Ornamental Dingbat posted:

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

The Glumslinger posted:

How about Bob Vila?

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

The Human Cow posted:

Are there any more shows like Renovation Realities? It was my favorite. Two people with less knowledge than me (which is already a low bar) and a too-small budget in terms of both money and time embark on a kitchen/bathroom/whatever renovation themselves and film the whole thing.

Phanatic posted:

Development Fails is a solid instagram follow:

https://www.instagram.com/development_fails/

Today I learned about this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Arch_Mound

It cost London 6 million pounds to build a lovely hill covered by some grass and plants that don't grow well.



They originally wanted it to be, you know, covered with soil, but instead it's just scaffolding and turf. They were charging people 10 pounds to walk up it and look around. That didn't go over so well. Next they're going to be spending more money to remove it.

Phanatic posted:

Development Fails is a solid instagram follow:

https://www.instagram.com/development_fails/

Today I learned about this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Arch_Mound

It cost London 6 million pounds to build a lovely hill covered by some grass and plants that don't grow well.



They originally wanted it to be, you know, covered with soil, but instead it's just scaffolding and turf. They were charging people 10 pounds to walk up it and look around. That didn't go over so well. Next they're going to be spending more money to remove it.

canyoneer posted:

Long effortpost of a home reno tv show disaster, via @aubryeliz on instagram. When Instagram "home design influencer" gets a show on Magnolia network and becomes her own GC. The homeowner telling the story is some flavor of instagram momblogger, but previously spent 15 years in the construction industry and her father is a lifelong GC. So many red flags pop throughout the story, but every time she gives villains Candis and Andy benefit of the doubt because maybe it's weird and different because TV and my sorta-friend wouldn't screw me over like this, right?

The Hollywood Reporter posted:

[Source]

Magnolia Network, the new joint venture between Chip and Joanna Gaines and Discovery, has removed one of its series from the air two days after the channel’s launch amid accusations of poor work and unexpected costs against its hosts.

A rep for the network, which debuted Wednesday, confirmed that Home Work has been yanked after allegations surfaced against hosts Andy and Candis Meredith by homeowners on social media.

“Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith,” Magnolia Network Allison Page said in a statement. “Within the last few days, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove Home Work from the Magnolia Network lineup pending a review of the claims that have been made.”

quote:

But efforts to stabilize the sinking and leaning skyscraper seemed to worsen matters. Engineers halted construction on the fix in summer 2021 so they could “determine why increased foundation movement was occurring and how this could be mitigated.”

To relaunch the stabilization, Hamburger on Thursday proposed slashing the number of support piles beneath the tower from 52 to 18 to "minimize additional building settlement."

A letter to the Millennium Tower’s general manager last month said the new, quicker fix was needed after engineers identified two potential causes for apparent worsening of the building’s settlement: “vibration of the soils associated with pile installation activity, and unintentional removal of excessive soil as the piles were installed.”

...

In an exclusive investigation, NBC Bay Area reported Wednesday that an expert review of the perimeter pile upgrade plan found there was a one- to four-day-long delay in summer 2021 between excavating the soil for the existing six pilings and injecting grout to minimize soil collapse.

That gap between excavating and injecting grout went against protocol and "could very well explain the comparatively rapid settlement and tilting that occurred during pile installation in August."

Dillbag posted:

Everyone just watch the Larry Haun framing videos and feel better about the world.

Phanatic posted:

SF's Millenium Tower's rate of tilt is now up to 3" per year, which means in a few years the elevators and plumbing won't work:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leaning-san-francisco-skyscraper-tilting-3-inches-year-engineers-rush-rcna11389?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

The repair efforts thus far have made things worse:

Phanatic posted:

SF's Millenium Tower's rate of tilt is now up to 3" per year, which means in a few years the elevators and plumbing won't work:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leaning-san-francisco-skyscraper-tilting-3-inches-year-engineers-rush-rcna11389?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

The repair efforts thus far have made things worse:

Enos Cabell posted:

I hope not too, I also love his shows. Just have a deep distrust of most tv reno personalities now.

For me it would go Silva Bros >>> Mike Holmes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else

e: also, if Tom Silva would agree to be my grandpa that would be cool
e2: I'd accept Norm Abrams as an alternate

The Dave posted:

Looks like beatmasterj is on tiktok now

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7044524035614625071

The Dave posted:

Looks like beatmasterj is on tiktok now

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7044524035614625071

tetrapyloctomy posted:

So when something like this happens, who eats the cost of having to replace every single one of those? The HVAC company for doing it, the general contractor for letting it happen, or the homeowner because gently caress You, Homeowner?

tetrapyloctomy posted:

So when something like this happens, who eats the cost of having to replace every single one of those? The HVAC company for doing it, the general contractor for letting it happen, or the homeowner because gently caress You, Homeowner?

The Dave posted:

According to the comments the HVAC company had to pay to sister every joist on both sides.

MisterOblivious posted:

That's the premise of this skit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZnkyiBG_U

mostlygray posted:

Norm Abrams is God. That's just a simple fact. The man has a power tool and a jig for anything. He probably has a jig to zip down to take a piss.

8one6 posted:

From what I understand that floor is turbo hosed, right?

kid sinister posted:

The Dave posted:

According to the comments the HVAC company had to pay to sister every joist on both sides.

Motronic posted:

HVAC company's insurance company when you've hired actual businesses with bonding and insurance.

kid sinister posted:

Giant Metal Robot posted:

Are those drywall anchors? Can you actually twist them on like that or are they just fancy hats?

Bad Munki posted:

Oh neat, diewall anchors

tomapot posted:

I just shared this with my wife and she said “Hildie was a sadist and a criminal.” Referring to Trading Spaces. She’d use anything for wall covering; wine labels, cardboard, hay.

kid sinister posted:

n0tqu1tesane posted:

Is that a couple neutral-ground bonds I see there?

Keyser_Soze posted:

Early This Old House seasons were Normie running around on the jankiest OSHA resistant fenceboard scaffolding 75 feet in the air and jumping over the gaps back to the house.