I don't know who the mullet who built our house is...

[JulesMaximus]

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I bought a new light fixture this morning but now I need to go out and buy an electrical box to mount it to and then patch this mess up. Fvcking retards built this house.

 

[FoBoT]

whoa! that isn't up to code. somebody missed something on the inspection

 

[Buck Naked]

One time at work I replaced a homemade fuseblock for some guy. It was just a piece of wood with screws tied together with bare wire.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

that kind of work isn't uncommon in residential

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
that kind of work isn't uncommon in residential

When I took the old light fixture off I was like WTF!!! What a god damned mess! I figured I'd have to do a little touchup painting but nothing like this! :|

 

[jagec]

LOL, I can just see him punching the hole in the drywall, running the wires, and then the wife comes in and says "No, I want it a foot to the right."

 

[DanTMWTMP]

lol, wait, aren't you who had the one where the bathroom fan housing didn't lead to any vents or holes at all... it was just a.. housing, for a fan, with no area to blow anything to?

 

[aidanjm]

I don't get it, what is the problem?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
I don't get it, what is the problem?

You mean you don't notice the highly illegal electrical work?

No box, no connectors, no wire jacket (more of a convenience than necessary), wires ripped through the drywall.

Also, depending on his Local EC, he may have to have used BX as opposed to the individual wires/Romex.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol, wait, aren't you who had the one where the bathroom fan housing didn't lead to any vents or holes at all... it was just a.. housing, for a fan, with no area to blow anything to?

i immediately thought of that. heh.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol, wait, aren't you who had the one where the bathroom fan housing didn't lead to any vents or holes at all... it was just a.. housing, for a fan, with no area to blow anything to?

No, that was someone else. I'm the guy who was bagging on Moen faucets recently though.

Edit-and the guy who was really pissed recently when I pulled out a toilet I installed because I thought it was leaking but it was really my son peeing on the floor. :laugh:

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol, wait, aren't you who had the one where the bathroom fan housing didn't lead to any vents or holes at all... it was just a.. housing, for a fan, with no area to blow anything to?

No, that was someone else. I'm the guy who was bagging on Moen faucets recently though.

Link goes nowhere.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol, wait, aren't you who had the one where the bathroom fan housing didn't lead to any vents or holes at all... it was just a.. housing, for a fan, with no area to blow anything to?

No, that was someone else. I'm the guy who was bagging on Moen faucets recently though.

Link goes nowhere.

Sorry, link fixed.

 

[VirginiaDonkey]

have you owned the house since it was new?

if not, maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

even with that said, this don't look like a big deal to me.

 

[dandruff]

:laugh:

 

[Ronstang]

Boy that illegal labor is talented. They seem to fully understand electrical codes also. Nice!

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: VirginiaDonkey

...maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

That's what I was thinking. No builder is going to pull that kind of crap.

 

[DrPizza]

I'm not positive, but wouldn't it be to code if the original fixture that was located there basically had the "box" inside the fixture? Not all fixtures are made to be mounted to a box.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
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I bought a new light fixture this morning but now I need to go out and buy an electrical box to mount it to and then patch this mess up. Fvcking retards built this house.

LOLOL that's hilarious.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: VirginiaDonkey

...maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

That's what I was thinking. No builder is going to pull that kind of crap.

There was some guy here not too long ago who opened the vent in his bathroom... to find that it wasn't a vent at all... well, the vent grill and fan were there, but there was no hole!

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: VirginiaDonkey

...maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

That's what I was thinking. No builder is going to pull that kind of crap.

There was some guy here not too long ago who opened the vent in his bathroom... to find that it wasn't a vent at all... well, the vent grill and fan were there, but there was no hole!

LOL! :laugh:

 

[DrPizza]

I'm still trying to find out for certain, but isn't it to code if there's a surface mount box?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: VirginiaDonkey

...maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

That's what I was thinking. No builder is going to pull that kind of crap.

There was some guy here not too long ago who opened the vent in his bathroom... to find that it wasn't a vent at all... well, the vent grill and fan were there, but there was no hole!

LOL! :laugh:

I found the thread... but the pics are gone

 

[db]

box + 2 f straps.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: VirginiaDonkey

...maybe the person that owned it before you replaced the original fixture.

That's what I was thinking. No builder is going to pull that kind of crap.

There's no electrical box there, if someone replaced the original fixture why would they remove the box..and pull the wiring out through the drywall like that? The house was built in 1995 and I'm 99% sure this is the original fixture. It is consistent with the rest of the cheap assed light fixtures in the other bathrooms.