What can go wrong?

sydthebeat

How about a fun thread for examples of cock-ups, strange outcomes and wishful thinking??? (mods???)

how about this for a percolation test hole??
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f242/sydthebeat/Picture013.jpg


Or this?? whats wrong with this picture?
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f242/sydthebeat/Picture013-1.jpg

Chimpster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSMBDQ5XwU

Quazzie

Chimpster wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSMBDQ5XwU

Ya can't beat good craftsmanship.

With techniques like that the next European championships should be good

Jimbo

sydthebeat wrote: »

How about a fun thread for examples of cock-ups, strange outcomes and wishful thinking??? (mods???)

how about this for a percolation test hole??
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f242/sydthebeat/Picture013.jpg


Or this?? whats wrong with this picture?
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f242/sydthebeat/Picture013-1.jpg

You call that a test hole?

muffler

In the absence of available pics for the moment I found this application recently on the Councils web site.

Click on the "view related documents" tab at the top of the page and have a look at the plans and site layout and let me know if you find any principle dimensions as required by the regs. In fact let me know if you find any dimensions for the house.

Make sure you are using IE as there is a problem with Firefox.

Jimbo

muffler wrote: »

In the absence of available pics for the moment I found this application recently on the Councils web site.

Click on the "view related documents" tab at the top of the page and have a look at the plans and site layout and let me know if you find any principle dimensions as required by the regs. In fact let me know if you find any dimensions for the house.

Make sure you are using IE as there is a problem with Firefox.

:eek: How did that get validated?

muffler

jimbo78 wrote: »

:eek: How did that get validated?

Thats a damn good question. But I have the reference number recorded in my little black book to use for demonstrating precedent should the need arise in the future in relation to any of my own applications

sinnerboy

No photos but "picture" this . Lock up site for Christmas . 4 storey apartment block roof tiles on gutters and down pipes being fitted . Return in New Year to find that down pipe stubs have been fitted ( behind facia board out of site ) to discharge past wall plates and into ( plastered ) building - 3 soaked elevations , months of drying out to follow .......

sinnerboy

Or how about , to the top of a fire resistant wall / underside of RC slab . Contractor used foam to fire stop the gap . The can is labled

" DANGER - HIGHLY FLAMABLE "

muffler

And heres a couple of nice RSJ/Slab details

bbam

jimbo78 wrote: »

You call that a test hole?

:o
OK..
Thats exactly how ours looked...

RKQ

jimbo78 wrote: »

:eek: How did that get validated?

Scary!

Well done Chimpster! I enjoyed that video

Poor Uncle Tom

muffler wrote: »

... I have the reference number recorded in my little black book to use for demonstrating precedent WHEN the need arise in the future in relation to any of my own applications

would be more like it......But of course you'll be met with one of the following statements.

1. Two wrongs don't make a right.
2. That validation guy doesn't work here anymore, he's gone back to plumbing in Cork.
3. It was validated because the spirit of the application was good but the detail it lacked led to its eventual downfall...
4. Applications don't set precedent's councillors do, at the monthly meetings.
5. How dare you question the workings of the planning system.

Anyway it's nice to see it's happening all over the country, not just here.:D

fishfoodie

muffler wrote: »

And heres a couple of nice RSJ/Slab details

I look at those & I keep on thinking of that Fawlty Towers episode with the Builders

Slig

Never seen it done on site but its my desktop wallpaper:D

Revision

muffler

Slig wrote: »

Never seen it done on site but its my desktop wallpaper:D

Revision

I thought it was one of those pastry cutters :eek:

fitzie79

excellent thread - worth a look at when things are going wrong with your own build and you think it cant get any worse......

chrisinwestcork

oh my god that vid is so good! glad other people with problems like me!!! i have a problem with the block layer and him linking outer leaf with blocks,WHEN he puts cement in the mix!!??!!
sparky forgot the wire for the boiler and fan over the hob and would not wire for under sink heaters, for instant hot water,with out some kind of switch out side the room!!??!!

JohnBoy

Chimpster wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSMBDQ5XwU

flexi pipes on the rads, pure genius.


man I work in IT and do far tidier DIY plumbing than that.

oops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdCJzO3w7_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo3ohNxEGkM

same incident as seen from outside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SYTm1iTM5E

Both from the same job!!

PS: there are so many different video angles, It looks like a setup! but still funny!

Slig

why did the dog suddenly stop barking?

MacTheKnife1

Slig wrote: »

why did the dog suddenly stop barking?

Slig - did you not notice how the leash in the man's hand went slack? I think the dog was underneath that load when it fell! Tlak about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Quazzie

Hopefully this won't be seen as dragging up and old thread, despite being exactly what it is, but I just saw this video and had to post it here,.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfe_1344059706

harry21

Quazzie wrote: »

Hopefully this won't be seen as dragging up and old thread, despite being exactly what it is, but I just saw this video and had to post it here,.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfe_1344059706

Thats unreal!!

Quazzie

harry21 wrote: »

Thats unreal!!

I was convinced it was a pisstake at the start, but if it was, they went to great lengths to make it look real.

bbam

Slig wrote: »

Never seen it done on site but its my desktop wallpaper:D

Revision

I've seen this done to provide access for material feed units that weren't included in the pre-cast slabs.. Little bit of shuttering and you have a nice square hole....