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Upon inspection of this home’s foundation, we discovered that somebody had glued the foundation bolts onto the sill plate instead of actually bolting anchors into the concrete...
Not only is this unethical, but it puts the residents of the home and the home itself at risk during seismic activity. Luckily we ended up bolting it correctly.
pupperscatdog11
My inspector checked BEFORE the sill plate was installed.
spashark
wow more work than doing right the first time
AussieTimp
i love your weekly reports thanks dude
rs510
It's amazing to see the effort people put in to do a bad job. The same effort could have been used to do it correctly.
abacab87
They probably forgot to put them in, and did this as a quick fix before the inspector got there.
RussianBlueJay
That is rancid! Going to such great lengths as to fake bolts and washers....geez. Probably cheaper to do the actual job
Memaleph
Typical geocaching
dustygamedev
This seems like a lot of effort to avoid not putting effort into something.
Aaronb1138
Fishing for repeat business... Same way so many roofing companies do shoddy work. Nuke/Phoenix the LLC, hire crew to new corp, profit.
MinxyJinx
Thats some next level Chinese Engineering
WannaBetYourNameIsTattooedOnMyAss
FakeIphoneLooksReal.MPG
thisiscatman
Last level chinese engineering. NEXT level chinese engineering is gluing the windows default background wallpaper to the screen of a tv....
tiderfish
How did you figure this out?
AlphaStructural
If we are performing work or doing an inspection under a house, we almost always do a torque test on the bolts to ensure they are secure.
namAehT
Ever have them shear right off?
AlphaStructural
Yes. Sometimes they’re in such bad condition from rusting that they rip off fairly easily or spin loose.
Direwolflord
Ha, I'm pretty sure with how crooked my house is if i had an earthquake this whole building would end up in the basement.
BlowOnItAndStickItIn
I worked on a house from the late 1800s that was in bad shape. I once fell through the roof, the staircase, and through the floor. It hurt.
AlphaStructural
Ouch :/
WildcatB
"It hurt." I LoL'ed. I fell through the third floor of an apartment building once. Luckily I stopped at the second floor ceiling...
BlowOnItAndStickItIn
I felt like Tim Allen.
pfler
My brother works construction. They got a job to insulate a house built during the housing bubble that burst in 2007.
pfler
Turns out the cinder blocks were laid in a checker board pattern.
db22
So the contractor glued and bolted?
AlphaStructural
Yes
Irreal
DIN 897
newsguycraigevans
Reminder: The Republican party constantly tells people that regulations hurt business.
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
yuyufan43
This one is less dangerous, but when my Mum got her house, the previous owners put gloss on the hardwood floors, going around the furniture
TatersWhatsTatersPrecious
Seems like a silly place to put bolts when your keyboard is right there
Jonavilez
Wow. That's so messed up.
phuzz00
So houses in America are bolted down? Why not just cement the bricks to the foundation?
nsaspyingonuranus
Really ?
panamjck
You mean I have been wasting time anchoring them in the concrete?
originalmoomoo
Referred to as "lick em and stick em" here. People actually try to get away with that for earthquake bolts!!
rtysiiik1
I've seen similar with some structural work I've done. Crazy
Atomsk
A bolt move though.
friedmarmalade
When the shortcut is more work than the long cut.
samsoniteson2000
Sales guy: *Slaps roof of house* “This baby—“ Inspector: “Don’t do that."
grandslamdolf
Soylencer
Does the front fall off?
pupperscatdog11
But no cardboard derivatives were used.
reineseele
This isn't just a front, the other sides of the houses come for free, as in they don't exist but *shh*
looseasamoose
Seismic activity? In California? Chance in a million
HeyItsJP
"Well, I'm not saying it wasn't safe it's just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones."
Dingmeatgroup
MomKevinjustfelloutofthecar
Ever consider that they really couldn't practice that scene?
nopressurejustcomeupwithacoolname
Beautiful!
ThanosTheGreat
BiggestofBears
This guy was a crazy military dictator or something, right? This gif always makes me chuckle. But I'm pretty sure he's a terrible human.
ThanosTheGreat
I just like the gif coz of the way he laughs.
Awmedeo
Idi Amin Dada Oumee aka "Butcher of Uganda", yeah not a very nice dude.
WastingMyLifeOneMemeATaTime
bad dude, infectious laugh though
MomKevinjustfelloutofthecar
A true mad man. We made a few of those.
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
every home built in my city was built by a company that was a shell company that folded as soon as the project was done. no one to sue.
KellyCrazyCatLadyinTraining
Oh shit! O.O
MomKevinjustfelloutofthecar
I think because required insurance policy in effect at the time of the occurrence/defect would provide relief. I've actually used this
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
the problem is that my city has no oversight on housing developments. I've lived in several places that were deathtraps waiting to happen.
