You pay one way or another
Yup. It's true.
We got a damned good deal on this house. And the value eeps going up.But it is an old place and has been owned by "Home Depot Retards" in the past.Ever so slowly I am improving the place. Last year it was a whole new septic system. Not much choice in that. Sorta a forced upgrade, you might say.
This year we got a couple new appliances. One of whic is a new fridge. Nice damned unit arriving Monday. double doors on top and the freezer on the bottom *where it fucking well belongs*
There is a small issue with it. It is 2" taller than the one we have. The PO (Home Depot Retard) fancied hisself a carpenter and cabinet maker. Everytime I dig into something, I curse his name. Well HDR put in a set of shelves on one side of the fridge that attach to the countertop. Across the top of the shelving unit is a longer shelf that spans the top of the fridge (today's issue) then it is braced and enclosed on the end and attached to a funny block/box on the ceiling and wall.
I figured on just knocking the endoff the shelf and then trimming it to fit the top of the shelving unit. This would give us close to 12" of room to the bottom of the odd block. So I hamer on the end peice. Jaysus, that is solid. Kind of odd when considering HDR's other work. After about 10 minutes of brute force and ignorance I bust the end off. This is when I discover he has used some sort of threaded insert and 1" bolt to assemble the fucking thing. C'mon dude, this isnt structural for fucks sake. I was glad to tear the shelf off the whole thing because the shelfe was made from particle board and HDR had only painted the edge. WTF? So I trim the shelf to the right size. Momma can paint it later.
So then I am standing there looing at this odd shaped box. Now I cant thin of a purpose for it to be there except to cover something like a duct. But it doesnt make sense because there is no duct work in that area. I suspect it is just there "because" like some sort of cubust style element. There is weird shit like that al through the kitchen. Dropped sections so an archway can be formed and crap like that.
Well since I am in the zone and have already made a big damned mess...lets mae a bigger one! I grab my drill and put the 2" hole saw on it. It took forever to cut through the end. I mean forever. Then I peer into the hole and see....nothing. The box is just for the hell of it. WTF? I mean this thing is 5' long and a foot square on the ends. So I start tearing it apart. This is one of the biggest fuckups I have ever seen. Basically he made the box from 2" square lumber, stuck it in the corner, screwed it in place with a plethora of 4" screws (both philips and flat,of course) then covered the bottom with 1/16 veneer wood, the end with (I sit you not) 2" thick dense particle board and the face with heavy sheetrock. This thing had 2" square braces every 10". And of course it was all assembled with heavy screws and a liberal dose of construction glue. Then a bit of paint and trim...viola! Look honey a...box...in the corner... This thing was constructed to withstand a bomb. I could have pared my truck on it. And behind it? nice intact sheetrock walls and ceiling.
So now I am lookng at all the other "elements" in the kitchen and my hammer hand is itching. The catspaw is calling me and momma is at work all night.
We got a damned good deal on this house. And the value eeps going up.But it is an old place and has been owned by "Home Depot Retards" in the past.Ever so slowly I am improving the place. Last year it was a whole new septic system. Not much choice in that. Sorta a forced upgrade, you might say.
This year we got a couple new appliances. One of whic is a new fridge. Nice damned unit arriving Monday. double doors on top and the freezer on the bottom *where it fucking well belongs*
There is a small issue with it. It is 2" taller than the one we have. The PO (Home Depot Retard) fancied hisself a carpenter and cabinet maker. Everytime I dig into something, I curse his name. Well HDR put in a set of shelves on one side of the fridge that attach to the countertop. Across the top of the shelving unit is a longer shelf that spans the top of the fridge (today's issue) then it is braced and enclosed on the end and attached to a funny block/box on the ceiling and wall.
I figured on just knocking the endoff the shelf and then trimming it to fit the top of the shelving unit. This would give us close to 12" of room to the bottom of the odd block. So I hamer on the end peice. Jaysus, that is solid. Kind of odd when considering HDR's other work. After about 10 minutes of brute force and ignorance I bust the end off. This is when I discover he has used some sort of threaded insert and 1" bolt to assemble the fucking thing. C'mon dude, this isnt structural for fucks sake. I was glad to tear the shelf off the whole thing because the shelfe was made from particle board and HDR had only painted the edge. WTF? So I trim the shelf to the right size. Momma can paint it later.
So then I am standing there looing at this odd shaped box. Now I cant thin of a purpose for it to be there except to cover something like a duct. But it doesnt make sense because there is no duct work in that area. I suspect it is just there "because" like some sort of cubust style element. There is weird shit like that al through the kitchen. Dropped sections so an archway can be formed and crap like that.
Well since I am in the zone and have already made a big damned mess...lets mae a bigger one! I grab my drill and put the 2" hole saw on it. It took forever to cut through the end. I mean forever. Then I peer into the hole and see....nothing. The box is just for the hell of it. WTF? I mean this thing is 5' long and a foot square on the ends. So I start tearing it apart. This is one of the biggest fuckups I have ever seen. Basically he made the box from 2" square lumber, stuck it in the corner, screwed it in place with a plethora of 4" screws (both philips and flat,of course) then covered the bottom with 1/16 veneer wood, the end with (I sit you not) 2" thick dense particle board and the face with heavy sheetrock. This thing had 2" square braces every 10". And of course it was all assembled with heavy screws and a liberal dose of construction glue. Then a bit of paint and trim...viola! Look honey a...box...in the corner... This thing was constructed to withstand a bomb. I could have pared my truck on it. And behind it? nice intact sheetrock walls and ceiling.
So now I am lookng at all the other "elements" in the kitchen and my hammer hand is itching. The catspaw is calling me and momma is at work all night.
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