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It looks so neat! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/wtf@lemmy.wtf

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[-] Xuderis@lemmy.world 145 points 1 week ago

This kills the structure.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 130 points 1 week ago

Wait…wait. Did he cut through the floor joists in order to inset the pipe?

[-] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 126 points 1 week ago

Yes. Yes he did

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 week ago

Why…why would he not just use u-brackets to attach the pipe to the joists??!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago

Steve don't know anything but he did it for love.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That divorce is going to be glorious.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

He's going to laugh last when she keeps the house

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure he'll just slice it down the middle and take his half.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

Not only did he miss the easiest way to solve this problem, but he cut perfectly square notches that were twice as wide as the pipe. You need multiple tools to do that, and a LOT of quality time on your back in a crawlspace eating sawdust to do it.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

A circular saw and a hammer would do it. Just 2 cuts and a thwack per board.

If the cuts are too deep a sawzall and longish blade would work too but take longer.

If I somehow ended up owning this house I’d probably just screw some 1/8” steel straps across the bottoms of the joists and call it a day. The the bottoms of floor joists are in tension anyway.

[-] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Sawzall and a hammer works fine

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Surely there is more to this

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

As complete dumbass I can almost assure you that the person who did this did it to the first one and then went in for a penny in for a pound so they kept going. I did this with my bathtubs faucet, problem with that was at least I didn't need the old one so taking a sawzaw to it didn't break anything else.