These pictures make my teeth itch
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eldar said:
blueg33 said:
talksthetorque said:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C20D7RJLXzs/?igsh=Z...
Sorry for the insta link but needed to be done.
OMG. Sorry for the insta link but needed to be done.
I would have divorced her instantly! That has to be one of the teeth itchiest things I have ever seen and I work in housebuilding!
LunarOne said:
Mars said:
And why build a garage that only fits a motorcycle or a car not made for 60 years? Because it's cheaper and we're supposed to be championing car-free lifestyles. And anyway, British houses have limited storage and no basement, so nobody in their right mind would want to put their leased SquashQuow in the garage even if it could fit!Sigmamark7 said:
LunarOne said:
Mars said:
And why build a garage that only fits a motorcycle or a car not made for 60 years? Because it's cheaper and we're supposed to be championing car-free lifestyles. And anyway, British houses have limited storage and no basement, so nobody in their right mind would want to put their leased SquashQuow in the garage even if it could fit!Somewhat off topic, but from another thread recently, I was surprised to learn that often car insurance is more expensive if the car is garaged than if parked on the drive. I'd not done any comparisons, but had assumed garaged would be cheaper as there's less risk of it being stolen, particularly with the rise of cases where thieves break into the house to get the keys for whatever is parked on the drive.
Apparently the reason given was that there are more insurance claims for garaged cars because more cars are damaged by incompetent drivers bending the car as its put in or taken out of the garage, rather than just leaving it on the drive.
I guess this makes sense - especially with the comically small garages which are so prevalent these days, and the increasingly bloated dimensions of the average car/SUV, but it still surprised me.
Apparently the reason given was that there are more insurance claims for garaged cars because more cars are damaged by incompetent drivers bending the car as its put in or taken out of the garage, rather than just leaving it on the drive.
I guess this makes sense - especially with the comically small garages which are so prevalent these days, and the increasingly bloated dimensions of the average car/SUV, but it still surprised me.
Edited by C n C on Friday 23 February 14:37
Antony Moxey said:
droopsnoot said:
Lotus Elan +2 said:
I think there's a general convention that a manhole like this will run in the direction of the pipes, with the pipes on the short edges of the aperture. That doesn't explain why they put the block paving on the tops, nor why they couldn't run the pipes along the driveway rather than diagonally across it. The latter would probably have added a tenner to the build cost.Edited by Vanden Saab on Monday 26th February 22:05
illmonkey said:
Antony Moxey said:
droopsnoot said:
Lotus Elan +2 said:
I think there's a general convention that a manhole like this will run in the direction of the pipes, with the pipes on the short edges of the aperture. That doesn't explain why they put the block paving on the tops, nor why they couldn't run the pipes along the driveway rather than diagonally across it. The latter would probably have added a tenner to the build cost.Lotus Elan +2 said:
There will be a man who puts bricks in man hole covers, then other men who lay the drive. The 2 shall never meet nor communicate in anyway.
Then the man to lower the man hole covers into the hole comes along and puts it in, looks bewildered but it wasn’t his job, mate.
Source: recently bought and sold (thankfully) a new build.
I expect cost will come into it. Someone will have decided that it's far cheaper to just get 200 made without considering how terrible they'll look. It's cheaper, so that'll be OK.Then the man to lower the man hole covers into the hole comes along and puts it in, looks bewildered but it wasn’t his job, mate.
Source: recently bought and sold (thankfully) a new build.
Vanden Saab said:
Antony Moxey said:
droopsnoot said:
Lotus Elan +2 said:
I think there's a general convention that a manhole like this will run in the direction of the pipes, with the pipes on the short edges of the aperture. That doesn't explain why they put the block paving on the tops, nor why they couldn't run the pipes along the driveway rather than diagonally across it. The latter would probably have added a tenner to the build cost.Edited by Vanden Saab on Monday 26th February 22:05
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