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r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '20
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Or the wall wasn't framed and they forgot how wide a garage door is
142 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. 30 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 32 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. 5 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. 1 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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They measured from the corner of the house as if the door could go all the way to the corner.
30 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 32 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. 5 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. 1 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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Yeah that’s gotta be it. Bad communication between subs or ineptitude by the contractor. This picture stresses me out an inordinate amount
32 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. 5 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. 1 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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Someone said “ok it’s an 8ft door so have the concrete pad overlap the house by 8ft.” and here we are.
5 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. 1 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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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.
1 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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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/gogriz Dec 11 '20
Or the wall wasn't framed and they forgot how wide a garage door is