Where do you even find a sketchy architect to do this?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
11/07/2016 at 20:33 • Filed to: None

Imagine this:

A building built in the 1930's, connected to a building built in the 1980's, connected to a building built in the 1940's, connected to a building built in the early 2000's.

It’s also worth mentioning that none of the buildings share one uniform style. The 80's building is generic 80's and so on.

Who the FUCK thought that was a good idea? The worst part is they’ve installed this horrible modern carpet throughout all three buildings/connectors, so it looks even worse than it normally would.

DISCUSSION (25)

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:35

Theoretically had to pass code, who knows though. Sounds sketchy.

jkm7680 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
11/07/2016 at 20:37

Each building still technically has its own heat and plumbing, the only thing that they share is the connector.

BorkBorkBjork > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:38

That sounds like every boiler I have ever worked on, in the Northeast at least. Just swap “building” with “tube” and “connected” with “welded”.

OPPOsaurus WRX > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:41

thats what happens when the building owner can;t afford a whole new campus, but can afford a new building, which is all good, but then finishes it off with some bad taste.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:42

Well yeah, it’s easy to do a bad job, it’s hard to make that kinda thing work cleanly.

(This is literally the kind of thing I do for a living)

jkm7680 > OPPOsaurus WRX
11/07/2016 at 20:43

You should see the rest of the buildings.

Oldest was classical built in the early 1900's, and the newest is a modern, yet still cheap building finished in 2015. Connected to a building from the 80's.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX
11/07/2016 at 20:44

It’s better when there’s asbestos tile involved, asbestos makes everything better.

jkm7680 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
11/07/2016 at 20:45

They could have at least tried to keep one uniform style.

I’ve seen plenty of other buildings that were done in stages, but don’t look like hell.

pip bip - choose Corrour > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:46

any pics of said buildings/connectors?

punkgoose17 > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:47

Do you have pictures? I would like to see this catastrophe.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 20:48

Yes, but pride usually gets in the way and people design something different for the sake of being different.

jkm7680 > punkgoose17
11/07/2016 at 20:51

I’m gunna look for some.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
11/07/2016 at 20:52

especially when you throw it at ceiling fans. Its fun to watch the dust rain down.

We’ll be doing demo on a hotel that was built piece by piece starting int he 50's. There is a separate asbestos budget.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX
11/07/2016 at 20:58

I feel yah. We’re doing some rural schools that were cobbled together from 1940 onward, it’s gonna be a party.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
11/07/2016 at 21:01

according to my boss, we’re professionals at stuffing 100 pounds of shit into a 5 pound bag (lets put 100 units on a 10,000 sq ft lot. F.A.R. max=.4 you do the math)

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 21:07

Please do, I really wanna see.

Brickman > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 21:41

Sounds like Touro hospital i visited in New Orleans. Build in the 1800s, you can see it had additions that were built in the 70s, and 2000s. Inside there are so many floor elevation changes and different room layouts.

Kinja'd!!!

jkm7680 > Brickman
11/07/2016 at 21:42

Wow, that looks horrible haha.

Stapleface > BorkBorkBjork
11/07/2016 at 21:58

What, you mean you don’t like repairing boilers put together with a “My first welder” kit?

Birddog > jkm7680
11/07/2016 at 22:07

That describes the Hospital I work at pretty well. It’s a 1951, 1973, 1980, 1994 and now 2016 building. There’s supposed to be part of the original 1919 building somewhere too.

Not one style matches. The 1980 and 1994 parts are most easily identified.

Birddog > Brickman
11/07/2016 at 22:08

Has to be a Hospital thing.