The joys of being a bldg. inspector. Too funny!

[911Rob]

Great pics thanks!
I love the descriptions you've added too, very good.
Ha!

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by 911Rob

Great pics thanks!
I love the descriptions you've added too, very good.
Ha!

Felt I had to share. The descriptions came with the pics in the email from my friend.

[johnco]

ran into a junction box like that once while remodeling a bar. 18 12/2 wires in a 4" box. we cut it loose, named it the Octopus and hung it on the wall with all the wires and wirenuts still there. it was still hanging there long after the bar reopened

[gt350mike]

Just to show that we (us Americans) are not the only ones perfecting the art of jerry-rigging/redneck engineering!

[ckissick]

I've been hired to fix a problem with someone's driveway. The house plans called for the garage to be at a certain elevation, level with the main floor of the house. For some unknown reason, the builder decided to put the garage slab 2.5 feet lower. He then sloped the driveway, which goes down to the garage, so that it's steepest at the garage door. It's a 35% slope.

The lady bought the house, then when she moved in, she realized she couldn't get her car into the garage. You need a jacked-up Jeep to get in the garage, and four wheel drive to get up the driveway. Oh, and the house cost 2.8 million bucks.

[sammyg2]

I can't top those, but when I moved into my house it had two very nice ceiling fans.

The previous owner had installed the fans and was creative in that process.

He cut one end off of a couple of extension cords, drilled a couple of holes in the ceiling in the corner of the rooms, and fed the cut ends up into the attic (running behind the curtains on the wall so they would not be visible).
Then he connected the wires to the fans with electrical tape. No boxes, no wire nuts, just tape.
The other end that he didn't cut off, he simply plugged into the wall outlets that were controlled by the light switch on the wall.
PERFECT!

I wonder if he was a licensed electrician?

[Bill Douglas]

I haven't laughed this much for quite a while. I renovate my own rentals so I can imagine what was going on in the heads of the people who did this. Oh Jeez I'm still giggling - more coffee.

[dentist90]

Originally Posted by notfarnow

Apparently, this does not meet code:

Of course not! The shower head must be a Watersaver nowadays, and they've obviously forgotten to install a toilet-paper roll holder in the shower as well (see first picture of thread).

Everything else seems OK.

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by ckissick

I've been hired to fix a problem with someone's driveway. The house plans called for the garage to be at a certain elevation, level with the main floor of the house. For some unknown reason, the builder decided to put the garage slab 2.5 feet lower. He then sloped the driveway, which goes down to the garage, so that it's steepest at the garage door. It's a 35% slope.

The lady bought the house, then when she moved in, she realized she couldn't get her car into the garage. You need a jacked-up Jeep to get in the garage, and four wheel drive to get up the driveway. Oh, and the house cost 2.8 million bucks.

Was the builder at least smart enough to have a good drain in front of the garage so it doesn't flood the garage? How are you going to fix it?

DARISC,
These are great pix btw. Thanks for taking the time to upload your friend's e-mail.

[peppy]

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What in the world?


I think they are using this for heat. That is a circulation pump isn't it.

[peppy]

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Hmm…where does the wire go and how much glue did he use to stick that thing there?



That's called a pull switch.

[URY914]

Here's one. Just cut the web out of that column when it gets in the valve's way...

[Fritz Peyerl]

That's what I found on our last trip to Europe, our Hotel room only had two outlets and one of them was covered up, by heating pipes

[Porsche-O-Phile]

NEVER, EVER underestimate the damage that can be done by cheap idiots with power tools. Ever.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^
One thing I've learned in years of being around buildings and construction sites.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Neilk

Was the builder at least smart enough to have a good drain in front of the garage so it doesn't flood the garage? How are you going to fix it?

He did put in a trench drain. The driveway can be regraded to 20% max with 2% for the last 16 feet to the garage. Over 100 feet of driveway needs to be regraded.

[targa911S]

Every photo is an "Oh my God"!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Good stuff. Having done remodeling, including some repair work on mobile homes, I absolutely believe it all.

[GH85Carrera]

How about these winners!


Hmmmm I wonder how ya get to that bottom one


Talk about a boring subject


Invisible door


Owners must own a Hummer to live here


Duck!


That is one way to do it.


I think I hear a train.


Ouch my head!


Whew, I made it to the top!


I must be drunk!

[GH85Carrera]

ATM for the NBA only!



This HAS to be done by a woman! A man would never do it that way.

[masraum]

So here's a way to make Gregrrr's work seem pretty good.