MomKevinjustfelloutofthecar
I sympathize. Hard to find a reputable builder when most home are spec built
joebellson
What the..... how often do you see something like that....
LetMeGoogleThatShtForYou
Im assuming in the US not as much. China? Probably standard
KileyBarker
Most builders with any kind of reputation would never do such a thing. This kind of thing happens if you hire fly-by-night lowest bidders.
Memaleph
I saw it once, on a bridge over the highway. There was a geocache in it.
abacab87
I've never seen it, but I'm in michigan and I've never heard of a house blowing off the foundation, even though most of the old houses don't
abacab87
have them.
JustAnotherPOG
Probably don't get too many hurricanes or earthquakes up there though.
KrakedUp
Depends how often people check for it. I'd say more than you're comfortable considering.
AlphaStructural
Not a whole lot. People don't stoop down to that level often...
joebellson
That’s the kind of thing it seems like it would be worth searching for who did it and setting an example, but I imagine that might be hard
ITakePrideInClearPee
Perfect icon for that comment
joebellson
I meant to say thanks as well, I like seeing your posts, they are interesting!!
vowofloudness
How did you even notice that?
justsomeyahoo
Do you have a way to find out which contractor did this and report it?
VillainVillain
To foundation level?
Greenshield
seems like it'd be more effort to cut and mock them up than just anchor them properly
Raggedsrage
Well compared to doing it correctly when their pouring the wall. After when the sill plate and floor is down... gonna be a pain to drill it.
Amwaysalesdept
That level? The foundation level?
Kunitsu
gods i hope not... but you've given me a ton of shit to check for whenever i purchase a bigger house (hopefully)
WisconsinHome
But you’ve seen it more than once?
Kittynomnoms
Oh they definitely have seen things like that more than once. A lot of the time it's the homeowner's idea too because they don't want to pay
WisconsinHome
Damn
roundandround
There isn't an iron worker around who hasn't thought about it. You're a scumbag if you do it.
DucDuChats
Seems like more work than just putting some titens in
OtterlyMagnificent
How hard is it, really, to sink bolts into the foundation when it's poured? I mean, the wall layout is RIGHT THERE...
Squidlybytes
I've forgotten it twice. You get the rotary hammer and some wedge anchors and fix it. Half an hour to do it right no matter how bad it was.
OtterlyMagnificent
Ok that's fair. When putting up my dad's new garage, we didn't have enough bolts sunk in either, so we ran some 3/4" redhead bolts in 1/
OtterlyMagnificent
and also set a small pile of sawdust on fire because I set the drill too close to the chopsaw after drilling the holes...2/2
Crasher2003
Wish you guys were country wide, my house is deciding to do all sorts of not nice things. Starting to think there is a collapsing cavern 1/2
WestChief378
read this as "County Wide" and was wondering why they hated your part of the county... lol
Valewalker
Im right there with ya Crasher2003. I have a couple old family homes in desprate need of foundation inspection.
Crasher2003
The crap part is it's two slabs each end with block in the middle. And it looks like the back part is trying to pull away from the front.
AlphaStructural
Hopefully we will someday in the near future :)
AnonOmis1000
Honestly you are the only guys I'd trust to do a home inspection when I'm looking to buy a house
Valewalker
Please let imgur know when you are spreading to other areas!
belly42
CovidStructural. Now across the US!
SnossedAndLost
/a/WNIP8y1 recently noticed my rented house is held up by some sketchy bricks, can you tell me how fucked this is lol
TwoCheese
Based on their other posts that looks pretty fucked. I’d talk to the owner stat.
KellyCrazyCatLadyinTraining
Oh fuck. No more running or intense sex in the house, okay?
nopenopeyno
Yah our doors or either too loose or too tight depending on the day because the frame shifts so bad. Good thing we are renting. We might die
SnossedAndLost
Think renter's insurance covers that?
NKato
Or you could do this guy a solid and do a free road trip to inspect his place. :V
NKato
Ok, maybe not free. PREMIUM.
Crasher2003
Hell I'd settle for a video call and see what he thinks. The few companies in our are are no good.
NKato
Hm...remote telepresence drone? I think that's a thing.
Crasher2003
Under the back of the house, but my only exp is foundation lifting not too keen on the eval side of things.
fearandloathinginaz
I'd be happy to come take a look.
AgentFour
I'm sure there is some sort of structural inspector in your state, just gonna cost a bit.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Sink hole?
Crasher2003
Maybe if it is it's not visible yet
noReallyIamPrincessBob
One family in our town had a sink hole open up underneath their house without any warning. Insurance sucked, they are still paying mortgage!
noReallyIamPrincessBob
They were evacuated and could not go back in for anything. It really sucks for them.
TehMightyEngineer
What state are you located in?
Crasher2003
Va
TehMightyEngineer
Dang not located near there. Can't recommend any other structural engineers. If you were New England I'd see what I could do.