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[–] [email protected] 126 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope this is fake somehow, otherwise Steve has put his own house on the verge of collapse. And if it happens, she won't remember complaining about the unsightly pipes running under the joists.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The pictures real, the caption is almost definitely bullshit tho.

One of them would have explained why you don't cut a floor joist

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I got that feeling too based on the premise of someone complaining about:

  1. Something they've almost certainly never seen.
  2. Nobody else will likely ever see, save for hired pros.

But if we're right about the photo being real, someone has a huge problem.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"pipes clean and off the ground"

lol wait until you hear about the water pipes coming into the house

[–] Steamymoomilk 21 points 2 weeks ago

What do you mean they go underground?? Thats like were i walk Ewwww

Thats like where my dog pisses.

Ewww.

Some people man

[–] Scubus 8 points 1 week ago

...water? Like from the toilet?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

industry standard expansion joints so the beams don't crack under the weight of the house 👌👌👌

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's amazing that the floor doesn't just drop

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maglev, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bonus trampoline in the living room.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Good for one big jump, maybe two.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder what the thinking was as whomever embarked on this project. I suppose not much, beyond "must make neat plumbing install".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Every so often you find a subcontractor who follows what they see on the blueprints exactly

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That is very wrong but at the bare minimum they could have installed steel brackets to put back some of the strenght, if the notion of using a hole saw evaded them.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or why not some like... just some bands to attach the pipes under the supports.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, then the pipes would be too close to the ground. They might get dirty.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bonus if they have porcelain tiles above lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Tiles on top of a radiant floor heating system…