so the two broken pieces don't move against each other. Smart. Obviously very temporary, except it's been there long enough for the duct tape to decay and fall apart, so... a one-or-two-day fix has been there for at least months. like jeans you can sandblast duct tape to make it look more worn
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Aug 1, 2018 19:24
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The Bloop posted:Didn't they? Didn't notice that. Welp
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Aug 1, 2018 19:52
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there wolf posted:Anyone want to fill me in on what the gently caress I'm looking at here? 1) I expect that there was a hallway that was a supporting wall there. They removed the wall, and did... that with columns, instead of building them into the walls on either end of the new beam up in the ceiling. 2) not sure, entirely, but could be original to the house. I've seen houses from the '50s-'60s with similar horizontal-paned windows flanking a window like that. 3) lack of taste. Leperflesh posted:It's functionally similar to those people who put stick-on fender vents and hood scoops and chrome stripes onto their cars. Oh my God that's a perfect analogy. I was thrilled when the house caddy-corner to mine was remodeled, and they left the funky '60s front door.  (exterior pics from listing don't show the door well. It's orange on the outside, too.) BTW, I'd like to thank the thread for letting me know that what I and my wife like are Craftsman style houses. Didn't know what to call the '20s-'30s houses with the columns and porches, before. Javid posted:I have a roof problem the solution to which will probably belong in this thread, and the current situation definitely does. I think the obvious solution is to fasten a Moon-style hubcap over the hole. It will at least be automotive, and designed to be outdoors forever. Brute Squad posted:Cursed patch jobs? I will admit to have taped a cracked pane back together because I didn't want to fart with getting a piece of glass cut just then, but I did use the clear, outdoor rated Gorilla tape intended for tents and rubber rafts and such. I also may have done that a couple of weekends ago and still haven't measured or anything for the new pane. Edit: no wood or screws, though.
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Aug 1, 2018 22:21
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Darchangel posted:1) I expect that there was a hallway that was a supporting wall there. They removed the wall, and did... that with columns, instead of building them into the walls on either end of the new beam up in the ceiling. Really I just wanted to know what was up with those columns and their arthritic knees. What are those? Why are they there? Is that a style I'm just ignorant of?
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Aug 2, 2018 00:35
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Darchangel posted:I think the obvious solution is to fasten a Moon-style hubcap over the hole. It will at least be automotive, and designed to be outdoors forever. I want to find some material that I can make a spacer out of, so I can make like a 9" circle with a 5" hole, then fasten this solar fan I have over the hole, and waterseal the whole clusterfuck. Considered cutting up the existing bucket lid but sunlight has not been kind to it.
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Aug 2, 2018 00:50
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Get a pair of traffic cones. Now measure the diameter of a new vent and cut both traffic cones where its diameter matches that of the new vent. Now wedge the first traffic cone up the hole from inside of the cabin so it points outward. Get the second traffic cone and cover the hole completely with the base of the cone. Rainproof the heck out of that gap between the second cone and the roof. The first cone will connect the bottom of the vent to the inside of the cabin. The second cone will connect the top of the vent to the outside of the cabin, covering over the hole so it's rainproof. Also you'll look really cool with a traffic cone sticking out of your van.
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Aug 2, 2018 01:09
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there wolf posted:Really I just wanted to know what was up with those columns and their arthritic knees. What are those? Why are they there? Is that a style I'm just ignorant of? If you're talking about the fact that they look bent, that's probably because the photographer used a fisheye lens to make the room look bigger.
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Aug 2, 2018 01:09
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:If you're talking about the fact that they look bent, that's probably because the photographer used a fisheye lens to make the room look bigger. I'm really talking about the stupid tumorous knees on the columns. Am I the only one who thinks they look loving ridiculous, because y'all are really stretching to find something else that I could be complaining about.
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Aug 2, 2018 01:14
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there wolf posted:I'm really talking about the stupid tumorous knees on the columns. Am I the only one who thinks they look loving ridiculous, because y'all are really stretching to find something else that I could be complaining about. Besides the two courses of glass block under the flanking windows?
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Aug 2, 2018 01:38
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there wolf posted:Anyone want to fill me in on what the gently caress I'm looking at here? It looks like those columns are flanking one hell of a tripping hazard--one that the couch is desperately trying to conceal--and that their bases are levitating. Interesting design choices, for sure!
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Aug 2, 2018 01:47
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Brute Squad posted:Cursed patch jobs? When I was a kid, my brother cracked the glass in his bedroom window, and my parents just duct taped it together like that.. and left it that way for nearly 10 years. It wasn't even that we couldn't afford a repair, because they did things like remodeling the bathrooms and building a new deck, and replacing the window in their own goddamn room. We had cheap, lovely single pane windows in every room of the house except the master bedroom and it still perplexes me to this day. It didn't even get fixed when we sold that house, even though a number of other fixes were pretty much mandated. 
