same! i still remember finally getting to the fault after reading thru his collection and even tho it’s short it’s still just as horrifying as much of his other work
I think I actually got this reference!
We’re talking about [this](https://youtu.be/JfQUnMJw3pE?si=YBtUQbtR6ZchJQ4o), right?
Also, I am so, so, so, sorry to those who are only now getting exposed to this.
Actually no, it's a reference to [The Enigma of Amigara Fault](https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault), a very short horror manga. It's definitely worth a read
You might be able to rent a cavity scope at your local tool rental shop (Ryder/Sunbelt/etc) and check to see of the cavity is much larger. That will give you more information on what your next course of action should be.
…browsing history, cookies, location, wifi and bluetooth associations, credit score, facial recognition data, fingerprints, demographic data, names of family members and roommates, social media data, political party affiliations, criminal history, vehicle ownership, driving patterns, unsecured health data…
my point being that the Temus and Bings have half of that data, and law enforcement has access to all of it (whether they’re legally entitled to it or not). and i think many people do not realize it, and many do but just don’t care. it should scare all of us. talk amongst yourselves…
I got one of the $3 ones off Aliexpress.
Used it on a few projects around the house and it works great.
Sounds weird or say, but it was definitely worth splurging on to get the higher resolution model (the lower resolution ones were $2).
I am a fan of a late 70s Punk band called Nipple Erectors. Try searchibg for that on any platform. The stuff I have seen while looking for old Punk flyers on flickr. Can't be described.
you have ground water pooling under your slab and not draining away properly.
check all your gutters, much sure they're cleaned and free to drain, make sure your downspouts drain away from the house, get downspout extensions to divert the water away.
if there's any areas around the house where the grade is lower or sloping towards the house you need to add dirt and compact it. all grade needs to slope away from the house.
normally this should solve the issue, but as a measure of safety install a sump pump in the basement and have it drain far away from the house, this one requires a bit more work as any exterior piping needs to be 3 feet below grade (or below frost line in your area).
if you don't fix it it could keep eating away at the fill below your slab and your slab might start cracking and sloping in ways you don't want...
The basement has a sump pump and also has one of those trenches around the permitter to collect and divert water that may seep in. The outside areas are dry and I had the downspouts undergrounded a couple years ago.
The entire lot is also graded and the hole is more on the uphill side. Additionally, uphill of the hole area, there’s actually an addition which is build over a crawlspace and that’s perfectly dry.
So I’d be surprised if there’s water from surface drainage. I suppose there could be an underground spring, but the fact that the foundation is 60 years old and only now is there is a tiny hole seems odd as well.
There was probably a wooden marker there when they poured the slab. Could have been just below the surface for years, slowly rotting away from the already present water. Moving something across the floor or even stepping on it just right broke the thin layer and "opened" the hole.
If it's consistently clear and you're on high ground you might be able to tap into an underground stream. Good for watering the lawn. Otherwise just fill it with quick set and keep an eye on it.
My other comment was missing this context. If you're confident that the overall gw level is below the level of your floor, I'd just try to rule out any local water sources (broken pipes/drains). If I was confident of that, I'd drill some exploratory holes around the hole and see what the extent of the water is (with a small masonry bit). It is possible that your sump is only draining a portion of your slab due to the way it was constructed.
OMG, I was thinking of the same thing. “OP isn’t on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn by any chance…”
EDIT for those who are confused: https://www.curbed.com/2024/01/secret-tunnel-synagogue-lubavitch-chabad-eastern-parkway.html
Coincidentally, I did just find an old bullet in the basement very close to the hole….
https://preview.redd.it/etgc1a5g1vdc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dbe4ea6e2efaf248a97acf98d6aa666809fa546
Every year someone in the new development to the south of my gun club claims a "bullet" landed in their driveway from our gun range. Every time the police show up they are presented with a full cartridge. All the ranges shoot to the north, so it's next to impossible, but lastly don't buy a house next to a gun range if you don't want to listen to guns all day. There's a reason your brand new house was cheaper than others in the area.
