[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Builders gone wild. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/15/2003 7:07:00 PM EDT
What were the builders thinking?   *Note: I didn't take these pictures, they were posted on another board by a 3rd party. *Edit: Changes links to my image host & changed title. |
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??? Yer crazy. I have seen driveways like that. The second and third pictures are from different angles. Quoted: Photoshopped joke. THe driveway in the second pic has a peice of cardboard in it. It extends to the road. In the last pic, same drivway, but does not extend to road. Note same peice of cardboard and foam cup. Nice try, CH |
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Quoted: Photoshopped joke. THe driveway in the second pic has a peice of cardboard in it. It extends to the road. In the last pic, same drivway, but does not extend to road. Note same peice of cardboard and foam cup. Nice try, CH Wrong, in the third picture the driveway does extend to the road, there is just a pile of dirt that blocks your vision. Look right by the mirror on the truck and you'll see part of the driveway. |
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There is no way a car could make that transistion to the garage or sidewalk without ripping the bumpers off or high-centering on the garage floor. Without a doubt the stupidest builder on earth! There is no way that will ever sell! I wouldn't park my vehicle on that steep of a hill every day. It would trash your transmissions parking pawl.(sp?) Anybody know where this is? Looks like northern Virgina. |
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Little problem Picture #1 is a 2 car garage, with a driveway of to the side. Picture #2 and #3 show a 2 car garage door next to a 1 car garage door. So pictures 1 and 2-3 show 2 different driveways. I don't know if they are photoshopped. But the approach, departure angles will get anything but a monster truck or a motorcycle stuck. If you did manage to get up that driveway, you would lose sight of the garage on approach. Until the front end hit the, and I'm hoping here, level floor in the garage. |
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Well, the architect drew it that way, and he wont admit to being wrong, so the general told the subs to build it that way, and the subs looked at them like they were fools, took their money and built it like the drawing show it. Then the architect blames the general and the general blames the sub. This is how construction works! |
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Quoted: Well, the architect drew it that way, and he wont admit to being wrong, so the general told the subs to build it that way, and the subs looked at them like they were fools, took their money and built it like the drawing show it. Then the architect blames the general and the general blames the sub. This is how construction works! no kidding! I'd love to see some moron justify those driveways. [rofl2] |
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2 questions 1) How you gonna move in? Ain't no way a Ryder will back up that drive. 2)how'd they get the concrete from forming into a blob at the bottom of the drive? picture #1 is of the last house to the right. I am assuming there are 4 or more houses built on this particular stretch of street. Around here, it would never pass final grade/seed requirements for the lawn...let alone the liability of such a steep driveway. Someone deserves to get canned for this. |
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Quoted: Depending on the part of the country, you don't have to have an architect sign & seal residential drawings. Also, there are many areas that have no building code or building inspectors. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not aware of any code which limits the pitch of a driveway. |
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I believe it's real, I personally know of a couple that are equally as steep if not worse. However that doesn't make it any less bizzare. The angles aren't as extreme as you mind wan't you to think they are. True, you'll not be able to take may cars up there, but most SUVs will have little problem. I'm sure potential buyers are not blind sided by this... Edited to add, from the looks of the trees, this area can experience winter ice, but probably infrequently. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Depending on the part of the country, you don't have to have an architect sign & seal residential drawings. Also, there are many areas that have no building code or building inspectors. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not aware of any code which limits the pitch of a driveway. Depending on where you live, many communities do have regulations on the percent grade of a driveway. I know where I live they do. What it looks like to me is that someone fucked up. Either the elevation on the house was not done correctly or someone did not take into account the building setback or both. Perhaps a retaining wall between the houses would have allowed for a lower slab elevation on this particular house and thus a lower percent grade for the driveway. If in the event these pictures have not been doctered, there is probably a good lawsuit in the making. As it is the driveway is unusable at least by "ordinary" means. I do see that the first picture is of a different driveway than the second two as the first has only a single garage door and the other two have double garage doors. The second two pictures are definately of the same house, just look at the background. Also, how would you like to mow that front yard? You would need rappelling gear to mow. P.S. You can pour concrete even on that steep of a slope, you just pour a drier mix with less water. It is a PITA but it can be done. |