DB Pooper posted:

hows the food

DB Pooper posted:

hows the food

tinytort posted:

Not if you're going to try and get a mortgage on it, because you don't have 20k just sitting around in your bank. Source: tried to get a mortgage for a used trailer, rather than having to buy a brand-new one, and watched the bank rep do their level best not to just laugh me and my then-partner out of the room. Followed by them giving us a pamphlet for the brand of trailers that bank prefers working with.

crazypeltast52 posted:

For 20k you can also find a used 3br/2ba single-wide, so I still don’t see how tiny houses are anything but manufactured homes for the instagram/youtube set.

Also how do you get a splitter on the water/sewer hookup to fit 3 on a pad?

FCKGW posted:

mobile homes are cheap because you still have to lease the land (if you're in a proper park or want water/sewer/electricity) and that gets expensive

tiny houses are technically RVs and be parked anywhere you can set them down. They'll still end up being cheaper than a mobile home in the long run

amethystdragon posted:

If memory serves you want to make sure to own the land rather then rent because land owners can charge more rent and have renters over the barrel if they cannot afford to move.
(Some research article/video I'm remembering having read/watched but not enough to reference)

peanut posted:

mediocre-average

there wolf posted:

there wolf posted:

By popular demand posted:

Let's see how I'm doing in my ongoing education of safety:
1. You should not use splitters as a long term solution.
2. Uninsulated wires.
3. I dunno what the pipe is for but it should not be there.

How am I doing?

By popular demand posted:

3. I dunno what the pipe is for but it should not be there.

Motronic posted:

That box used to have a disconnect switch in it. That "pipe" is part of the handle on the right and was used to flip the disconnect mechanism on and off without opening the box.

I'm actually impressed that someone who would do something this bad had the foresight to know how bad it was and put it in a box. Rather than showing incompetence it betrays a wanton attitude of giving no fucks.

Motronic posted:

That box used to have a disconnect switch in it. That "pipe" is part of the handle on the right and was used to flip the disconnect mechanism on and off without opening the box.

I'm actually impressed that someone who would do something this bad had the foresight to know how bad it was and put it in a box. Rather than showing incompetence it betrays a wanton attitude of giving no fucks.

there wolf posted:

nullscan posted:

At least one of the plugs is grounded!

Platystemon posted:

‘Found in a crawlspace of a house from the 80's next to 3 red boxes encased in concrete (pic in comments)’

Editor’s note: I have linked the photos for dramatic effect:

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‘‘The "lid" with the radioactive sticker on it was found sitting on the top of that concrete slab. The red you can see is 3 metal boxes encased in 18" of concrete with another layer of cinder blocks on top of it.’’

‘‘Ok quick blanket update for everyone: it's not my house and I was over there last night when we found the boxes. I posted this morning and after getting all the warning messages I have contacted my friend who owns the house and forwarded all the warnings and highly recommend he contacted some of the agencies you have recommended. I will be in the mountains and out of service for a good chunk of the day, but I will do a follow-up with the friend when I get back and keep you all updated. I appreciate all the advice and information and can only hope it is nothing too serious because I definitely fondled that lid for a good amount of time.’’

Editor’s note: Remind me to hire a home inspector who uses radiation meters.

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Ok guys, heres the wrap up to this whole fiasco.

I want to start this off by saying please stop conting my local police department, fire department, the nrc, FBI, and any other of the various agencies you all have been contacting. The people that need to know are well aware of the situation and it has now been handled. At this point the calls and reports are starting to take up valuable time that all of these agencies need to be spending on better things. Thank you.

As of today a 3 man team from the state of Utah department of environmental quality, division of waste management and radiation control, uranium Mills and radioactive materials section (holy poo poo) showed up at my friend's house around 10am and spent a few hours taking readings, swabbing samples and asking questions and after all of that, found nothing but natural trace amounts of radon.
The "lid" they think was from the late 1950's and was unrelated to the "vault".

They had no idea what the "vault" was for and they think it was for storing valuables.

Here are pictures of the empty vault: nothing but a piece of thin sheetrock in the middle one.

As for the lid, one of the crew members asked what my friend wanted to do with it. He said with as much of a hassle it caused him, he'd rather not have it. They said they thought it was a cool piece of history so he let them have it. They would appreciate it much more than he would.

And that's it. After spending the last two days thinking we were on our way to death's door, getting half the government looking our way, causing my friend to miss work and loads of undue stress. That's it. Thanks everyone.

To the people that posted some genuinely concerned and thoughtful posts and advice, thank you all especially. There's some really good people out there.

Have a great week everyone. https://imgur.com/nGEJHha.jpg https://imgur.com/dvkKlpn.jpg https://imgur.com/f6OcDx2.jpg https://imgur.com/ATu9qQM.jpg https://imgur.com/uBlB7Ok.jpg https://imgur.com/i1cxlXY.jpg

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The "lid" they think was from the late 1950's and was unrelated to the "vault".

peanut posted:

It sounds like something my dad, and most dads, would do for a joke.

peanut posted:

It sounds like something my dad, and most dads, would do for a joke.

Shut up Meg posted:

Protip: if you think a novelty hand grenade paperweight is hilarious, don't forget that you left it in the attic when asking your father to find something there in your absence.

Don't ask me how I know this.

PainterofCrap posted:

Sounds like a great way to protect your valuables.

Then again, anyone dumb enough to be doing B&Es probably wouldn't be stopped by a radiation warning.


Hell, I have one of them on my desk (I work from home) and another one in a closet somewhere.

Yes, yes, they're dummy practice grenades, empty, blue handles, etc. etc.

StormDrain posted:

Oh poo poo radioactive this is valuable let's sell it to the Libyans.

Platystemon posted:

Update on this:

MH Knights posted:

Last Week Tonight did an episode about them earlier this year.

Platystemon posted:

The Bloop posted:

amethystdragon posted:

I actually used those card catalog drawers for storing N64 cartridges.
Had to put tape on top so I didn't have to pull one out just to see what game it was.
Majora's Mask was always easy to find as was Tony Hawk.

Yooper posted:

Tiny House Minnesota Style.



Or do it Quebec style with power and everything.

The lack of building codes is the biggest driver I see for people I know interested in Tiny House. The above YouTube link that Youth Decay shows a good, proper, house but it's $78,000. These people want a TinyHouse for under $10k. All I need to do to see the logical outcome is drive around and see the ice shacks people build near me. Truck caps for roofs. Plastic sheeting for walls. Pallet wood loving everything. At least a home has resale value, I can't imagine someones 400 sqft portable fart box is going to have much value in 20 years.

Liquid Communism posted:

Who gives a gently caress about resale value on a 10k glorified garden shed? Any value is in the land it sits on anyway, because the chances of finding a buyer for it that isn't going to flatten and rebuild are nil, like most weird rear end custom houses.

Dienes posted:

I bet they'd be great for storing Magic cards.

Yooper posted:

Depends where you are. California, yah, property is ridiculous. In my area you can get a lot in a small town for a couple of grand. Though you can't legally put up a trailer house anymore, zoning did away with it. You can put one up in a specially zoned trailer park.

A friend of mine did some design work on a weird rear end custom house for an executive consultant. It had steel catwalks linking the bedrooms and a concrete tube rising up through the center of the living room for an open hearth fire. I can't find the tube picture, but there's the concrete bathroom.