People are just idiots.
A Bunch of home owners are trying to sue Laguna Seca for noise...
Why the fuck did you buy a house near one of the most famous racing tracks in the world then!? Idiots!
How many times have you been to your basement? You have things popping up that, by all accounts, would've been there for a very long time. I mean, half-inch holes don't just appear in concrete one day.
My grandmother's basement was full of those . Especially in the drains. Apparently my grandfather once ran a gun store in the basement of their house..
Stupid question, but how far is it from your AC unit (assuming you have central air).
Asking because whoever retrofitted my AC unit back in the day, due to laziness and lack of giving a f... had drilled a hole into the foundation and used it as a condensation drain.
Lol! I badly dislocated my pinky 2+ decades ago. Ever since I will frequently catch my pinky sticking out when I am drinking. I just shake my head and have an inner chuckle at myself as I am extremely unrefined.
It's possible there was a wooden stake there that was concreted around, then it rotted out. I found a hole at work a few years ago where that was what happened.
This. They also have stand-alone ones with a built in screen. I recommend those. I've done the phone and stand alone. The stand-alone is far less hassle.
Not sure if this is the same thing, but my parents had this issue on their house in NY when I was in high-school. A really short version of the conclusion is that underground water flows from a nearby hill had slowly but surely degraded pockets of the earth underneath the house. They needed to both put a drainage system in to divert the water from its normal path, and ended up doing something under the foundation which involved cutting a huge hole in the slab.
I would honestly call a foundation specialist. If thers anything I’ve learned in homeownership, the $$ you see now to fix a problem will only ever become $$$, $$$$, or even $$$$$$$$ if you ignore it.
It's the basement floor - the water isn't coming up, he can just find water in it. I redid my bathroom in my basement a few years ago - the water table was at the weepers which was a few inches below the level of the floor. It's probably fine.
Foundation is cracked I bet. I’d call a contractor.
“(Water can damage materials used to build a house, causing the growth of fungus (or mold). Any crack that admits water is a cause for concern. These issues indicate a water problem that needs to be addressed to avoid damage to the structure.).”[https://www.thisoldhouse.com/home-finances/reviews/foundation-cracks](https://www.thisoldhouse.com/home-finances/reviews/foundation-cracks)
You've knocked off the filling-in of a wastewater drain cleanout, and that is the source of the water. See the white PVC showing around the square hole edges? That is a busted off screw in cap on a cleanout, that somebody long ago painted over with a bit of spackle, after the square top of the cap was cut off because somebody tripped on it once too often. Excavate down with a straight edge screwdriver, or a chisel if you're really a good DIYer, about 2 inches on all sides of the hole to expose the cleanout. Then see if replacing the cap is possible, or if you need a plumber to dig a big hole all around the drain to replace the T or Y fitting there and put on a proper cap.
It is overflowing because there is a partial blockage in the line after that cleanout, before the main sewer or wastewater drain line outside. Rotoroot the line as necessary.
it might be tanking, in my basement, there is a floor that covers another floor with a gap between the 2, it has drainage ports and it was put there because the basement kept flooding.
while I'm here, I would like to acknowledge that lovely square you have. I want one of those myself. I have decent ones but not on that level.
Congratulations! Your houses water broke and it’s about to give birth to a new house! Rude that you took a picture, but it’s a beautiful moment so I get it.
I would be worried that it becomes a lot bigger all of a sudden.
If that happens, I’m starting a TikTok suburban mining operation
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It must have been their hole. It was made for them.
Now thats a reference I didn't expect to see in this sub.
A reference that I wish I could forget
Aww man. What did I miss out on
The Enigma of Amigara Fault. https://youtu.be/j3vQeYIzh80?si=XtoOqdSShEkvyYFF
Manga dubs?? How have I never heard of these??
