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Shame Boy posted:If you rent you're just hosed, if you're buying a house in a suburb then whatever developer built the suburb used the cheapest materials and did it as fast as possible because every second a house is not sold they're losing money on it so you're just hosed, basically the only houses normal people can afford that are built out of anything but twigs and crepe paper are very old (and therefore a nightmare for other reasons) or one you explicitly have custom-built yourself (at which point it's no longer a house a normal person can afford) they are usually fine until about starting in 1995 or so . maybe a little earlier
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I lucked into buying a custom made house from 1958. Its external walls are cubed cedar logs. We're the second owners because the dude who built it lived to 103, so we have ALL the original documents, including light fixture brochures and appliance catalogs. You can find gems even in Nowheresville, MO if you know where to look.
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May 26, 2021 02:51
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Turns out wall construction discussion = goon catnip
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:in either case aint nobody havin a baby This too good a post to have been overlooked.
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May 26, 2021 03:21
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Burglers casually busting through the wall like koolaid man
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Shwqa posted:A fisted size rock and a decent hurl in the right place would probably be enough. I'm always disappointed in horror movies when people are "trapped" in a room. You can literally punch a hole through drywall. There are memes about it. The drywall can't contain you. 
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punching through studs and wires is harder
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euphronius posted:punching through studs and wires is harder Yes. Many angry young men have accidently found a stud while having a temper tantrum.
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Facebook Aunt posted:I'm always disappointed in horror movies when people are "trapped" in a room. You can literally punch a hole through drywall. There are memes about it. The drywall can't contain you.
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tokin opposition posted:Turns out wall construction discussion = goon catnip gently caress your walls, give me all roof. 
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Failed Imagineer posted:Yeah I'm not saying it's a smart or convenient way to burgle, just crazy to think how easy it would be Well, there's usually some kind of siding (such as brick) on the outside you gotta get through. My new building has steel siding. 
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Hey Mario, how do you like your new glassesHAIL eSATA-n posted:i love a-frames
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spacetoaster posted:Well, there's usually some kind of siding (such as brick) on the outside you gotta get through. On a lot of houses it is plywood covered in plastic and then vinyl siding. You can't punch your way through but it's not impossible with tools. A window would be easier though.
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Proust Malone posted:i was thinking first about insulation, but now I’m imagining my entire house sliding off a road and ending up in a ditch. HashtagGirlboss posted:I went to high school in western Montana and there was a family of five that lived up in the middle of nowhere in an old school bus. Family of five. Two high school aged kids. They were home schooled too so they never got out. Can't imagine what that was like JULY 30: EXTREMELY WEAK. FAULT OF POT SEED. MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING. GREAT JEOPARDY.
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Facebook Aunt posted:On a lot of houses it is plywood covered in plastic and then vinyl siding. You can't punch your way through but it's not impossible with tools. A window would be easier though. Forget penetration it's all about the defenestration
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For reference, my lovely little UK terrace house was built in 1913 and is still incredibly structurally sound. I tried to drill some holes in one of the exterior walls to mount stuff and it just ate the drill bits
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quote:If you want to know whether you're buying a good chess set, the only piece you need to look at is the knight.
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Spuckuk posted:For reference, my lovely little UK terrace house was built in 1913 and is still incredibly structurally sound. Do you not have adhesive hooks on your side of the pond?
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Facebook Aunt posted:Do you not have adhesive hooks on your side of the pond? Try mounting a TV with command strips
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Spuckuk posted:For reference, my lovely little UK terrace house was built in 1913 and is still incredibly structurally sound. your drill bits being eaten just means they were poo poo and/or the wrong kind, it has nothing to do with how structurally sound it is my parents live in a wooden house from 1890, wood is a great way to construct houses and is very eco-friendly, but it requires good building practice
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Charles Ingalls posted:your drill bits being eaten just means they were poo poo and/or the wrong kind, it has nothing to do with how structurally sound it is Also drilling too fast can melt any bit. Concrete and porcelain, you gotta go low and slow. Not a bad idea to have some water to cool off the bit as well
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Shame Boy posted:If you rent you're just hosed, if you're buying a house in a suburb then whatever developer built the suburb used the cheapest materials and did it as fast as possible because every second a house is not sold they're losing money on it so you're just hosed, basically the only houses normal people can afford that are built out of anything but twigs and crepe paper are very old (and therefore a nightmare for other reasons) or one you explicitly have custom-built yourself (at which point it's no longer a house a normal person can afford) Are McMansions built out of the same bullshit? Also also, what about your bathrooms? Do you stick tiles on the drywall or how does this poo poo work? Also this makes those The Purge movies a lot more hilarious where people turn their suburb houses into a fortress by having metal plates in front of the windows and doors or whatever like dude what about your walls? Orange Devil has issued a correction as of 09:12 on May 26, 2021 |
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Orange Devil posted:Are McMansions built out of the same bullshit? Yes. For a given amount of money you can have a huge flimsy mcmansion to impress your friends right now, or a really solid modest family home that will still be in great shape in 50 years.  Some Mcmansion stuff seems below baseline construction. Like pillars and molding molded out of foam. It looks okay when new, but how is a foam pillar going to stand up to a family running around, or someone bumping into it while moving heavy furniture.
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Facebook Aunt posted:It looks okay when new, but how is a foam pillar going to stand up to a family running around, or someone bumping into it while moving heavy furniture. Or a parrot 
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Orange Devil posted:Also also, what about your bathrooms? Do you stick tiles on the drywall or how does this poo poo work? You can tile onto drywall just fine
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GotLag posted:Or a parrot lol cockatoos rule
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Piell posted:https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1396868189846491143 Milk, Milk, lemonade The algorithm is where claim denials are made
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Below the (excellent) topsoil Denmark is about 50/50 clay and sand which is not very exciting but absolutely everything built before the invention of poured concrete (which, hello, sand) is made of bricks and made to last. I've never lived in a house that wasn't at least 80 years old and sturdy as gently caress. We don't get any tornados but I feel we could take them on.
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Orange Devil posted:Are McMansions built out of the same bullshit? Yeah, exclusively Orange Devil posted:Also also, what about your bathrooms? Do you stick tiles on the drywall or how does this poo poo work? Well there's generally a waterproofing layer applied first, then you grout and tile over that. It's not actually as big a deal as it'd seem at first glance, I've never had problems with it anywhere I've lived 
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Piell posted:https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1396868189846491143 Lol guess they were getting roasted as these tweets got deleted.
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Zil posted:Lol guess they were getting roasted as these tweets got deleted. Good think nothing leaves the internet forever! https://web.archive.org/web/20210525164546if_/https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1396868188676280328
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https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1397564444247527427 https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1397567626491142146 The blog: quote:TL;DR: We do not use, and we’re not trying to build, AI that uses physical or personal features to deny claims.
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This is Lemonade too, hmmmm, im sure this will never produce discriminatory results
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Cyber punk villains: we are not cyberpunk villains nor are we a corncob
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Biplane posted:Man this capitalism poo poo fuckin sucks.
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Millennials are the ones raising the prices! Not our greed!
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PostNouveau posted:https://twitter.com/Lemonade_Inc/status/1397564444247527427 I like that they hyper-focused on the one person who made a joke that it was phrenology and not on everyone else saying "yeah uh if you run the video through any sort of algorithm like you said you do that's automatically adding bias"
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