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ODDJOB UNO 04-14-2010 11:31 AM

PRECIOUS! LMFAO! un feeking REAL!

jyl 04-14-2010 12:52 PM

Glen, tell me some of the ones you posted are photoshops. They just can't be real. Can they?

Porsche-O-Phile 04-14-2010 12:55 PM

Trust me, they can.

A930Rocket 04-14-2010 01:46 PM

Wow! I've been in new construction for the past 20 years, but have never see that kind of carnage.

Superman 04-14-2010 01:53 PM

Thank you DARISC, for taking the time to post these. I laughed until I cried.

johnco 04-14-2010 05:01 PM

found almost the same in the ceiling of a bar I was remodeling. Clipped off the wires about 6 inches long outside the box, named it the Octopus and hung it on the wall next to the walrus penis the guy had up there already.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1271293177.jpg

idontknow 04-14-2010 05:13 PM

I've seen those pictures before at Inspection News

There's tons more

GH85Carrera 04-14-2010 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jyl (Post 5295501)
Glen, tell me some of the ones you posted are photoshops. They just can't be real. Can they?

Hey, I just pass them along. I did not take them, I got them in an email. I would bet they are real.

EarlyPorsche 04-14-2010 07:11 PM

[QUOTE=peppy;4640991]
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Originally Posted by DARISC (Post 4638912)
What in the world?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1241199990.jpg

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

Not for heat...that guy bought the "home kit" or "do-it-yourself" recirculation hot water kit. Basically every faucet will have hot water waiting at it when you turn on the hot water with this system. My home as it but it was built in with copper pipe when the home was made. When I turn on the faucet it instantly has hot water because my hot water is constantly recirculating back to the water heater.

This guy bought that kit at homedepot I believe.

idontknow 04-14-2010 07:22 PM

Notice the sections of rigid steel pipe are black. You don't find that at home depot but I've seen that all over a construction site when the fire sprinkler guys are running their lines. It'd also explain the over abundance of unions and 90s

GH85Carrera 04-15-2010 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by idontknow (Post 5295916)
I've seen those pictures before at Inspection News

There's tons more

My anti-virus program declared that site as unsafe and closed the browser. I have never seen it do that on any other site.

Porsche-O-Phile 04-15-2010 04:43 AM

Go poke around some residential remodels some time. Residential is absolutely bottom-of-the-barrel. You wouldn't believe some of the stupid crap that cheap owners can scab together. Unpermitted work abounds a lot more than people realize.

I saw a lot of this kind of stuff when we were house/condo shopping in CA a couple of years ago. I'm sure the combination of a housing bubble, lots of el cheapo residential "developers"/flippers, an endless supply of illegal labor and a paucity of Inspector resources at the time created a sort of perfect storm for a lot of this stuff.

I've seen a few questionable things in commercial construction too, but the vast majority of the scary stuff is residential. And yes, it's really out there.

anotherblack944 04-15-2010 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by idontknow (Post 5296186)
Notice the sections of rigid steel pipe are black. You don't find that at home depot

Sure you do! One of those 18"-24" sections is what I use for a cheater. Fit's the 1/2 breaker bar perfectly and.. I got it at HD.

Don Plumley 04-15-2010 10:36 AM

More Epic kludges here: There, I Fixed It - Epic Kludge Photos

911pcars 04-15-2010 11:52 AM

This Jiffy Popcorn maker, ala smoke detector was a crack up. However, there is some limited reasoning to the madness.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1271360409.jpg

Apparently, popcorn expands at approx. 365ºF, well below the auto ignition temperature of typical building materials, e.g. wood = 572º.

As a fire detector, this might work, especially if the trajectory of the 300 deg. kernels targets a charred but slumbering face. However, as a smoke detector, this new application gets a big L. Deadly smoke is created at much lower temperatures. Orville Redenbacher never promised this much.

Sherwood

idontknow 04-15-2010 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 5296544)
My anti-virus program declared that site as unsafe and closed the browser. I have never seen it do that on any other site.

try again, I had a miscopied link

Quote:

Originally Posted by anotherblack944 (Post 5296655)
Sure you do! One of those 18"-24" sections is what I use for a cheater. Fit's the 1/2 breaker bar perfectly and.. I got it at HD.

I've spent hundreds of hours in a few HDs and never seen em there. All they have around here are grey galvanized rigid pipe

wdfifteen 04-15-2010 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 4663966)
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1242335292.jpg
ATM for the NBA only!


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1242335305.jpg
This HAS to be done by a woman! A man would never do it that way.

OK, I can understand this one. Code says you have to have two urinals. You've got 3 male employees and 8 females, but code says a single toilet in the ladies room is fine but the guys have to have a toilet and two urinals. This may not be the result of bad execution, it may be bad regulations and an f-you attitude on the part of the owner. Been there and done that.

masraum 04-15-2010 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by idontknow (Post 5297356)
try again, I had a miscopied link



I've spent hundreds of hours in a few HDs and never seen em there. All they have around here are grey galvanized rigid pipe

The one near my house has the black stuff. It may be regional or something.

masraum 04-15-2010 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 5298035)
OK, I can understand this one. Code says you have to have two urinals. You've got 3 male employees and 8 females, but code says a single toilet in the ladies room is fine but the guys have to have a toilet and two urinals. This may not be the result of bad execution, it may be bad regulations and an f-you attitude on the part of the owner. Been there and done that.

I figured it was either to practice your bank shot, or to practice your threesome aim.

looneybin 04-15-2010 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 5298079)
The one near my house has the black stuff. It may be regional or something.

the black pipe is for gas


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