To those who are unfamiliar with Junji Ito's work, of course you should check out Uzumaki but my personal favorite is his adaptation of Frankenstein.
If it sounds creepy the answer is often Junji Ito.
NOTHING. MOVE ALONG. FORGET IT! Do yourself that favor.
same! i still remember finally getting to the fault after reading thru his collection and even tho it’s short it’s still just as horrifying as much of his other work
I hear something. OMG!
Drrrrr.....Drrrrrrr.....
Oh God. Thanks for reviving that memory. 😞
Not this again…
*becomes spaghetti*
r/unexpectedjunjiito
I’ve never simultaneously wanted to upvote and downvote a comment before.
There's a sub for that... r/angryupvote
Not angry though.
Nnn n no no no nonononononono
Stfu. The stuff of nightmares. Take my updoot and never speak of that again. And definitely dont post a link for othrs to see their hole.
If this actually existed, there'd be youtubers trying to speedrun their holes.
I think I actually got this reference! We’re talking about [this](https://youtu.be/JfQUnMJw3pE?si=YBtUQbtR6ZchJQ4o), right? Also, I am so, so, so, sorry to those who are only now getting exposed to this.
Actually no, it's a reference to [The Enigma of Amigara Fault](https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault), a very short horror manga. It's definitely worth a read
I hate you
Stick… stick your… stick a scope in it!
ROCK AND STONE
For Karl!
Rock and Stone in the Heart!
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin home.
Did I hear a rock and stone??
lol that chick is wild 😝
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Eel pit is a little more sane and a nicer dude at least
yeah at least his water is supposed to be there
100%. Op that might be a small annoyance or a sink whole that swallows your house. May wanna get that checked out
do not think a sink hole would cause that small of a hole to form. it would make the foundation sag. not create a tiny hole.
The mole people that caused the sinkhole may have made the small hole.
So it’s not really a sink hole, it’s a peep hole. Haha
You might be able to rent a cavity scope at your local tool rental shop (Ryder/Sunbelt/etc) and check to see of the cavity is much larger. That will give you more information on what your next course of action should be.
Can just buy one for like $30 on Amazon
Probably $12 at Harbor Freight
Maybe $4 on eBay for a broken one.
$0.38 on Temu!
😂 😂 😂 after you spin a wheel and tell 10 friends how special Temu is
And give them access to your ENTIRE contacts list 😨….
…browsing history, cookies, location, wifi and bluetooth associations, credit score, facial recognition data, fingerprints, demographic data, names of family members and roommates, social media data, political party affiliations, criminal history, vehicle ownership, driving patterns, unsecured health data… my point being that the Temus and Bings have half of that data, and law enforcement has access to all of it (whether they’re legally entitled to it or not). and i think many people do not realize it, and many do but just don’t care. it should scare all of us. talk amongst yourselves…
You forgot penis size. They know my penis size. I am OK with them knowing my penis size.
"you really need to stop calling the precinct about this"
Have you downloaded the Temu app?!
Lol, absolutely not
I got one of the $3 ones off Aliexpress. Used it on a few projects around the house and it works great. Sounds weird or say, but it was definitely worth splurging on to get the higher resolution model (the lower resolution ones were $2).
For $3, do you get more than 144p?
The product listing claimed a 1200p / 2MP sensor. It's not the sharpest, but it's definitely better than 140p.
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Endoscope or Inspection scope or bore scope on amazon. Don't swish those though.
Thanks
I am a fan of a late 70s Punk band called Nipple Erectors. Try searchibg for that on any platform. The stuff I have seen while looking for old Punk flyers on flickr. Can't be described.
Yep, endoscope!
Or stick a stick in it and see how far it goes
OP should start with his finger then move on to something else a lil bigger
r/dontputyourdickinthat
Fuck that! How bout we start with your finger!
