fire code: "Faulty Towers".....Funny, Faulty Decks.........Dangerous !
- 05/23/11 04:53 PM
"Faulty Towers".....Funny, Faulty Decks.........Dangerous ! Faulty Towers was a hilarious British comedy. it was a sit-com staring one of the founding members of 'Monty Pythons Flying Circus'. Faulty decks though that's a different kind of story, and if you are unlucky it's appearing on a balcony or deck near you. Take a look at the example below and remember just because it's been there for a while doesn't mean that it always will be (there).
At 'A" you can see the short remnant of the original cantilevered beam built into the original floor framing of this building. … (8 comments)
fire code: The FLIP side of the RENO is RESTORE. A FLIP is a CON even when it stands on edge.
- 05/15/11 06:52 AM
The FLIP side of the RENO is RESTORE. A FLIP is a CON even when it stands on edge. As far as I'm concerned flipping is a four letter word. It's a cheat and cover up. Just cleaned and freshened up to show better and sell at an up tick. Buy low, clean up, and sell high. The real clean up is the 'sell high' bit. ----------- But even renovators (real ones) can miss things. I once inspected a fabulous place. It was a total remodel and rebuild … (11 comments)
Usually I'm presenting an aspect of home maintenance, value improvement or 'how too' instructions to feature best practice ways to do things around building and property issues.
Some times it's building tech history or how thing came to be as they are, the back story on terms, expressions and phrases.
I keep track of the strange, the unique, the special and interesting things I get to see, including the dangers. These are filed as OMGs. OMGs always have photos, so I share the file with you from time to time.
The rest come out of thin air. More than once I start writing a comment on someone else's blog and end up inking a whole new blog. Am I inspired or am I ranting? You can decide.
"Faulty Towers".....Funny, Faulty Decks.........Dangerous !
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