Neutrino posted:

I was a project manager on a storm water detention pond project several years back. As part of the project there was a large underground settling tank that needed to be built. This settling tank was 10ftx10ftx150ft so it was big. The contractor could choose the way they wanted to build it and instead of using precast sections they chose to cast it in place in one orgy of concrete pouring.

Setting the forms took over a week and was an impressive job and very well done. There was an impressive amount of reinforcing steel inside the formwork and to simplify matters the contractor did not leave openings for the pipe, deciding to come back and core the holes after the forms were off. (Red Flag!)

The concrete pour was an all day affair and went well. A few days later the exterior forms were stripped and the interior forms were going to be pulled the next day. Unfortunately the next day we had rain. When I say rain we had a storm of epic proportions. If you are familiar with a storm water detention pond, it is a place to hold water from a storm. It usually doesn't stay a pond except during storms and when a storm comes, it will fill up with water. This pond filled up with water fast and if you can imagine a big concrete bathtub sitting in a deep pool of water, what does it do? It floats.

This big concrete structure wasn't designed to be a boat but it tried. It started to raise and when the uneven lifting pressures grew to be too great it broke and sank. Nearby residents heard a large bang when the concrete shattered. Well over $100,000 of work was lost in one rain storm.

GreenNight posted:

Hmm.

RoboRodent posted:

Surprise limbo!

Jerry Cotton posted:

(e: I don't actually think it's crappy but in this instance I would've gone for a hemispherical cup instead of a conical one.)

Enos Cabell posted:

I feel like your light fixture shouldn't be bigger than your tv.

sneakyfrog posted:

sooo you dont like ever light some candles around the house? is the tv explosive in some way?

drgitlin posted:

I once foolishly melted a bit of our old tv by leaving a tea light candle underneath it on the mantle.

Jerry Cotton posted:

It looked smaller in the box (it's a kit):



Whenever you think you knew just how detached from reality goons were, this sort of post happens.

Also how in the gently caress is the size of the candle in any way related to the intensity of heat it puts out?

Jerry Cotton posted:

Candlesticks don't have wicks. Candlesticks have candles stuck on them.

Methylethylaldehyde posted:

You can 100% pull out

Platystemon posted:

Well I hope they got good money for leasing out that land.

Leperflesh posted:

It's more that the modern definition of the word "castle" has evolved. People are fully aware that there were wooden fortifications, but we call them... wooden fortifications, or fortified manors, or just forts. Whereas the origin of the word "castle" is in latin "castrum" which just means "military camp" or "military post."

https://www.etymonline.com/word/castle

I'm sure survivor's bias comes into play in terms of there not being a lot of ancient wooden fortifications still being intact today, but even if there were gobs of them, we don't call them castles anymore.

Jaguars! posted:

Bad Munki posted:

How much like it, was it the same cat?

Sloppy posted:

I'll take 'owner-designed home' for 4.5 million, Alex.

https://www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/2300-SW-103rd-Ave-97225/home/26678122

FogHelmut posted:

My wife, who went to school for interior design and architecture and works as a graphic designer, has chosen shades of grey for all of the rooms in our house - after complaining that every room was a shade of yellow when we bought it. What gets me the most, besides the furniture also all being grey, is that the difference in the shade from room to room is so subtle. Under most conditions, you can't see the difference room to room. I'm sure that a board certified color scientist can verify the differences with advanced testing equipment, but for the most part under most lighting conditions, its all grey to me. I have to keep a spreadsheet of which can of paint goes with which room in case anything every has to be repaired.

Platystemon posted:

Mac Mini colocation was (apparently still is) a thing:

Tiny Lowtax posted:

I absolutely can not stand when realtors photoshop the sky in pictures

there wolf posted:

There is an episode of that old Tiny House building show about this thing. I think the couple who did it are set designers? and they travel for work a lot so this was their solution.

canyoneer posted:

xpost


I started off horrified at the lack of eye protection and then ended up pleasantly surprised and entertained.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Wish I could find anything more on this house:

Shut up Meg posted:

In which case: what the gently caress?

How noisy is that? It must sound like a burst watermain hitting an empty dumpster.

Rascar Capac posted:

https://twitter.com/uncleduke1969/status/1148807236447289344?s=21

opengl128 posted:

I legit thought that was a cat