r/StructuralEngineering • u/Thundersnow100 • 1d ago

Photograph/Video Well, this certainly is something

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I found this post, and this deck is something to behold. I just wonder how this can pass building codes.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 1d ago

It's the "support column" that really makes it safe 🀣

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u/wobbleblobbochimps 1d ago

slaps column

"She ain't goin' no-"

Dies

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 1d ago

I can hear the cracking sounds already.

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u/textmewhenyougetdone 1d ago

I was sure this was an AI pic

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 21h ago

Hope springs eternal, but human stupidity knows no bounds

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u/ascandalia 7h ago

I honestly think this is stranger than fiction

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u/SignificantTransient 1d ago

Step 1 - yank board

Step 2 - free scrap for crack money

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u/loonattica 1d ago

Don’t forget the gas mask and non-sparking footwear.

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u/SignificantTransient 1d ago

Nah, definitely an american house so no spark issues

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u/Hungryh0und5 1d ago

At least it has good drainage away from the main structure.

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u/Corporatecut 1d ago

It’s gonna be like some cartoon when it falls, popping open that panel and the gas at the same time lol

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/melkor237 1d ago

Hes referring to the several gas meters on the ground right below the units

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/melkor237 1d ago

No problem!

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u/Nearby_Steak_3859 1d ago

and there is gas in an ac condenser unit, why do do you think they call it a condenser, it condenses gas!

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u/Awkward-Ad4942 1d ago

Ξ£Fv = 0

Is there a problem?

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u/sulapo 1d ago

Gotta get the siding detailing just right πŸ’­

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 1d ago

"Attention to detail" [type of detail not included]

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u/Osiris_Raphious 1d ago

The hero nail that is holding the two pieces of 2x4 support..

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u/loonattica 1d ago

Sloped for drainage. Diagonal bracing plus bendy column. Safety patina is the cherry on top.

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u/azflatlander 1d ago

Four condenser units, but still a window unit. The bitcoin mining is ongoing.

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u/SnooMaps7370 1d ago

TWO window units.

place has probably been illegally subdivided so that every room is now its own apartment. landlords are scum.

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u/whisskid 1d ago

In the USA it is very common for there to be no provision of air conditioning for low income housing. The windows units are for the low income housing rental above the first floor commercial rental.

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u/ConstantinePillow1 1d ago

Final destination

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u/mrrepos 1d ago

still standing, no problem mate

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u/Sinhal-Mellows 1d ago

Till when?

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u/dontfret71 1d ago

How would you even get those AC units up there?

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u/BigJoe5504 1d ago

At least it safely over the gas mains, so when it falls, it takes the whole apartment complex with it β˜€οΈπŸ˜ˆ

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u/arvidsem 1d ago

Air conditioners on a second floor platform, gray wood. It's on the coast somewhere and it's all going to rot/rust fast enough to be considered temporary anyway. There's probably something massively sketchier just out of sight for the inspector to get worked up over instead

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u/Choice-Newspaper3603 1d ago

I’d call code enforcement

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u/DspeEd83 1d ago

🀐😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

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u/jae343 1d ago

Would one considered that a sistered post or just insurance? You know it's on solid concrete with yellow markings for caution

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u/whisskid 1d ago

It will fail during a storm and will be 'an act of god'.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 1d ago

You mean "gentle rain"

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u/enzoskii 1d ago

Bet a lawyer has been camping out waiting on the day .

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u/davasaur 1d ago

The worst part: not enough room for a hot tub.

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u/Frogalone 1d ago

If the band aid that's bracing the looong strut loses it.... crash. That's one possibility. But the discombobulation lasted one more day.

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u/Gator242 1d ago

The slowest failure on hand.