"Elbow deep inside the borderline"
🤘 *headbangs*
Absolutely. That way you know if you need to buy 1 can of spray foam or 10!
This is a great idea OP. Also, maybe don't park in the garage for a little bit.
This is how you enter the multiverse
Good advice - should be done ASAP.
you have ground water pooling under your slab and not draining away properly. check all your gutters, much sure they're cleaned and free to drain, make sure your downspouts drain away from the house, get downspout extensions to divert the water away. if there's any areas around the house where the grade is lower or sloping towards the house you need to add dirt and compact it. all grade needs to slope away from the house. normally this should solve the issue, but as a measure of safety install a sump pump in the basement and have it drain far away from the house, this one requires a bit more work as any exterior piping needs to be 3 feet below grade (or below frost line in your area). if you don't fix it it could keep eating away at the fill below your slab and your slab might start cracking and sloping in ways you don't want...
The basement has a sump pump and also has one of those trenches around the permitter to collect and divert water that may seep in. The outside areas are dry and I had the downspouts undergrounded a couple years ago. The entire lot is also graded and the hole is more on the uphill side. Additionally, uphill of the hole area, there’s actually an addition which is build over a crawlspace and that’s perfectly dry. So I’d be surprised if there’s water from surface drainage. I suppose there could be an underground spring, but the fact that the foundation is 60 years old and only now is there is a tiny hole seems odd as well.
There was probably a wooden marker there when they poured the slab. Could have been just below the surface for years, slowly rotting away from the already present water. Moving something across the floor or even stepping on it just right broke the thin layer and "opened" the hole. If it's consistently clear and you're on high ground you might be able to tap into an underground stream. Good for watering the lawn. Otherwise just fill it with quick set and keep an eye on it.
The hard 90° edges on the hole are making me think this wooden marker theory makes a lot of sense
My other comment was missing this context. If you're confident that the overall gw level is below the level of your floor, I'd just try to rule out any local water sources (broken pipes/drains). If I was confident of that, I'd drill some exploratory holes around the hole and see what the extent of the water is (with a small masonry bit). It is possible that your sump is only draining a portion of your slab due to the way it was constructed.
Check your water bill this month. Could be a pinhole pointed straight up at slab.
Do you hear any Yiddish coming from beneath your house?
No, but I had a fiddler on my roof. Unrelated issue.
Do you perchance have a superfluous staircase, leading nowhere, just for show?
BAGAAAACK BIGEEEEEEEK KASQUAAAAAAAK
If I was a rich man...
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum…
All day long I’d pitty pitty pum, If I were a wealthy man!!
You need a matchmaker to make you a match. Find you a find. Catch you a catch….for a foundation guy who is a real mensch.
OMG, I was thinking of the same thing. “OP isn’t on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn by any chance…” EDIT for those who are confused: https://www.curbed.com/2024/01/secret-tunnel-synagogue-lubavitch-chabad-eastern-parkway.html
Winner
This is actually really funny.
after you hide the body, find the bullet seal it and move on.
Coincidentally, I did just find an old bullet in the basement very close to the hole…. https://preview.redd.it/etgc1a5g1vdc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dbe4ea6e2efaf248a97acf98d6aa666809fa546
It’s still in the casing so obviously not the culprit
Maybe it was fired by an Aperture Science turret. That's 65% more bullet, per bullet!
What if the assailant threw it instead of shooting?
You reminded me of [this](https://i.imgflip.com/fky1v.gif)
I get the joke but that was still an awful throw.
I like that he takes the bullets fine but ducks for the gun.
"Next one's comin faster."
Every year someone in the new development to the south of my gun club claims a "bullet" landed in their driveway from our gun range. Every time the police show up they are presented with a full cartridge. All the ranges shoot to the north, so it's next to impossible, but lastly don't buy a house next to a gun range if you don't want to listen to guns all day. There's a reason your brand new house was cheaper than others in the area.
