by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 03/02/2017 at 07:48
by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 03/02/2017 at 07:48
Tags: Torontolopnik
STARS: 9
Saw this on the way to work this morning. I can think of several people who are about to get fired.
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/02/2017 at 07:50, STARS: 6
Someone in the building to our right activated a strong magnet
"random001" (random001)
03/02/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 1
It’s called art deco, man.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/02/2017 at 08:09, STARS: 5
Somebody needs to call that Mike Holmes guy
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
03/02/2017 at 08:21, STARS: 1
How is that even possible? I don’t see any visible damage to those plywood boards, but something has to give up, when house folds like that. Maybe they aren’t attached at all...
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/02/2017 at 08:31, STARS: 0
wood magnet...
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/02/2017 at 08:37, STARS: 3
YEAH, SCIENCE, BITCHES
"osucycler" (osucycler)
03/02/2017 at 08:48, STARS: 0
I would love to find out an answer, following along....
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 08:55, STARS: 5
This is a perfect example of a lack of shear strength. Where is this? Do you mind if I show it to my classes?
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
03/02/2017 at 08:57, STARS: 2
That’s... not gone well.
"random001" (random001)
03/02/2017 at 08:58, STARS: 0
No no, it was built that way. Notice the seams match perfect? I can’t even...
"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
03/02/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 3
Context: There was a crazy windstorm in Toronto last night.
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
03/02/2017 at 09:07, STARS: 2
My “I’m totally not an engineer but was raised by a guy that did construction and have built stuff of my own” guess is that there was insufficient triangulation on the lower floor to resist sideways load, and heavy winds blew sideways, which the bottom floor couldn’t hold up against.
In houses the plywood on the outside of the framing triangulates the vertical & horizontal studs, but with such big window openings front & rear and no interior walls the little bit of plywood didn’t create big enough triangulation to resist the side forces.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
03/02/2017 at 09:25, STARS: 0
Shear strength and cross bracing not considered at all... with large openings in the front and back this might need to be framed in steel not wood.
"fintail" (fintail)
03/02/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 1
Parallelograms are trendy these days, right? Maybe this is a new wave in mcmodern box townhouse design, perfect for edgy normcore aging millennial first time buyers (thanks mom and dad!).
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/02/2017 at 09:46, STARS: 1
metal screws and nails and stuff... maybe even metal wood
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/02/2017 at 10:09, STARS: 3
"CB" (jrcb)
03/02/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 2
It’s in Toronto at Leslie and Queen Street. Go ahead and use it! There should be some news articles about it at this point, too.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/02/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 2
i dunno, i get the feeling this structure might not have a lot of nails and screws...
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
03/02/2017 at 10:50, STARS: 0
If no-one would have seen this mess, they could have easily fixed this. Just cover the left side building’s wall and the opposing new wall with a large amount of contact glue. Then inflate couple of inner tubes, rubber boats etc between the other gap.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
Thanks!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 0
That’s exactly what happened, a lack of shear strength. If you look at the plywood on the first floor to second floor transition, it’s pieced in with three strips. It’s straight up lazy carpentry. I that was all one piece it MIGHT have been able to keep standing, although my guess is there is a lot of other screw-ups in that structure as well.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 3
I bet the people in the house next door would like to have a word about that to the builders :)
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/02/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 0
wood glue? Duct tape? How the fuck did they get to the third floor without nails or screws?
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/02/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 0
i mean... DID they get there?
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/02/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
I can see built stuff above 2nd floor. Some poor sap had to walk up there. maybe even put up a ladder or put up scaffold
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/02/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 0
probably held together with gum and dreams
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 1
This picture really drove home why they had just learned what they had just learned. I saved it and will use it again.
"CB" (jrcb)
03/02/2017 at 16:41, STARS: 1
Good to hear! Glad I could help!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/02/2017 at 16:48, STARS: 2
Just one of the many reasons why Oppo is the freaking best :)
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/03/2017 at 07:28, STARS: 0
that’s what holds my soul together