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[–] 8 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Went to demo the fence to save money on a new one, only to find screws of all diameters, lengths, and driver types. Some I swear were alien technology. I wanted to save the materials but I just rented a bobcat and tore it all up.

My garage and basement have 6 different sets of cabinets for storage. The electrical... Ugh, I've mostly got it fixed now, but it still needs updating. They converted a pantry into a bathroom with only fake ventilation. They clogged a vent to a bedroom with towels to save on heating/cooling because it had the door to the attic (still haven't fixed this one yet).

I dread the next DIY bs I stumble across. And I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

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  • The electrical… Ugh

    My house came with a 100A box with six breakers, all unlabeled. One of them did nothing at all when I flipped it, another produced a loud humming for three or four seconds before tripping off. I still don't know what the humming was but when I rebuilt one of the walls I found a big scorch mark on the stud next to one of the outlet boxes so I suspect that was involved. The one that did nothing it turns out was connected to an MC cable that had simply been sawed off clean -- not even some electrical tape wrapped around the cut end -- and jammed down into the framing completely live. At least I was able to repurpose that one into a circuit with receptacles and lights in the attic.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

    So glad my house is frame on slab and the original owner was in jail for csam most of his life. His niece sold it to us after he did the only decent thing. Haven't found a single sketchy diy fix in a year living in it aside from the weird DNS settings for the router which I promptly torched once I could afford. Anybody wanna guess why I had to look all the way to the routers DNS?

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    I uhhh, no I'm good on any further detail on that side. But I often wanted a frame on slab like the cabins at a state park just down the road. So easy to keep clean. It's a minimalist daydream. Sorry crazy cousin, I can't house you here, I just don't have the room.

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