Bad Examples of Venting, Plumbing, and Chimney Repairs

Heres some really bad examples on how NOT to do home repairs.
Trust in a professional contractor now and then.

Most are funny, some are scarey.

Enjoy.

Nice! Your right most of them are funny, however, some of them are definitely dangerous. I have seen some of that stuff in person. A couple of times I found myself standing back and thinking what the heck was going through that persons mind. I once saw track lighting installed in an enclosed shower unit. The light switch is classic as is the dryer wiring. I had to watch the video twice.

The snowman.

Gad zooks! Look again at the water tank using tin foil as a vent extension.... the pressure relief valve is plumbed UP? And, maybe through that shut off? Arghhhhhhhhhhhh!!

The series of these that I have starts with this disclaimer

Sting wrote:The series of these that I have starts with this disclaimer

Thats the one... I did not want to insult anyone by accident, so I removed the non-politically-correct verbage. I also had to convert it from Powerpoint, to the Microsoft Movie format, to upload it.

Ok im guilty I have a bull dozer radiator heating my garage..... But it works AWSOME

Phew, I aren't so dumb after all.

Nice job putting it together in the extension

You need to add the pic of the out door furnace housed in the yard- inside the old ford Van

I really liked the radiator drain hose, brought back memories. When I was a kid in the 50's we visited my grandmother in upstate NY. She had a trap leaking under the kitchen sink that my uncle and I fixed with a bicycle innertube, no trap just an innertube between two pipes. My grandmother passed away in 1992 and I helped clean out her house, when I looked under the sink it was still there 35 years later.

Sting wrote:Nice job putting it together in the extension

You need to add the pic of the out door furnace housed in the yard- inside the old ford Van

Hey Sting,
Do you have a thread to that pic of the furnace? Or a .JPG?
I'll be happy to add it, or any other pics that everyone has.

Steve.N wrote:I really liked the radiator drain hose, brought back memories. When I was a kid in the 50's we visited my grandmother in upstate NY. She had a trap leaking under the kitchen sink that my uncle and I fixed with a bicycle innertube, no trap just an innertube between two pipes. My grandmother passed away in 1992 and I helped clean out her house, when I looked under the sink it was still there 35 years later.

Wow Steve, too bad you don't have a pic of that ... I could add it to this movie
But THAT fix actually worked !

More of the same. I like the chew can and cigar box for an electrical box.

Wow, This stuff never ceases to amaze me. That J-Box with all the wires hanging down.... code says 2 cu.in per wire, me thinks we gotsa violation here. No wonder the code books keep getting bigger.

I like the drier with exposed 240v wiring stuck through the plug. As long the kids unhook one at a time when they fire up the welder they should be fine.

e.alleg wrote:As long the kids unhook one at a time when they fire up the welder they should be fine.

As long as they jump into the air and touch the wires before they touch down!