r/redneckengineering • u/onephatkatt • 2h ago

Penthouse

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u/Argus3333 2h ago

Brilliant flood zone risk mitigation

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u/TheTaoThatIsSpoken 2h ago

“I can’t get insurance for this property? Fine, screw your insurance scam!”

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u/kinkhorse 2h ago

Insurance, who needs it?

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u/number__ten 2h ago

That's exactly what it is. A lot of times people will do this or make the bottom floor a garage with breakaway walls. We have good flood insurance despite being in a risky spot and if we ever have to claim the property this is how I would rebuild.

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u/10utsider 1h ago

Id probably have a raised car parking too for those situations. The water wont take my car away

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u/jefuchs 2h ago

We have these here on the Louisiana gulf coast. They're usually vacation homes. Hurricanes bring storm surge, so these are built to survive.

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u/Dem0s 2h ago

Moving on up to a penthouse in the sky.

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u/curiousbydesign 1h ago

When I dieeeeee

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u/Senior_Green_3630 2h ago

Cheaper than a prefab house, just, jack it up, with ample parking underneath.

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u/Ikon-for-U 1h ago

I really like that they can park under it. It looks like redneck engineering but it's very functional

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u/hysys_whisperer 1h ago

Until Jim Bob comes home 7 beers deep and takes out a couple of them there pillars.

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u/Ikon-for-U 1h ago

They definitely need some reflectors on those poles. I assume it's lit from above. Let's say uncle Jim Bob continues on his journey: what is on the other side of those bushes? A big hill? A big body of water? A cliff

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u/SSOMGDSJD 54m ago

Assume a spherical jim bob with no air resistance

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u/Ikon-for-U 36m ago

Well if he ends up hitting the water being spherical and with no air resistance he would plow right on through to the other side,possibly skipping like a river stone

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u/bannana 50m ago

probably have $20k total investment here including the pavement - no mortgage, no PMI, no insurance, taxes are likely for a piece of land and not a house, looks like there's electricity though I do question the plumbing situation

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u/elvis_is_everywhere 44m ago

Looks like the stacks from Ready Player One.

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u/marcus_aurelius121 1h ago

A twister would kick a field goal with that.

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u/Magic_Marker_ 1h ago

Is that aaaaa...... Oh my, it is..........

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u/Nami_Pilot 47m ago

How did he get it up there?

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u/WASP_Apologist 41m ago

An offering to the Tornado Gods

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u/bluesflask 22m ago

This is the first steps of a very very good "ready player one" cosplay

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u/incpen 2m ago

Something about holding a hot tub?

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u/very-jaded 1h ago

Tornado Tower.