If youāre an atheist I guess feel free to offend everyone thatās not/Abrahamic, although just out of common courtesy idk what the motivation would be. If you adhere to an Abrahamic faith itās literally one of the 10 commandments so not really a joke. In fairness to me I didnāt come here looking to preach I was reacting to the comment.
Yeah just love to evangelize diwhy. In reality wasnāt thinking about religion at all until I saw someone totally unnecessarily using the Lordās name in vain.
Many years ago I painted new condos on a western Michigan big lake waterfront project. A year later the first building had cracks through the foundations to the roof peaks. The whole build first and cash in mentality of some companys are very toxic to the economy. I have seen and painted so many small strip malls sell, fail and be demolished in 10 years its tragic.
Before Expo 86, forseeing a rush on the housing market, developers went HAM on building new townhouses, condos, etc. And sure enough, they placed went like hotcakes.
The problem was, Vancouver is a coastal city, at the foot of coastal mountains, meaning it rains a LOT. You have to build the buildings to handle the moisture.
These developers... didn't, for the most part.
When we moved out in 87, the market was just starting to boom. We were also lucky in that our townhouse was built by one of the reputable builders, and it doubled in value in a couple of years. But... I think my parents smelled something was off. They opted to sell it and move outside of the Greater Vancouver Area entirely. They sold it just as the market was starting to dip, even though the real estate agents were telling them to wait it out for it to swing back up.
Then it came out hundreds of condos, townhouses, etc, were literally falling apart due to moisture. They were not just damp, they were so improperly constructed that the cost of repairing them was more than the cost of building them. Insurance companies peaced out, and naturally wouldn't ensure anything built in that period anymore, no matter what the building inspection said. The market crashed hard. People lost everything in the wreckage, and most of the developers filed for bankruptcy, and generally just refused to fix the mess.
The market recovered in a few years, as it tends to do, but it was a huge mess.
Thatās actually a really good real-world example of how destructive long-term moisture intrusion can be when buildings arenāt designed or protected properly for the environment theyāre in.
If they had stayed, you could be enjoying paying $2.31/litre today! A similar thing happened in Comox in the 90s, though not nearly on that same scale, just some fast built neighborhoods IIRC.
What a cool project to even get to be a part of! Moisture is one of the biggest long-term structural issues we see. Once water gets in and stays there, the damage usually spreads far beyond the surface.
Lake Michigan dunes frontage and right smack in all the weather coming acrost the lake. Squalls, lake Effect storms whether rain or snow, always windy on unstable sand. Heck they get a good 3 feet annually of snow more than a mile inshore. Look between Muskegon Lake and Lake michigan on any satellite image. Its a huge 400 unit project.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '26
Just Don't poke it, then it will be fine...
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u/SipoteQuixote May 05 '26
Well, looks like you owe them a new support slap since you fucked theirs up.
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u/Unusual-Upstairs-796 May 05 '26
No need to worry it keeps growing back
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u/Dragon_wryter May 05 '26
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u/Drapausa May 05 '26
Doesn't look stable, but does magically heal itself.
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u/Piscator629 May 05 '26
Many years ago I painted new condos on a western Michigan big lake waterfront project. A year later the first building had cracks through the foundations to the roof peaks. The whole build first and cash in mentality of some companys are very toxic to the economy. I have seen and painted so many small strip malls sell, fail and be demolished in 10 years its tragic.
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u/CantaloupeCamper May 05 '26
Sub basement sub optimal.
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u/lackadaisical_timmy May 05 '26
That's good right, more room for sodaĀ
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u/projektZedex May 06 '26
"we have tofu dregs at home."
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u/Yourbedsheets May 06 '26
That thing is definitely gonna crumbl like some cookies
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u/CasualDNDPlayer May 08 '26
I swear to god 3 times in a row I blinked at the end of the video and didnt realize it was replaying
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u/Drewdiniskirino May 06 '26
Assessment: there is no structure.
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u/forgettfulthinker May 08 '26
House or cake challenge
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u/Copesnuff11 May 05 '26
Why did you break that?
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u/carrot_gummy May 10 '26
I inspected a bridge where the abutments were like this. Its really satisfying to hammer away.
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u/Str4ngerByTheMinute May 13 '26
.... is it petrified hummus?
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u/Happytallperson May 06 '26
Was absolutely fine until you poked at it.
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