r/Wellthatsucks 5d ago

Plumbers broke through this foundation to add pipes, compromising the structural support of the home.

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u/Double_Bass6957 5d ago

It’s hard for me to believe a sane coherent person did this.

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u/Panchenima 5d ago edited 4d ago

Here in Chile we had worse not long ago, a woman made a hole in a structural wall on the 4 floor of a, I belive, 16 floor building compormising the safety of the whole construction, was sued, the fix was deemed to cost around 60k usd

https://preview.redd.it/1qnjgc0rut8d1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=131a9352700c63f20f8fc3e55420c4b855f5213c

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u/crofabulousss 4d ago

For what purpose?

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u/Panchenima 4d ago

she wanted to extend the kitchen and close part of the balcony. or something on those lines, the news outletes weren't very specific on that line.

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u/Nasa_OK 4d ago

I mean that doesn’t seem worse, atleast she actually hat a legit reason (a very dumb one) but she and a reason to break through the wall since what she wanted to do could not have been achieved without doing that. Here they could have just used the hole right next to the structural support

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u/MrGrieves- 4d ago

Looks like it became her garbage hole.

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u/rasteri 4d ago

lol I can 100% picture an elderly relative doing this

then refusing to back down even when structural integrity was slowly explained to them

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u/AlmostAShirley 3d ago

But I want it now!! It’s my deck, I can do what I want!!! Insert loud foot stomping. Those are the same people who stiff you on the bill because they don’t think what you accomplished was worth the price. No lady, you are buying my 30+ years of experience and parts 😠

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u/Alarmed_Ad4367 1d ago

OH MY GOD