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Don't hire this guy to build your deck.

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  • G George K
    9 Jul 2021, 11:59

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    Larry
    wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 00:21 last edited by Larry 7 Oct 2021, 00:23
    #11

    @george-k said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

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    Notice the 2X4's along the side. They are turned sideways, and they're too close together. This tells me that side is not structural, but a facing design, obviously to a storage box. The firewood inside the box suggests it's a firewood storage box. No hinges seen, so I will assume the other side is hinged, and the guy who built to box is not a builder but a DIY guy, was looking for a "stop" for the lid, and the hangers were what he had available. But this makes me wonder less about how he used the hangers, and more about why he chose such heavy boards to build the lid...

    If my idea is correct, the way he used the hangers is the least of his problems....

    No.... only an idiot would hinge it from the short side....... I give up......

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      Klaus
      wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 07:11 last edited by
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      I like Larry’s theory, but I’d modify it as follows: there are no hinges, the roof cannot be moved, but the side wall with the 2x4s is removable. The purpose of the hangers is to keep the wall from falling to the side. At the bottom of the wall, which we don’t see, there’s some kind of removable fixation, such that the whole wall can be removed.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 10:40 last edited by
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        How’d you guys get a picture of my firewood box?

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          George K
          wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 21:57 last edited by
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          Don't hire this guy to do your shower.

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Jolly
            wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 21:58 last edited by
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            There's no way that's real...

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • J Jolly
              10 Jul 2021, 21:58

              There's no way that's real...

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              George K
              wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 21:59 last edited by
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              @jolly said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

              There's no way that's real...

              You're really no fun tonight, are you?

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • G George K
                10 Jul 2021, 21:59

                @jolly said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                There's no way that's real...

                You're really no fun tonight, are you?

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                Jolly
                wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 22:17 last edited by
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                @george-k said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                @jolly said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                There's no way that's real...

                You're really no fun tonight, are you?

                Just came back from a funeral. Food was good, though...

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Loki
                  wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 22:58 last edited by
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                  I just noticed a couple of nails missed the mark on the roof.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 10 Jul 2021, 23:54 last edited by
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                    Lost two friends this week. Both named Betty, both 93.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 02:09 last edited by
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                      My friend was 87. Doctor gave her less than 6 months.

                      7 years ago.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        10 Jul 2021, 22:58

                        I just noticed a couple of nails missed the mark on the roof.

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                        Larry
                        wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 16:19 last edited by
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                        @loki said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                        I just noticed a couple of nails missed the mark on the roof.

                        A definite sign of a rank amateur.....

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                        • G George K
                          10 Jul 2021, 21:57

                          Don't hire this guy to do your shower.

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                          Larry
                          wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 16:21 last edited by
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                          @george-k said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                          Don't hire this guy to do your shower.

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                          I sure wouldn't. He got the pattern wrong on the brown tiles, not to mention what hideous color choices he made..,,,,

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                          • J Jolly
                            10 Jul 2021, 21:58

                            There's no way that's real...

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                            Larry
                            wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 16:24 last edited by
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                            @jolly said in Don't hire this guy to build your deck.:

                            There's no way that's real...

                            Can't be. That air vent above the breaker box.,,, I can't see a single wire behind it...,,,

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                              Larry
                              wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 16:25 last edited by
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                              On the other hand, it might have been built by a democrat.

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