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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 130 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wait…wait. Did he cut through the floor joists in order to inset the pipe?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 125 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why…why would he not just use u-brackets to attach the pipe to the joists??!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Not only did he miss the easiest way to solve this problem, but he cut perfectly square notches that were twice as wide as the pipe. You need multiple tools to do that, and a LOT of quality time on your back in a crawlspace eating sawdust to do it.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

A circular saw and a hammer would do it. Just 2 cuts and a thwack per board.

If the cuts are too deep a sawzall and longish blade would work too but take longer.

If I somehow ended up owning this house I’d probably just screw some 1/8” steel straps across the bottoms of the joists and call it a day. The the bottoms of floor joists are in tension anyway.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Sawzall and a hammer works fine

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As complete dumbass I can almost assure you that the person who did this did it to the first one and then went in for a penny in for a pound so they kept going. I did this with my bathtubs faucet, problem with that was at least I didn't need the old one so taking a sawzaw to it didn't break anything else.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 71 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Steve don't know anything but he did it for love.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That divorce is going to be glorious.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's going to laugh last when she keeps the house

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure he'll just slice it down the middle and take his half.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

For the vibes. Now he can show his guests how clean his crawlspace is.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He didn’t even make sure his cuts lined up!!!!

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Me looking at his poor craftsmanship on top of his house deprecating dumb ass decision...

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

If this dude had taken the time to snap a string and still didn’t realize what he was about to do then I’d really have no words

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online -4 points 3 days ago

Yes. Zoom in on the photo and contemplate it further.