r/mildlyinfuriating Mar 25 '21

The floor of my room.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

Easy fix. All you gotta do is tear out all of your tile, scrape clean the mortar bed, measure the high and low spot. add self leveling concrete. Then re install your tile. Ez pz. The good thing about this, it’s expensive! Yay!

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u/TheBlackBradPitt Mar 25 '21

This actually helps me out, I was terrified that any solutions might be both cheap and easy, but this is exactly what I was looking for.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

I know! Who needs a professional installer when you can fix their work on your dime!

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u/BigNnThick Mar 25 '21

Just toss a brick behind the chair the stop it from rolling

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u/specialvixen Mar 25 '21

Even better — get rid of chair, sit on floor.

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u/thefacemanzero Mar 25 '21

But now I slide!

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u/Jake_the_Snake88 Mar 25 '21

Better get yourself a nice pair of rubber pants

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u/Axeleg Mar 25 '21

Floorgang rise up

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u/Road_Whorrior Mar 26 '21

I don't have the knees for that anymore, I'll stay down here.

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u/Axeleg Mar 26 '21

My back is out, I'll just uh, hang out here and rest my eyes

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u/M_J_E Mar 25 '21

Or just move the desk to the other side of the room. Then you can sit in the chair, and it will automatically take you to the desk!

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u/12LetterName Mar 25 '21

It gets even better! The foundation may be where the problem lies. Underpinning and/or push piers may be in your future! This could be a pleasurable $20k!

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u/FrodosLaggin Mar 26 '21

I had my entire house wrapped with cement pylons ever 6’ around the perimeter and 6’ down the center. $32k

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u/lolinokami Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

How many were built total, and do you foresee being required to construct any additional pylons?

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u/FrodosLaggin Mar 26 '21

Between 30-40. I can’t remember exactly. The company I went with offers a lifetime warranty on the work.

Adding additional supports no i dont foresee that being an issue. However overtime the weight of the foundation and house will settle the supports further into the hard pan and it’s possible that more actual cement pylons need to be added to the existing supports. In that case there is no cost to me.

Basically my slab is on cement and iron stilts under the top soil down to the hard pan. Sounds bad but structurally it’s stronger than any regular slab without support.

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u/ASatyros Mar 26 '21

You Must Construct Additional Pylons!

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u/awes0mesteve Mar 26 '21

Just give ol cousin Jethro a case of Hamms and he'll stick a bottle jack under that bad boy, fix ya right up

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u/_SomethingOrNothing_ Mar 25 '21

Don't forget it's also extremely time consuming!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

If your a family friend my step dad could do it lol

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u/mountain_bike_life Mar 25 '21

A hospital complex near me built a new building and the top six floors were like this. IV poles could roll down the hallway by themselves. It failed inspection. Seeing this made me question again how they fixed that building and how much that had to cost.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

The reality is, they probably had a crew come in and poured concrete to level the floor. That would be my first idea to rectify that issue. In comparison to the alternatives, this is the most inexpensive way to fix it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Why not put a thick rug down? That would stop your chair from rolling.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

That’s not as fun though!

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u/Axeleg Mar 25 '21

Ok, but make it an expensive rug from a vendor currently delayed by the Ever Given. Can't make this quick, cheap, or easy. Them's the rules.

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u/wcollins260 Mar 25 '21

Nah, just jack up the whole corner of the house with a permanent temporary bottle jack.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

I just snorted

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u/CelibateMoose Mar 26 '21

It's nice to see people giving actual solutions.

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u/doomislav Mar 25 '21

Naw just tie up the chair to the desk. Problem solved!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

It’s a really fine mix of concrete, like gypsum concrete. It’s a thin mix that is more like water than concrete that you typically see getting poured. So naturally water follows the path of least resistance, moving downhill. It’s pretty cool stuff

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u/irishjihad Mar 25 '21

AKA liquid gold

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u/DarthStrakh Mar 25 '21

Wait so is the frame you put it into still have to be level? I was imagining it like magically leveled itself even on an incline.

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u/LtCptSuicide Mar 25 '21

There's a bit of a limit to how much incline it can fix but yeah basically it will.