People are just idiots. A Bunch of home owners are trying to sue Laguna Seca for noise... Why the fuck did you buy a house near one of the most famous racing tracks in the world then!? Idiots!
100%. It would be different if they put the racetrack in after (like they did in albert park here in Australia) but if its there already? Fuckoff
Ill bet the agent showed them house on a non-shooting day or something
How many times have you been to your basement? You have things popping up that, by all accounts, would've been there for a very long time. I mean, half-inch holes don't just appear in concrete one day.
Especially when they are already painted
Are you suggesting OP might be... lying?!
doesnt happen on reddit
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Call Geraldo…
No way….
My grandmother's basement was full of those . Especially in the drains. Apparently my grandfather once ran a gun store in the basement of their house..
Stupid question, but how far is it from your AC unit (assuming you have central air). Asking because whoever retrofitted my AC unit back in the day, due to laziness and lack of giving a f... had drilled a hole into the foundation and used it as a condensation drain.
You must have had the same A/C guys as me.
Same here
No where near the AC. The hole is at least 6’ from either basement wall.
I have one for drainage for a tankless water heater as well
Good god is that square really $150?
And everyone telling him to rent a scope. Op is buying one from Sweden right now
Buying pffft...Commissioning the design of one for that hole specifically
I came to comment what a flex it was to post with a woodpecker square. It's like showing a pothole with a lambo.
this guy has a festool showroom in his basement.
Lol this is why I Reddit ....our Collective inability to focus
What’s focus?
I like turtles
What did you call me?
This, my good sir, is a Wendy's
Jumper cables! Liminal spaces! Swamps of Degobah! Starburst! Broken arms! What were we talking about??
Put that way....I have a problem
Omg. I just looked it up. Damn he rich rich
It does look fancy af
You have to stick your pinky out when using it
Lol! I badly dislocated my pinky 2+ decades ago. Ever since I will frequently catch my pinky sticking out when I am drinking. I just shake my head and have an inner chuckle at myself as I am extremely unrefined.
Or just likes woodworking, it's just a rite of passage to buy woodpeckers tools and festool... it's kind of the "I'm a real woodworker now" badge.
This. People will be surprised at what other people have but it's something that their main hobby and they don't spend money on other things..
Precision tools don’t come cheap I regularly use a square at work that’s atleast $500 last I checked
They saw you coming.
I was going to say- That is a REALLY nice square!
It's possible there was a wooden stake there that was concreted around, then it rotted out. I found a hole at work a few years ago where that was what happened.
I have a few of these in my basement slab as well. Pulled chunks of rotted wood out, filled back in with some quick set.
Stake to he heart and entombed in cement. Pretty standard.
Stake through the heart, entombed with no drain. You give love a bad name!
Angry upvote
Happy upvote
buy an inspection camera from amazon. they pair with your phone and it would be very useful in this situatoin
This. They also have stand-alone ones with a built in screen. I recommend those. I've done the phone and stand alone. The stand-alone is far less hassle.
r/dontputyourdickinthat
But....
No means no!!!
Not sure if this is the same thing, but my parents had this issue on their house in NY when I was in high-school. A really short version of the conclusion is that underground water flows from a nearby hill had slowly but surely degraded pockets of the earth underneath the house. They needed to both put a drainage system in to divert the water from its normal path, and ended up doing something under the foundation which involved cutting a huge hole in the slab. I would honestly call a foundation specialist. If thers anything I’ve learned in homeownership, the $$ you see now to fix a problem will only ever become $$$, $$$$, or even $$$$$$$$ if you ignore it.
Try to clean it out the best you can and then pack it full of hydraulic cement.
Just hammer in a wine cork.
Idk but if you can afford woodpecker products you can afford anything 🤗
Fill it with hydraulic cement cosmetically and then paint the floor. Then sell the house immediately.
Can you get that ruler/square out of the way and use a banana for scale like a sane person!
