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I visited an in-laws apartment this weekend and noticed her new wall mounted flat screen tv was a little off. Turns out, she had gotten a wall mount that came with a handy level built in. Great! It wasn’t until after the tv was hung that they discovered the built in level was not actually level so the tv drops over a quarter of an inch to the one side. As a perfectionist, this would drive me nuts looking at it everyday. I guess this goes under the adage – Measure twice, cut once. I believe the wall mount was made by Level Mount which has a good rating on amazon, but if you read the reviews says don’t trust the level.
cut quarter inch off the couch legs on the low side……
Hahahahahahahahahaha that’s hilarious
Comp you beat me to it hahahahahaa. How big is the TV 1/4 inch in a few feet…Ray Charles could see that.
comp56 wrote:
cut quarter inch off the couch legs on the low side……
Dont go to far with that philosophy you might end up like this guy.
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Samuel L. wrote:
Dont go to far with that philosophy you might end up like this guy.
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Can’t play marbles in that one.
Poisonfangs85 wrote:
Can’t play marbles in that one.
I was looking at it and apparently the houses foundation collapsed and had to be demolished.
[External image (westtorontorealestate.ca), not copied]On Wednesday, June 27 2012, a detached home on Maria Street in the Junction area of West Toronto suddenly sank on one side, coming within a foot or so of colliding with the house next door. The basement of the house was being lowered by underpinning the foundation when something went terribly wrong (exactly what may never be known) and the foundation abruptly shifted downward. The underpinning was apparently being done by FBR Waterproofing, as they had a sign on the front lawn.
The City’s building department quickly evaluated the situation and decided that the only safe approach was to completely demolish the building. By late Friday there was nothing left of the house but a pile of rubble.
The owners of the home, a couple with a young child, bought the house for $555,063 less than a year ago. It was purchased in a bidding war (the selling price was more than $50,000 over the asking price), and the extra $63 was undoubtedly (and ironically) added for luck to help them be the winning bid.
Because the structure was unsafe and might collapse further at any time, the owners were not allowed to enter the house to retrieve their belongings before the demolition began. The house was taken apart as carefully as possible, and many items were salvaged, but still the loss was devastating.
I don’t see nothing wrong with that house. Isn’t that the crooked old mans house.
I would have to take it down repair the holes and fix it. I never trust those laser levels either. Has to pass the eyeball test at some point.
BAHAHAHAAHAHA!!comp56 wrote:
cut quarter inch off the couch legs on the low side……
comp56 wrote:
cut quarter inch off the couch legs on the low side……
Hahaha, I will have to recommend this. I wasn’t there during installation and just saw the aftermath.
That West Toronto house is a tough loss. I couldn’t imagine dropping $555,000 on a house to have it collapse in less than a year. I could only imagine the lawyering and insurance costs that are going to pile up.
I wish my house was in that area it would be worth 5+ million by the looks of things…..
Samuel L. wrote:
[External image (westtorontorealestate.ca), not copied]On Wednesday, June 27 2012, a detached home on Maria Street in the Junction area of West Toronto suddenly sank on one side, coming within a foot or so of colliding with the house next door. The basement of the house was being lowered by underpinning the foundation when something went terribly wrong (exactly what may never be known) and the foundation abruptly shifted downward. The underpinning was apparently being done by FBR Waterproofing, as they had a sign on the front lawn.
The City’s building department quickly evaluated the situation and decided that the only safe approach was to completely demolish the building. By late Friday there was nothing left of the house but a pile of rubble.
The owners of the home, a couple with a young child, bought the house for $555,063 less than a year ago. It was purchased in a bidding war (the selling price was more than $50,000 over the asking price), and the extra $63 was undoubtedly (and ironically) added for luck to help them be the winning bid.
Because the structure was unsafe and might collapse further at any time, the owners were not allowed to enter the house to retrieve their belongings before the demolition began. The house was taken apart as carefully as possible, and many items were salvaged, but still the loss was devastating.
I don’t think that I would want a waterproofing company underpinning my foundation. So much could go wrong and by the looks of it it did. I have done a few of these and I brought in a foundation company to do it. It is a very time consuming project and even though I wasn’t doing the work my nerves where on edge.
chadlanthier wrote:
I don’t see nothing wrong with that house. Isn’t that the crooked old mans house.
Nothing a few shims would not fix.
Even the best level can be knocked out of tolerance. I always teach to check your level each day prior to use.