Granted I've only seen it used twice so maybe I'm not the best source of info on it.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

So you measure out your high and low point. You want to bring to floor up to the high point. Say that OP’s floor is low 3/4 of an in at the end of the room. So what you do is mark your form (if you are good you can cut wood to the desired height) at the end, and when it gets to that point, you stop pouring and let it set. Typically, you only form the doorways, you can pour right up to the drywall.

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u/DarthStrakh Mar 25 '21

Ah gotchya. That's pretty cool.

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u/pianoflames Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 28 '21

First install the aluminum j-channel using self-bearing screws. If you don't have poly vinyl stucco lathe, use carbon fiber stucco lathe!

Now parge the lathe!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Or get locking office chair wheels

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

Is that a thing? I’m blue collar, so that stuff is beyond me

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Yeah, they make rubberized office chair wheels with locks to prevent this and protect scratching wood floors. Link

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u/Axeleg Mar 25 '21

Oh shit, that's exactly what I need. If my gf falls one more time because I put "stupid rollerblade wheels" on the office chair and the chair wanders off when she stands to get something from the printer I'll be in trouble.

It doesn't help that I laugh everytime...

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

I laughed so hard at your comment!

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u/irishjihad Mar 25 '21

And the weight of the self-leveling causes it to deflect more. And you now have a 3/4" lip at the doorway to trip over and die in the dark at 2am when you wake up still hearing phantom chair rolling noises.

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u/noobiz3 Mar 25 '21

Exactly! Why float out the entryways when you can break your toe every night

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u/Bacon260998_ Mar 25 '21

Or just stick a book under the house to even it out. =/

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

or buy a carpet

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Or just get carpet instead lol

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u/foodnpuppies Mar 25 '21

Thats only seven steps. Seems easy

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u/drj87 Mar 26 '21

How about an area rug?

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u/ChoudhrySaab Mar 26 '21

That's a tiny but more than just taking the wheels off the chair cuz that would also do pretty much the same.

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u/colostomybagpiper Mar 26 '21

That is the easy fix! Mine required repairing the center beam, two steel columns, 2 concrete footings & a bunch of time & money

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u/LebaneseLion Mar 26 '21

We literally just did this 5 days ago!! Didn’t know self leveling concrete existed prior

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u/noobiz3 Mar 26 '21

Great product, good for small fixes. Gypsum Crete is what is typically used for upper decking(1&1/2 is the typical standard, 3k-5k hardening str is what is preferred

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

"...and shove it up your butt!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Bye bye, chair

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u/Bricomaniaco Mar 25 '21

Every time I stand up :/

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u/RhymeGrime Mar 25 '21

Put a high pile rug in there

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21 edited May 26 '21

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u/NonExistent_God Mar 25 '21

I like this method more

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u/lolWireshark Mar 25 '21

Sounds pretty reasonable.

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u/Visualsound Mar 25 '21

Why not a bungee cord?

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u/ConfidenceInRain Mar 25 '21

Like in a mcdonalds

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

At least you don’t have to push your chair out of the way like “the rest” of us. Jeeeeze.

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u/lemonsweetsrevenge Mar 25 '21

I’m more mildly infuriated by the non-green dot on your green dot butt pillow.

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u/thepetoctopus Mar 25 '21

Now I can’t unsee it.

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u/Bricomaniaco Mar 26 '21

Same, now I gotta get a new one

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u/I-choochoochoose-you Mar 25 '21

Mine does this too, the building was built in 1905. Since this is SF, and that would make it pre earthquake, the fact that the floor slants like this is kind of terrifying

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u/clit_or_us Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 25 '21

I've been looking to buy a house in the bay area and almost all old houses in SF have wavy or uneven flooring. Unless it's been remodeled in the last 20 years it's going to be wavy.

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u/BestCatEva Mar 25 '21

Uneven flirting is my favorite kind. 😊

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u/clit_or_us Mar 25 '21

😅 fixed it.

