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Just chuck a bunch of rocks into the bog until it's not swampy anymore
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cut a segment of pressure treated 2x4 of the right length to just jam in under the bracket and against the ground. It'll keep the thing from moving and if you need to lower it later you knock out the 2x4 and cut a shorter one.
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Bad Munki posted:Got my own self inflicted crappy construction question on a project I’ve been working on just for funsies. Real low stakes here. My Dad's solution to a similar problem was to drill through the pipe and board and slap a hardened carriage bolt through both with some big fender washers bent to the curve of the pipe on that end. Worked through my childhood without falling down on us, but definitely belongs in this thread.
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Dunno-Lars posted:You could go for a suspension bridge instead, to really add to the thread. That’s the spirit! moist turtleneck posted:Just chuck a bunch of rocks into the bog until it's not swampy anymore That is also a spirit but not the one I’m after.
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Dunno-Lars posted:You could go for a suspension bridge instead, to really add to the thread. Have we considered a zip line?
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Bad Munki posted:That’s the spirit! Build crappy bridges until the rubble forms a stable enough base for one to remain standing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82CqjaDKmA
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Ashcans posted:Have we considered a zip line? So many times, yes. Orvin posted:Build crappy bridges until the rubble forms a stable enough base for one to remain standing. What does it look like I’m doing?!
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Platystemon posted:The tragic effects of a lifetime of wearing boxer shorts. what
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Um Throw on a second U-bolt.
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this is the crappy construction thread bad munki, fix it with expanding foam, loctite, and ratchet straps
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Leperflesh posted:this is the crappy construction thread magma
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lmao you'll tunnel into an aquifer you fool
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Leperflesh posted:this is the crappy construction thread I was going to suggest something like this, however; Leperflesh posted:lmao you'll tunnel into an aquifer you fool This suggests a much better approach. just make sure you involve some screw pumps and watch out for lizard men.
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tenant special to recover your security deposit in whole is also valid
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`Nemesis posted:your deposit in hole
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reminds me of an old roommate: his last day at the apartment on his way out the door grabbed the vacuum, screamed "EXCALIBER!!!" and impaled the wall with it.
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My friend moved into a.janky rental his family had owned and quickly found that the plaster on the walls had large cracks (from a 100 y/o house settling? Foundation issues? Earthquake? Who knows) and someone had just covered tje cracks with tape and painted over it
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MattO posted:reminds me of an old roommate: his last day at the apartment on his way out the door grabbed the vacuum, screamed "EXCALIBER!!!" and impaled the wall with it. He must have felt foolish once he realised that the sword in the stone and Excalibur are two different swords 
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Eighties ZomCom posted:He must have felt foolish once he realised that the sword in the stone and Excalibur are two different swords Excalibur backwards is Rub a Exlax 
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`Nemesis posted:tenant special to recover your security deposit in whole is also valid My housemate put a hole in the wall with a roller blade. I stuffed it with newspaper, then used car body filler to smooth it out before sanding and spray painting with the same white paint I used to hide the rust on my car. Worked perfect.
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from an apartment listing, for rent
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The Menards special.
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Big money status: Saved!
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titty_baby_ posted:My friend moved into a.janky rental his family had owned and quickly found that the plaster on the walls had large cracks (from a 100 y/o house settling? Foundation issues? Earthquake? Who knows) and someone had just covered tje cracks with tape and painted over it I’ve found this one before, it was a massive 1-2” wide plaster crack just taped over and painted (by my landlord). Also in my renting history a few times I have found surprisingly minty holes that had been repaired according to an ancient life hack: filling them in with toothpaste and painting over (probably by a previous tenant, hope they got that security deposit in full).
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kreeningsons posted:I’ve found this one before, it was a massive 1-2” wide plaster crack just taped over and painted (by my landlord). Also in my renting history a few times I have found surprisingly minty holes that had been repaired according to an ancient life hack: filling them in with toothpaste and painting over (probably by a previous tenant, hope they got that security deposit in full). The previous owner's painter filled in the holes in the bathroom door with caulk, then forgot to paint over it.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:The previous owner's painter filled in the holes in the bathroom door with caulk, then forgot to paint over it. Forgot implies they were ever going to do it. In college we just used a bunch of spackle. 8x10 hole? Keep spackling until it's full. They keep it next to the paint at Walmart.
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When I was a teenager I accidently put a hole in the wall because there was no door stop in my room and I poste pushed it open too hard so I just put a Nintendo poster there. Almost got away with it until I took the poster down when I was gonna move out.
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kreeningsons posted:...Also in my renting history a few times I have found surprisingly minty holes that had been repaired according to an ancient life hack: filling them in with toothpaste and painting over (probably by a previous tenant, hope they got that security deposit in full). It wasn't me. I deny everything.
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I did a similar thing when I cracked the (apparently unobtainable) access panel for the useless whirlpool tub in my rental. Took the cracked panel, superglued it back together, then backed the whole thing with a couple sheets of plasticard laminated on with epoxy before touching up the crack with modeling paints and varnish. Never know it's there.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Excalibur backwards is Rub a Exlax Rubilacxe?
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Plastik posted:Rubilacxe? No thanks I just dined.
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`Nemesis posted:tenant special to recover your security deposit in whole is also valid I actually put a dent in one of my walls by getting up out of my chair too quickly and it rolling back into the wall behind me. I've been tempted to do just that, but I don't want to repaint the entire wall and don't really trust colour-matching to make any patch not obvious. So now the dent lives behind a bookcase and plausible deniability.
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Mighty Atlas will never tire.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I've been tempted to do just that, but I don't want to repaint the entire wall and don't really trust colour-matching to make any patch not obvious. I did color matching for three different shades of beige in my last apartment, they were able to identify the manufacturer and exact formulation of two of them, so they made me a sample of both. I painted over a few spots and it ended up being indistinguishable from the rest of the wall.
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In apartments, I've always patched over small holes (hanging pictures), never bothered to paint. Figured they'd be painting after I move out, anyway. Always got my deposit back.
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Push El Burrito posted:Mighty Atlas will never tire. 
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