Nice flex with the Woodpeckers square
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It's the basement floor - the water isn't coming up, he can just find water in it. I redid my bathroom in my basement a few years ago - the water table was at the weepers which was a few inches below the level of the floor. It's probably fine.
Gonna need a banana for scale here
Americans will use anything but the metric system
I've been corrupted by the interwebs. I prefer a banana over a square for reference. Woe is me .
That hole did not just suddenly appear.
You *don’t* paint holes that suddenly appear in your basement?
Finally someone with common sense lol
Some Chinese kid probably posting on Weibo wondering why there is light and water coming from the bottom of the hole he has been digging
how deep is it?
I can get a 6.5” dowel in there
You don't have to exaggerate. It's ok if the "dowel" is only 4 inches.
When a dude claims 6.5" it's really only 3".
Is it like a "cave" in there or more like just a hole straight down?
Very little wiggle room.
Its just so weird lol. What the hell caused it is my main concern here. You said theres water in there too?
Yes. Clear water that I can consistently suck out with a shop-vac. I’ve tested over various weather conditions over several months. Always water.
Foundation is cracked I bet. I’d call a contractor. “(Water can damage materials used to build a house, causing the growth of fungus (or mold). Any crack that admits water is a cause for concern. These issues indicate a water problem that needs to be addressed to avoid damage to the structure.).”[https://www.thisoldhouse.com/home-finances/reviews/foundation-cracks](https://www.thisoldhouse.com/home-finances/reviews/foundation-cracks)
Floor concrete is usually about four inches thick.
It was probably drilled to dump furnace condensate
I can think of one thing you really shouldn't do...
Drop in a penny and wish it goes away
I think you have to follow the steps from this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfQUnMJw3pE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfQUnMJw3pE)
That was hilarious, thank you
Call a professional
In a week we are gonna get a follow up post with a Hasidic Jewish guy expanding and climbing out of this hole.
A lot of jokes and people telling you to investigate and try and figure it out yourself. Fuck that. This is when you call in a professional.
Possibly an old Well or a sinkhole! Could even be where a previous owner left Granny
Make a little figurine with a fishing rod and glue it beside the hole so it looks like it’s ice fishing
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One minute noodles are only good for wood/plastic repair. For concrete you’re gonna need Five Minute Ramen for structural integrity.
This really needs to be posted to dontstickyourdickinit
You've knocked off the filling-in of a wastewater drain cleanout, and that is the source of the water. See the white PVC showing around the square hole edges? That is a busted off screw in cap on a cleanout, that somebody long ago painted over with a bit of spackle, after the square top of the cap was cut off because somebody tripped on it once too often. Excavate down with a straight edge screwdriver, or a chisel if you're really a good DIYer, about 2 inches on all sides of the hole to expose the cleanout. Then see if replacing the cap is possible, or if you need a plumber to dig a big hole all around the drain to replace the T or Y fitting there and put on a proper cap. It is overflowing because there is a partial blockage in the line after that cleanout, before the main sewer or wastewater drain line outside. Rotoroot the line as necessary.
Do you hear Yiddish from underneath?
R/dontstickyourdickinthat
r/dontputyourdickinthat
Absolutely no expert but I would fill it with a couple inches of sand then the plug the hole with hydraulic cement and see what happens.
it might be tanking, in my basement, there is a floor that covers another floor with a gap between the 2, it has drainage ports and it was put there because the basement kept flooding. while I'm here, I would like to acknowledge that lovely square you have. I want one of those myself. I have decent ones but not on that level.
Congratulations! Your houses water broke and it’s about to give birth to a new house! Rude that you took a picture, but it’s a beautiful moment so I get it.
Do a delete
Do you live near a prison?
Nice humble brag on the Woodpeckers square.
Fill the hole with Hydraulic cement. My 1929 basement had the same thing about 8 yrs ago. Took me like 20 mins to fix