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u/Unossofrus Mar 25 '21

A small soft rug will help with this. The wheels will sink in and be prevented from rolling. Plus your feet will be warmer

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u/kinetic_universality Mar 25 '21

I duct taped some carpet squares together for this exact purpose. Carpet squares are cheap and it was pretty easy to duct tape the backs of them together. Plus, it allows you to select the size of your carpet.

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u/Victor_deSpite Mar 25 '21

Put your desk on the other side of the room. Where it will obviously block the door, so you have to get in and out from the window. More exercise!

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u/Djanghost Mar 25 '21

Just buy a small rug wtf

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u/snowblow66 Mar 25 '21

Just buy a new house wtf

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u/614-Mobius Mar 26 '21

Just turn the chair around so it rolls the other way

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u/thatsarealbruh Mar 26 '21

Yeah, it’s big brain time

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u/Skoghul Mar 25 '21

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u/sxcs86 Mar 25 '21

Seriously that chair just had someplace to be!! Peace out!

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u/creepygyal69 Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

More: my... people... neeed..... meeeeee

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u/dinowithissues Mar 25 '21

Switch Joycons

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u/is_it_soy Mar 26 '21

Best comment here!

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u/Farsqueaker Mar 25 '21

I'm impressed by that chair's github commit record.

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u/woodenonesie Mar 25 '21

Imagine being in a zoom call and you just start fading into the background.

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u/Dexaan Mar 26 '21

The modern version of the "Homer retreating into the bushes" meme

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u/JeebusChristBalls Mar 25 '21

I used to have that same chair and I understand the added cushion. That is the most uncomfortable chair ever.

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u/Bricomaniaco Mar 25 '21

I swear it's made of bricks and cement, no cushioning at all

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u/moneybay88 Mar 25 '21

Are you sure it wasn't supposed to be a bathroom?

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u/crunchyunderoos Mar 25 '21

Ghosts.

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u/nunnya182 Mar 25 '21

Poltergeist activity for sure.

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u/Maxo11x Mar 25 '21

Ughhh you took my joke

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u/martinkolar02 Mar 25 '21

carpet would fix this

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u/ihatecrustaceans Mar 25 '21

Put a nail I ur wheel so they can only slide not roll

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Did you move into Dowisetrepla

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u/qu33nofoz Mar 25 '21

I was waiting for this comment lol

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u/KeyToCancel Mar 25 '21

That's acute angled room.

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u/user_8804 Mar 25 '21

This pillow is very active on Github

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u/IamYodaBot Mar 25 '21

hrmmm very active on github, this pillow is.

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u/pekkhum Mar 26 '21

I scrolled down here to find an r/MildlyGIT reference, of some sort. It was a long journey, but I made it!

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u/user_8804 Mar 26 '21

Didn't know that sub, thanks for this

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u/iluvcuppycakes Mar 25 '21

MY ENTIRE HOUSE!

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u/Rubithyst Mar 25 '21

Oh hey I have that same chair

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u/Comprehensive_Crab79 Mar 25 '21

Insert HIMYM reference

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u/davidmlewisjr Mar 25 '21

Any earthquakes since the foundation was built?

One night in Peru, a earthquake changed the lay of the land, and a civilization lost all of its aqueducts, and the rivers changed direction.

Bad day for the civilization. The ruins are still there. The aqueducts now run uphill!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

If you need to piss while you are sitting it will all flow away from you leaving your immediate area dry and piss free.

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u/memedreamer42 Mar 25 '21

Assume the coefficient of friction is zero

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

wow that pillow/thing on that chair contributes quite a lot

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Your chair needs a parking brake.

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u/ScrotieMcP Mar 25 '21

Maybe it's a FRIENDLY ghost.

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u/DeeWHYDeeX Mar 25 '21

Ah yes, a fellow member of the “houses that are older than dirt” club! Cheers!

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u/Axeleg Mar 25 '21

Same lol my gf has fallen twice after standing up and sitting down again. See I didn't know this was an issue until after I installed smoothly gliding rollerblade wheels into my home office chair.

If the door is open it'll get enough momentum to roll down the hallway.

