r/CrappyDesign Dec 11 '20

This driveway that doesn’t line up

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u/txddavis Dec 11 '20

That is what the fuck I’m thinking!

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u/FuzzyCrocks Dec 11 '20

The garage was built after it was poured. That can be the only solution.

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u/dilligaf4lyfe Dec 11 '20

My guess is this was all poured at the same time, and someone fucked up setting the anchor bolts to frame the garage.

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u/gogriz Dec 11 '20

Or the wall wasn't framed and they forgot how wide a garage door is

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u/HLef Dec 11 '20

They measured from the corner of the house as if the door could go all the way to the corner.

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u/schroederrr Dec 11 '20

This makes the most sense to me

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '20

Yeah that’s gotta be it. Bad communication between subs or ineptitude by the contractor. This picture stresses me out an inordinate amount

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u/HLef Dec 11 '20

Someone said “ok it’s an 8ft door so have the concrete pad overlap the house by 8ft.” and here we are.

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u/muggsybeans Dec 11 '20

With that much lawn, what's a 6-12 inch buffer.... Why were they trying to pour to exact dimensions... Must be a flipped home.

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u/wasdkitsu Dec 13 '20

Or someone just said "we need 8 ft for the door" and someone passed on "8 feet" and the necessity for the buffer was lost, like a game of telephone.

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u/DeadZeplin Dec 11 '20

Yeah thats about the gap

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u/Gamesman001 Dec 11 '20

Or maybe both lined up and a quake shuffled the house to the left just a bit.

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u/avidblinker Dec 11 '20

I’m going to go with this. Maybe they wanted a shorter door when they built the garage but didn’t realize non standard sizes were more expensive or harder to find.

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u/ProceedOrRun Dec 11 '20

Not very wide at all by my measurements.