The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[ScottyB]

fucking thing didn't fit. 1.5" of clearance on the bottom. Hitting the wall on the top.

i know you've mentioned this story before but it gets me every time. 1.5" out of level is huge. anybody can see that with their bare eyes. i don't know how some of these guys finish their day like "welp, another hard day's work building a place someone will spend much of their life, i wonder if anybody will notice i just don't give a shit? oh well, wonder what's for dinner".

one of the biggest cottage industries in my town over the last couple years are guys running around with RamJacks. they're basically massive bottle jacks that get placed under a slab to lift your entire house back to level. a couple subdivisions around here were built so fast they didn't properly pack the soil and poured the slabs anyway, which promptly started to slide down hills or crack like twigs once the soil actually compacted on its own. i mean, checking soil compaction is like the first thing you do on a site. i think they must have had the concrete mixers waiting down the street as the tree clearing guys packed up.

i literally can't image WTF you do at that point except hope when you sell some day that a home inspector never finds out your house tried to do an impression of a fortune cookie. business as usual with this shit.

you either gotta know a builder or have the bucks to source the best. or build it yourself...my dad and grandfather both helped each other build their houses when i was 5-6 years old. grandfather was a carpenter by trade and they were amazing places. even then...my dad still says he wouldn't do it again. incredible strain to deal with the subs and get everything done right. i basically didn't see him for a year.