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Aug 2, 2018 03:26
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Bees on Wheat posted:When I was a kid, my brother cracked the glass in his bedroom window, and my parents just duct taped it together like that.. and left it that way for nearly 10 years. It wasn't even that we couldn't afford a repair, because they did things like remodeling the bathrooms and building a new deck, and replacing the window in their own goddamn room. We had cheap, lovely single pane windows in every room of the house except the master bedroom and it still perplexes me to this day. It didn't even get fixed when we sold that house, even though a number of other fixes were pretty much mandated. It was the front window of a downtown building in small-town Missouri. It was like that for at least a year. I'm sure it comforted the tenants in the upstairs apartments.
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Aug 2, 2018 04:29
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PainterofCrap posted:Besides the two courses of glass block under the flanking windows? I feel like I understand the logic behind that poor choice more. But maybe that's just my bias for glass block showing.
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Aug 2, 2018 05:07
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I guess its crappy temporary repairs?
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Aug 2, 2018 11:37
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nice. load-bearing cling film.
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Aug 2, 2018 12:09
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The funny thing is, I kind of wonder how successful that fix was, because plastic wrap is shockingly strong.
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Aug 2, 2018 12:11
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That cling wrap legit is the only thing there preventing lateral stresses from toppling than column. Mortar is, uh, suboptimal in shear.
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Aug 2, 2018 12:12
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Looks like there's a steel post in there, so I'm guessing the brick is more decorative than functional for support. Still be better to remove it if that's the case.
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Aug 2, 2018 12:25
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Proteus Jones posted:Looks like there's a steel post in there, so I'm guessing the brick is more decorative than functional for support. Still be better to remove it if that's the case. Sounds sensible, though I suspect the type of person to wrap brickwork in cling film might be doing it because they don't feel comfortable knocking down 10ft of brick.
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Aug 2, 2018 13:41
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I want that door.
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Aug 2, 2018 13:41
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Not a fan of people peeking in at me while I walk around naked. Front doors with no windows, thanks.
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Aug 2, 2018 15:30
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Isn't the brickwork just a facade around an actual (steel?) pillar?
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Aug 2, 2018 15:46
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I thought that too, but it doesn't look like it given how far the bricks were able to curve?
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Aug 2, 2018 16:44
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GreenNight posted:Not a fan of people peeking in at me while I walk around naked. Front doors with no windows, thanks. Yeah, I have a client with no window treatments on their front or back doors, which are glass. The house is at the top of a T junction and you have to walk towards the front door to get down the stairs, and four or five neighbouring backyards can easily see into the back where the living room couch is. Lots of people seeing in all times of the day and night. I can’t imagine being totally clothed 24/7 like they must be.
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Aug 2, 2018 17:11
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I also dont understand why the millions dollars homes in L.A. have, like, a giant soaker tub sitting next to two 15' floor to cieling windows and poo poo, but I guess if you're rich you don't care about your body getting peeped.
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Aug 2, 2018 17:22
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Not so much a crappy construction, but a unusual focus on priorities Home for sale: 1 bed 1 bath 816 sqft W/ HUGE 10 CAR ATTACHED CONCRETE BLOCK GARAGE 80 X 25 W/ SEPARATE 200 AMP ELECTRIC w/REAR ENTRY FROM ALLEY! https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/914-E-Oak-St-Louisville-KY-40204/2092103544_zpid/
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Aug 2, 2018 17:23
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FCKGW posted:Not so much a crappy construction, but a unusual focus on priorities As a car guy I see no issue with this
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Aug 2, 2018 17:25
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FilthyImp posted:I also dont understand why the millions dollars homes in L.A. have, like, a giant soaker tub sitting next to two 15' floor to cieling windows and poo poo, but I guess if you're rich you don't care about your body getting peeped. Are they not also secluded from view from whatever angle that is?
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Aug 2, 2018 17:26
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FCKGW posted:Not so much a crappy construction, but a unusual focus on priorities No lift tho
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Aug 2, 2018 17:27
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Haha, I like that little bit tucked in the end there: quote:Buyer responsibility to verify zoning and lot lines! That basically means 'I built my giant garage without the right permitting and probably over the fence lines', right?
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Aug 2, 2018 17:29
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Why are there 10 variations of maybe 4 pictures distributed seemingly at random?
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Aug 2, 2018 17:33
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I stayed in a vacation house once that had, right next to the front door, a bathroom with the entire exterior wall windowed. Not even frosted glass. No curtains. I don't get it.
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Aug 2, 2018 17:36
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Ashcans posted:Haha, I like that little bit tucked in the end there: They literally took up every bit of available land for their giant garage. I'm pretty sure it's directly connected to the house too. 
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What the heck is even going on in the satellite view. https://goo.gl/maps/RELoiyfyKY12 E: on my phone it looks like part of the roof is like peeled off.
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