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Cyrano4747 posted:I'm guessing it's to take advantage of some weird edge lot, but why woudln't you just build it in a triangle in that case, a la flatiron building? Obviously it's built on a mining tenement which can only have gridline boundaries.
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HycoCam posted:A cardinal rule in building is to never open any mud bucket after the drywallers leave. Good builders screw scrap plywood over any hvac registers on the floor. Sure, it keeps debris out, but the main reason is so the drywallers don't pee in them. But I thought piss was stored in the walls? 
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It's stored anywhere you put it
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Not crappy construction, but holy poo poo I have so much respect for tree trimmers. Two big bushy rear end trees in my yard that I've put off forever getting trimmed, so fence is always moldy and the amount of leaves that fall is an hoa fight every year, plus anxiety during every storm.    $700 and done in 3.5hrs, I'm just in awe. One dude and his helper. Now I can hopefully have a non moldy fence and get something other than dirt to grow in my yard.
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Hope they were an ISA certified arborist.
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How could that even have worked? Wouldn't construction workers keep accidentally digging up bodies while digging the basement and swimming pool?
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Facebook Aunt posted:How could that even have worked? Wouldn't construction workers keep accidentally digging up bodies while digging the basement and swimming pool? they're kept aside as the Tradesman's Snack
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A neighbour across the road is a tree surgeon it is extremely useful.
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Oh I have something to add here. For context: My boyfriend's dad died a few months ago. They've had nearly no contact for over a decade, so not a hugely dramatic ordeal for either of us. The old man was apparently quite handy and ok-ish at many things for most of his life, but in his last years some combination of dementia and cancer treatments left him less able to follow through than he used to be. It apparently also lower his threshold for starting new projects. I'm not here to talk about the two shipping containers full of random junk (dead concrete mixers, a sailboat engine, buckets full of hand tools), the many freezers and fridges, or the many walls he moved, or the bathroom with no floor. However, the one thing I did take pictures of was whatever he thought he was doing to the roof beam between the living room and entrance. From the living room:  From the floor above:   We're planning to have an engineer look at it and then have someone competent sell the house for us. Worst case, it's a nice big lot with a view of the lake, and I'm sure someone would like to build a new house or two on it.
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The engineer is going to scream and pass out.
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Computer viking posted:a sailboat engine,  ???
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Sailboats typically have small auxiliary engines that may be built in, or small outboards.
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wesleywillis posted:Sailboats typically have small auxiliary engines that may be built in, or small outboards. Yeah, this - specifically an inboard engine. Even if you mostly sail, having the option is nice.
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I love 80s movies. They have a stupid reference for everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyhOh7geDn8
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Would have saved the judges boat in caddyshack
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Computer viking posted:Yeah, this - specifically an inboard engine. Even if you mostly sail, having the option is nice. Good point. The ones (outboards) that I've seen are probably back up back ups.
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Ok I’m just here to observe, I don’t really do load bearing or structural poo poo. Anyone more familiar care to guess what the goal was with the dementia roof beam?
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Computer viking posted:Oh I have something to add here. For context: My boyfriend's dad died a few months ago. They've had nearly no contact for over a decade, so not a hugely dramatic ordeal for either of us. I like that there's both temporary bracing holding the steel beam up and a comealong from said beam. It's Schroedinger's Beam.
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LonsomeSon posted:Ok I’m just here to observe, I don’t really do load bearing or structural poo poo. Anyone more familiar care to guess what the goal was with the dementia roof beam? A load-bearing wall was in the way of his vision for the place. He correctly identified that the load would have to be supported in some other way but halfassed the implementation.
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I'm the little aluminum strap on the right doing my best
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ddiddles posted:I'm the little aluminum strap on the right doing my best I'm the 6th wheel jack sneaking in at the back. e: on second thoughts I'm the small chair placed to sit and admire the whole setup as one would a piece of art or a torture scene Powerful Two-Hander fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Apr 24, 2024 |
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I'm the HDMI(?) cable tied around the load bearing beam that's cracking lengthwise.
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I’m the two c clamps providing an anchoring point for a ratchet strap under a steel I beam
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i guess it's deck season or something
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`Nemesis posted:i guess it's deck season or something wabbit season
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kid sinister posted:rabbet season
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Wait...some of that is box and not I-beam and there's a stack of box section. And the actual I beam isn't sitting on the wall at all anyway, was that even there before? Did he just straight up take out two structural walls to replace with steel beams so that the rooms would be knocked though and then just not build the actual supports?
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Wait...some of that is box and not I-beam and there's a stack of box section. And the actual I beam isn't sitting on the wall at all anyway, was that even there before? Did he just straight up take out two structural walls to replace with steel beams so that the rooms would be knocked though and then just not build the actual supports? I'd ask, but, you know,  I also wish I had taken more pictures, because I'll probably never set foot in that house again. If they decide to sell it as is, I'll make sure I get a copy of the inspection report so I can translate the interesting parts.
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Houses in this kind of condition go for pennies on the dollar. It's much cheaper to rebuild this and make it livable, if you can afford it
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Platystemon posted:OP sets out to build a deck, actually constructs the most overbuilt square foot garden boxes in human history. There's easier ways to conceal future bunker construction.
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Potato Salad posted:There's easier ways to conceal future bunker construction. "more dirt than you'll know what to do with"
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OP of the bunker‐concealing deck posted an update.quote:Out here grinding. 12/98 planters dug out
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I like those window bars up top.
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ajkalan posted:I like those window bars up top. Gotta keep out the spider mans.
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City 17
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Nitrox posted:Houses in this kind of condition go for pennies on the dollar. It's much cheaper to rebuild this and make it livable, if you can afford it Selling it as "a nice big lot with a view [buyer must remove old house]" is one of the more likely alternatives. It's not like any of us really need a house in Lillehammer, so we're just trying to find the most efficient way to get some value out of it.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:City 17 Azerbaijan
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:City 17 You're unsafe here.
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One of the advantages of central/northern European construction is that a lot of the materials of the old build can be salvaged and reused. Things like bricks and roof tiles.
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