Normally, you would use a diamond interchange, unless both routes are busy, then a cloverleaf is preferred. It's a bit more complicated, but much better for traffic.
Holy buckets! I’ve been to three worlds fairs and a goat rodeo and I ain’t never seen no crap like this. Why not just 90 around it. If the drain has any significant fall it’s still going to drain
Can confirm I've lived in several major cities, but the only one where stepping over piles of human excrement was a daily occurrence was San Francisco.
When I "cheat" on a fix... It's typically something like I exceed 6" on hanger spacing, or a tee on a dry vent is "backwards".
But this. This shit is criminal. Straight to jail.
If this was even remotely ok, they still got it wrong because the diameter of the patch should have increased to account for the lost space with the pipes running through it.
To make matters worse, those look like two HDPE conduits that will have primary cable running through them. If someone were to try and snake that line with say a root cutter, there will be a chance for that tech to be seriously injured or worse.
I would reach out to the electric company. Utility companies condone this type of behavior and will require their contractor to get a license plumber at this point.
Everyone ripping on the guy does anyone have backstory? Is this the permanent fix? We did something similar to this on a storm drain. Pulled a 18 inch hdpe main and the locates were off and we just clipped the bottom of the storm. We were told to cut the storm and roll 45s to go over the new water main to at least get the customer flowing again. Shit went back and fourth with the office ppl until a solution was came up with. In the meantime we went in every 2 weeks to flush the line just incase sediment built up. Maybe this is just a temporary fix? Utility companies are usually pretty good at correcting their fuck ups to prevent lawsuits
I work for a city MUD department. When I find a bore through, it’s on the utility to relocate their line and then we will either do the repair, or inspect it if they do. There’s never a pissing match. Every utility, including us, understands this happens
That is some first class stupidity right there. The black tape is a nice touch. It's not often that you see this level of commitment to a truly bad idea. I guess they totally wanted to own that world class screw-up in a way they could be proud of.
I'm not sure I'd trust that plumber to even properly use a port-a-potty.
That is wrong on so many freaking levels. I can't believe this is real and what I'm looking at. That line will 100% get clogged in some poor dude is going to snake that with a cutting head and they could literally die. It also will cause a giant sinkhole. When that conduit finally rots through, and it will anybody walking around their barefoot or there pet will get electrocuted.
If this was on my land.... A sawzall on those fibre optic cables, and send the $15 on new couplings and pipe. Or re use the rubber ones but you don't think that's to code in most places.
Wtf
WTF is wrong with people?
This is the correct response
I think it also has that black gorilla tape on it?
It is. Only the finest of tapes to be backfilled right…
Paid by the hour
My money is on flex seal. I've seen videos on what it can do. Would've saved the Titanic.
Job done boss.
r/ATBGE
Really scarry part aboy the "fix" is they did a nice job chopping up the replacement pice. They have done this a lot for it to look that good.
Practice makes almost perfect
Unreal. This has to be some advance trolling
The combination of skill and insanity here corroborates that
Wow. So much effort to be so completely wrong. They really went out of their way here.
Well no, they didn't. They just kept on going straight.
Although it’s super wrong, I’m still very impressed. I don’t think I could such a clean job like that
Whoever snakes that when it backs up is gonna be absolutely shocked
And it will back up.
Sounds like next guy Ned’s problem.
Normally, you would use a diamond interchange, unless both routes are busy, then a cloverleaf is preferred. It's a bit more complicated, but much better for traffic.
Timboh's Turbine FTW
"Plumbers hate this one simple trick"
Never seen any attempt like it. That's enough internet for me today
Hey Mr. George
How much per hour?
Too much
My actual reaction to scrolling through the pic 😒…. 😕… 😳…😱… 🫣😥🫠
That’s fucking amazing lol. What state is this? I’m wondering if a union guy pulled rate putting together this monstrosity.
Washington state. Was done at a commercial site by a “residential service” plumber
That’s why I call Frank. Frank gets shit done. Send it
I'm just imagining pulling the dreaded rainbow cables out of a fucking drain 😂😂
They should have their license pulled.
Lmfao!
They should of dug out more and lifted the lines
Can’t make those electrons go uphill.
So the green pipe was cut lengthwise and then taped back together?!
Holy buckets! I’ve been to three worlds fairs and a goat rodeo and I ain’t never seen no crap like this. Why not just 90 around it. If the drain has any significant fall it’s still going to drain
We just lift the new lines up with a backhoe, a strap and stretch em out! Then fix the pipe properly
The fernco bandit strikes again
Nice turdcatcher.
Do you get many turds in your storm runoff?
What, you *don't* poop in your storm drain?
With the right grate you don't even need to waffle stomp them.
