The horrible workmanship thread

Daox · 11-16-12, 08:59 AM

This thread is intended as a fun / blow off steam thread for horrible workmanship you find while doing home improvements. We've all run into it. So, post your own finds!

I'll start out with my most recent beauty. This is the wonderful framing above an exterior door that is a load bearing wall. When I think of this I think TETRIS!

Piwoslaw · 11-16-12, 02:52 PM

Now that is interesting. Looks like someone had a bunch of odd pieces of scrap wood they wanted to use up. Wow.

strider3700 · 11-17-12, 12:53 AM

5" duct from the furnace into the space between the basement ceiling and the upstairs floor. they removed the rest of the pipe when they put the ceiling up but never bothered to close off the ductwork so the majority of my heating/cooling got dumped into that space...

Daox · 11-17-12, 08:11 AM

Wooo, easy 'in floor heating' haha.

11-16-12, 08:59 AM	#1
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Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 925 Thanks: 176 Thanked 97 Times in 79 Posts	Now that is interesting. Looks like someone had a bunch of odd pieces of scrap wood they wanted to use up. Wow. __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.

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11-17-12, 12:53 AM	#3
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	5" duct from the furnace into the space between the basement ceiling and the upstairs floor. they removed the rest of the pipe when they put the ceiling up but never bothered to close off the ductwork so the majority of my heating/cooling got dumped into that space...