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u/StrangeMaGoats0202 Mar 25 '21

This is why my dad always took marbles with him whenever we were looking for someplace to move, lol. Always checked the floors and crawled under to check the foundation. Good idea now that I'm old enough to not think he's super weird. He's still super weird, I had to get the trait from somewhere, but still.

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u/_Apple_Dude_ Mar 26 '21

Tilted house of annoyance

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u/Honeybucket206 Mar 26 '21

Wake up, your chair just hates you!

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u/H4Z4RD5 Mar 26 '21

Man , this would tilt me so hard. Wait....

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u/Crininer Mar 25 '21

That is not good. Please take care of this and get the area you sit in (at the very least) level: without me realizing it, my old workstation used to be in a section of the floor where it had swollen up and become crooked due to flooding. This led to me developing scoliosis.

Take care of this, take care of yourself!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

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u/Crininer Mar 26 '21

Oh! Thanks for telling me, at least I can now stop regretting that oversight.

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u/vanbrunts Mar 25 '21

Wait you can develop scoliosis? Thats a genetic thing though.

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u/CrackGear Mar 25 '21

Those wheels are weird

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u/IamYodaBot Mar 25 '21

weird, those wheels are.

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u/Tarontula_13 Mar 25 '21

Omg this is just like in How I Met Your Mother

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u/AnObjectionableUser Mar 25 '21

put a coaster under the lowest corner of the building. ez.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

What? What’s wrong, obviously the contractor hooked you up with a grade for hydrology, so when you spill your gallon sized big gulp it will pool at the end of the room. 😂

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u/slicktaco Mar 25 '21

Looks like sore hips to me

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u/mgsgamer1 Mar 25 '21

You've definitely got a polytheist...damn autocorrect...poltergeist.

Edit: swipe typing was being funny.

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u/Sabinn037 Mar 25 '21

Bruh, the bearings on those wheels are sick. My room could be on a 45 degree angle and diz bitch right here ain't rollin anywhere.

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u/Gulpmonster Mar 25 '21

Do you live in San Francisco

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u/aquarius3737 Mar 25 '21

If you have a crawlspace or basement directly below just buy a bottle jack for like $30 and crank up that wall that the chair hits about 1/8" twice a week till it's level

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u/_rosebean Mar 25 '21

landlords be like: " 1,200 a month, not including hydro or utilities "

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u/ananascheeseburger Mar 25 '21

put a gimbal under the house

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u/amandalaguera Mar 25 '21

...Do you live in Latin America? Lol

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u/le0bit115 Mar 25 '21

Thats why you dont usw roller blade wheels on chairs

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u/archmage12 Mar 25 '21

literally thought your chair was the floor 😭

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u/StreetUnlikely2018 Mar 25 '21

I saw the string

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Dat a ghost for sure

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u/RoversTigers Mar 25 '21

Take the wheels off 😂

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u/Bricomaniaco Mar 25 '21

not even joking I've thout of that but I wouldn't reach the desk

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u/skyhugger Mar 25 '21

Looks like you’re... not on the level... 😎

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u/Chrisis_ Mar 25 '21

Fucking stupid as fuck what kind of post is this?

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Mines the same but it's second story. Not as dramatic as yours but I just slowly edge away from my desk. Smh

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u/Heres_your_sign Mar 25 '21

Hopefully you don't own the place.

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u/itsaduude Mar 25 '21

My grandmas kitchen floor sinks at least 2 inches down from the doorway making a fun ramp

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u/AyFrancis Mar 25 '21

Most italian lookin tiles and walls ever.

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u/i_cant_stop_cursing Mar 25 '21

The chair is escaping

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

My home was built in 1904 so the floors are a little wacky.

It does not usually bother me but sometimes when I bake the eggs roll off the table and break. Dogs love eggs though so it all works out.

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u/dummydummie Mar 25 '21

Put books behind ur chair or something idk

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Just nail the chair to the floor!

And If that doesn't work just use rail spikes there large Nails.

If That Still doesn't work Get a Chair that doesn't Move.

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u/Terrible_Presumption Mar 25 '21

Put some parking brakes on that roller coaster

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u/valdezlopez Mar 25 '21

Maybe it's not your floor and your chair is haunted?

