I've lived in houses like that. This one place didn't have a single right angle in the entire building. Not floor to wall, wall to ceiling, wall to wall, inside cabinets or closets... anywhere. It was like the product of some singular mad builder who eyeballed everything. And was blind in one eye.
That place even outdid this picture in a single area, however: everything had barcodes and price tag stickers still on it. The toilet. Lightswitches. Door thresholds. Sometimes they'd be partially buried under paint or caulk.
My current place has a really awkward hallway leading from the front (where the door and kitchen are) to the back (where the living room is) which kinks at just the right angle to make it almost impossible to get a couch back there. We eventually found a one-armed chaise lounge that we were able to just barely get through, but nothing else would go. Also the majority of the walls have big buttresses at the baseboard so nothing will sit flush against the walls.
It's an in-law though, what did I expect? Basic competency?
This reminded me of This Old House's great series of photos they call "Home Inspection Nightmares"... When I first came across that site, it sucked down a good part of an afternoon.. It appears they've expanded the collection since my last visit..
The stairs in my house slope backwards. I have to warn every visitor to my home about this otherwise four steps up I'm guaranteed to hear a "whoa! *thud*" as they slip down the stairs and bang their head on the ceiling.
Oh yeah, that's the other bit... there's a "walk in wardrobe" (it's a small room) over the stairs, so half way down the stairs you have to bend in two.
It's like someone designed the stairs to make people fall down them.
Drop shadow!
This makes me want to pull out a crowbar and fix it.
I think it would look good with a ribbon cable through the slot, and sticker labels on the panel.
And scorch marks on the faceplate.
You mean like my last house?
Your Banksy moment awaits.
I've lived in houses like that. This one place didn't have a single right angle in the entire building. Not floor to wall, wall to ceiling, wall to wall, inside cabinets or closets... anywhere. It was like the product of some singular mad builder who eyeballed everything. And was blind in one eye.
That place even outdid this picture in a single area, however: everything had barcodes and price tag stickers still on it. The toilet. Lightswitches. Door thresholds. Sometimes they'd be partially buried under paint or caulk.
My current place has a really awkward hallway leading from the front (where the door and kitchen are) to the back (where the living room is) which kinks at just the right angle to make it almost impossible to get a couch back there. We eventually found a one-armed chaise lounge that we were able to just barely get through, but nothing else would go. Also the majority of the walls have big buttresses at the baseboard so nothing will sit flush against the walls.
It's an in-law though, what did I expect? Basic competency?
well, seeing as how five-gang plates used to cost about 17 dollars up here, yeah.....
The missing screws!
Where do they go?
Why does it bother me?
I'll never know!
Hah!
This reminded me of This Old House's great series of photos they call "Home Inspection Nightmares"... When I first came across that site, it sucked down a good part of an afternoon.. It appears they've expanded the collection since my last visit..
Fsck, I'm gettin' nothin' done today. Thanks...
;)
yeaaahhhhh... I noticed that. But they wouldn't want to rip out that wall because it gives them more hanging space. Gnah.
The stairs in my house slope backwards. I have to warn every visitor to my home about this otherwise four steps up I'm guaranteed to hear a "whoa! *thud*" as they slip down the stairs and bang their head on the ceiling.
Oh yeah, that's the other bit... there's a "walk in wardrobe" (it's a small room) over the stairs, so half way down the stairs you have to bend in two.
It's like someone designed the stairs to make people fall down them.
There are books, Neo... endless books, where electrical fails are documented.
I recommend the "circuit" that's an extension cord run up a gutter downspout.
Or the two extension cords duct-taped together and taped to an empty milk jug ... as a float ... so that they can span the swimming pool...
You know, I'm used to seeing code that looks like that. It's nice to see that hardware folks can have similiar "requirement misunderstandings."
Of course, having just installed my own RJ-45 jack, I have a bit more sympathy for this "hack."
Five switches and the dude was committed to putting the junction box in the wrong place.
We've all been there.
This looks like something I would have done when I was like 11 years old.
I got shocked a lot back then.
I was just browsing a friend's friends page, and upon seeing this entry of yours I felt obliged to share this picture : http://pics.livejournal.com/osmium_ocelot/pic/000gqx5s/g93
and this entry that goes with it :
http://osmium-ocelot.livejournal.com/80904.html
Somehow it reminds me of a story of one of your former places of residence.
29. What is he trying to tell us?
No, no, it's clearly 14.1. Outside the faceplate is on the other side of the decimal place.
Don't you mean 14.5?
Wait, scratch I see your point. Yes, perhaps I do.