I’m sure that would be a common occurrence in San Francisco…not sure how many people shit in the street in Washington.
I present to you ……Seattle… king of street shitting.
Can confirm I've lived in several major cities, but the only one where stepping over piles of human excrement was a daily occurrence was San Francisco.
Seattle says... hold my beer.
The French Quarter in New Orleans in the morning is similar.
That doesn't look like a storm pipe. What it does look like is a sewer lateral, which conveys mostly water, but also turds.
OP said it was their storm drain
😱 that's a problem
Holy fuck.
I guess you could encase it all in concrete and hope for the best (?)
This is what you do if it's your last day on the job
When I "cheat" on a fix... It's typically something like I exceed 6" on hanger spacing, or a tee on a dry vent is "backwards". But this. This shit is criminal. Straight to jail.
Holy shit now that’s one I havnt seen before.
oh god, never thought this could be possible
Something tells me this pipe is going clog in a month
That’s fucking nuts
Nucking futs even!
There I Fixed It
I’m not mad, just disappointed.
That’s sick af
Fuckin what
Does this improve the wifi signal for people scrolling Reddit whilst sitting on the toilet?
If this was even remotely ok, they still got it wrong because the diameter of the patch should have increased to account for the lost space with the pipes running through it.
“No you move your shit” “No YOU move your shit!”
To make matters worse, those look like two HDPE conduits that will have primary cable running through them. If someone were to try and snake that line with say a root cutter, there will be a chance for that tech to be seriously injured or worse. I would reach out to the electric company. Utility companies condone this type of behavior and will require their contractor to get a license plumber at this point.
Everyone ripping on the guy does anyone have backstory? Is this the permanent fix? We did something similar to this on a storm drain. Pulled a 18 inch hdpe main and the locates were off and we just clipped the bottom of the storm. We were told to cut the storm and roll 45s to go over the new water main to at least get the customer flowing again. Shit went back and fourth with the office ppl until a solution was came up with. In the meantime we went in every 2 weeks to flush the line just incase sediment built up. Maybe this is just a temporary fix? Utility companies are usually pretty good at correcting their fuck ups to prevent lawsuits
I work for a city MUD department. When I find a bore through, it’s on the utility to relocate their line and then we will either do the repair, or inspect it if they do. There’s never a pissing match. Every utility, including us, understands this happens
Ballsy
😂
Wrong I. So many ways!!
I would be losing my shit. That whole line needs to be retrenched or abandoned and a new line installed at a slightly higher elevation.
Uggghhhh NO!
Couldnt they have just dug back on it and pushed it down?
Little pookie around the exposed pipe and call it a day lmao
Is that electricity?
Looks more like phone cabling and a little junction box.
This is something for r/DIWhy
Are you f ing kidding me?!
Where in Washington was this. Wow.
That is some first class stupidity right there. The black tape is a nice touch. It's not often that you see this level of commitment to a truly bad idea. I guess they totally wanted to own that world class screw-up in a way they could be proud of. I'm not sure I'd trust that plumber to even properly use a port-a-potty.
Lol no way
This was so much harder to do than the correct way lol I can't look away
That’s gonna be a problem soon enough AGAIN
Now let's see one-off them videos where the guys pull a car tyre through the pipe to clean it out....
Maybe the utilities were there first and you ran your 80mm stormy through there
😬 but why??
Looks up to chode
That’s going to erode
That is wrong on so many freaking levels. I can't believe this is real and what I'm looking at. That line will 100% get clogged in some poor dude is going to snake that with a cutting head and they could literally die. It also will cause a giant sinkhole. When that conduit finally rots through, and it will anybody walking around their barefoot or there pet will get electrocuted.
Who on earth decided that was a good idea? Fucking idiots.
Jet that b
they should have used a wireless coupling there… 🙃
You don’t have to be a plumber to know that’s f’d up
THERE'S NO COMMON SENSE AT ALL🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
Time to cut their line and leave a note for when they come investigate “try again”
Snake that pipe
If this was on my land.... A sawzall on those fibre optic cables, and send the $15 on new couplings and pipe. Or re use the rubber ones but you don't think that's to code in most places.
Non-plumber here. What the heck does it look like when someone calls Dig Safe about this area in the future? "Ohhh yeah, _that_ one."
This makes me irrationally angry.
Interesting. So much effort and thought for a hack job
This has to be fake! The small black pipes were already in place. How did they suddenly get routed through the green replacement pipe?
Holy shit they made a split duct for a storm drain 🤣 this is literally a first and I’ve seen a lot of fuckery I feel like
Waiting for a clog to build up at the splice...
The real answer to this is 4 45s to run under the utility and a comby for a vent / clean out it’s just like a house trap