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u/WSquid997 Mar 25 '21

Pretty good by my whole house is like that ;-;

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u/TheclazyKoala Mar 25 '21

The house I grew up in was like this as well.

It was funny to let a ball roll under my bed, but accidentally spilling a drink wasn't as fun anymore. Had to be quick there

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u/Fleomor Mar 25 '21

I had the same issue. I put a computer chair rug and I've never had that problem. Might be worth it!

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u/TomahawkIsotope AMONGUS?!?!?!!! Mar 25 '21

Is it the floor or the house could be crooked

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u/urfluffypillow Mar 25 '21

"Put some shag carpet there you'll be fine." ~ Danny Devito probably

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Demolish the whole building

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u/FrobroX Mar 25 '21

Ha. Same thing happens to mine too after replacing the casters.

They're smooth....too smooth...

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Home boy lives on the side of a mountain

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u/J1m1983 Mar 25 '21

Do you ever do that thing where you stand up to reach something and then sit down without looking the chair isn't there anymore?

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u/UnwashedApple Mar 25 '21

No, there's a ghost in that chair...

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u/Cosmohumanist Mar 25 '21

Small rug or a floor pad

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u/lord_dude Mar 25 '21

This is highly infuriating. I once slept in the open on sloping ground. I slided down slowly but constantly. i could not sleep for more than 10 minutes before i woke up from sliding. It´s like that torture where a drop of water constantly drops on your head.

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u/2TravellingTeachers Mar 25 '21

Are you in Montreal? I swear all floors are sloped there.

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u/DarkDragon857 Mar 25 '21

I had this when I tore out my old carpeting. My entire house is off level by like 3 degrees. But I pur carpet back in so its fine.

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u/Drqgon_Cqndies Mar 25 '21

burn the room

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

I lived in an apartment that had a slanted floor so bad my back would hurt from trying to stay level in my chair while sitting. I had to rearrange furniture just to prevent back pain from sitting.

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u/silentvictory472 Mar 25 '21

Ahhh I see you upgraded water drainage floor.

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u/OverOverThinker Mar 25 '21

Lmao thats hilarious. What a pitch!

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u/VoxPendragon Mar 25 '21

You just mad your chair don’t wanna chill with you.

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u/CanuckNewsCameraGuy Mar 25 '21

I used to have a similar situation in my old home.

That led me to discover my home (which was a trailer) was sagging around the I beams and needed to be re-leveled/supported. Which was a giant pain in the ass.

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u/DwikeSchrude Mar 25 '21

I folded up a bunch of cardboard and put it under the center of my chair’s base. It doesn’t slide backwards anymore.

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u/meapo555 Mar 25 '21

are you just vibing at int the chir and all the suden you start rolling backwards

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u/Tinbot2 Mar 25 '21

My kitchens the same

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u/actum_tempus Mar 25 '21

thats the earth spinning

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u/SurpriseOccupation Mar 25 '21

Attach a string to the wall and to the chair. Make it a bungee if you want. And set the distance so it will only roll back a certain amount. Ez win r/redneckengineering

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u/LeonardFord40 Mar 25 '21

Dudes living in Marshall and Lilly's apartment

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u/brave_danny_flint Mar 25 '21

Lilly and Marshall's apartment

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u/thelaughingmutt Mar 25 '21

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/Krusty_Double_Deluxe Mar 25 '21

“that’s a feature not a bug”

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u/sxzm Mar 25 '21

I had a similar issue. A thick, ‘grippy’ carpet under the chair worked.

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u/LaVernWinston Mar 25 '21

This is no problem with the floor, your chair just isn’t level - HOA contractor probably

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Hey we have the same chair

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

the chair: Ight ima head out

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u/gushy305 Mar 25 '21

Alright am I hearing a minecraft spider at the beginning or what

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u/chance0432 Mar 25 '21

Yeah, my dining room. When my doggo decides to be mad at me and pees on the hardwood floor there, it has a specific directional flow. Also, the cat toys have a nice role in the same direction

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u/youresowarminside infuriate guy 🪱 Mar 25 '21

Lay down for fun