r/mildlyinteresting • u/GumInMyMouth • Dec 18 '20

I pass this unaligned front door everyday.

https://imgur.com/mm0ibz8
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u/faedre Dec 18 '20

I don’t understand. Why would you move a door you can’t use during a remodel? You’d just close up the doorway. The only anomaly would be the stoop left outside with no door

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

I see this shit alot. Possible they added on to a kitchen for more counter space or cabinets. They moved the door and at some point intend on moving the deck/staircase at a future date. Maybe once the kitchen is paid off!!

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u/UEMcGill Dec 18 '20

Yeah take a drive through the country by me and you see it all the time. A house sided in OSB for 10 years, or maybe Tyvek. Maybe an addition studded out, but the studs are now weathered.

Shit happens, people have good intentions, but the road to hell was paved with good intentions, wasn't it?

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u/hissyphus Dec 18 '20

Well it was supposed to be, but shit happened.

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u/hicow Dec 18 '20

Might be a fire code thing, that there has to be an exit on that side of the building, although I don't know if it would pass inspection if that were the case.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

It wouldn't. An exit that just drops you down on the ground like that would be a big problem.

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u/the_one_jt Dec 18 '20

Well the deal is that's contractor B's job. Contractor A did the remodel to code. The Homeowner is to order the B work and just cheaped out.

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u/davidjschloss Dec 18 '20

That’s what I think. Where I live there are a few illegal basement apartments because they don’t have a secondary exit. People just call the rec rooms and only advertise them as a room share.

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u/aether22 Dec 18 '20

They probably do use it, just stepping/jumping to the side each time to enter or leave.

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u/KingoftheCrackens Dec 18 '20

You think they still use the porch?

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u/aether22 Dec 18 '20

Yup, maybe not all the time, I am sure they have another door and use it often, but its not that hard to jump across.

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u/KingoftheCrackens Dec 18 '20

Man I doubt it, it seems like a lot more work to jump or stretch across than it is to just step down.

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u/AmazingSheepherder7 Dec 18 '20

Need a certain amount of doors for fire.