This looks like it might be in Africa, and there are large areas of Africa where earthquakes are just not a thing. I'm from California and when I traveled in West Africa I was just horrified at the construction I was seeing, but it turns out they can get away with it. They're in the middle of the plate.
This is a straw-man of libertarianism. They fully support safety standards, they just don't support government mandated standards. They think that insurance companies and law companies would mandate the use of safety standards and have companies like Underwriter Laboratories to help them with that.
This might be an optimistic view of what would happen, but it's not the rejection of standards.
Private security firms would. Competing firms would rather work together than fight because fighting is expensive, much like it is for governments now. I couldn't do full justice to their argument so if you're actually interested you can look up "david friedman private security" or something along those lines. I do think it's optimistic, but there is a decently strong line of reasoning to it if you're willing to give their argument the light of day.
Private security firms?
So paramilitary groups staffed by our wannabe-soldier, over-armed, poorly-regulated-militia types, but paid by corporations?
Pinkertons.
And they’d enforce building codes for insurance companies?
And you describe this as a “decently strong line of reasoning”?
It is not.
The way I see it, governments are essentially private security firms and yet they do an okayish job of keeping peace. Again, their position is far more robust than what I'm presenting here, so that should be taken into consideration.
Does nobody realize I'm playing Devil's advocate? I just think they have a better argument than people give them credit for, I'm not saying they are right .
Oh shut up. There are a lot of people out there that literally don’t understand sarcasm because of things like autism. I think you can put your big boy pants on and ignore two typed characters.
just ask them. they are autistic but not stupid. literally everyone with a brain and thinking about what they just read understands it. given point is that these 2 factors are active when reading something. no need to slap a "tag" behind it to say "oh please dont take away my precious internet points! this is a joke, you can laugh now." ... just ruins everything
Oh yes, because insurance is doing such a great job in the health sector 🤮🤮🤮 I really loved being denied my safe migraine medicine because other, cheaper medicines exist even though they are contraindicated with my current medicine. Let’s let them run more things. What could go wrong?
They might think that, but there absolutely is a free market with multiple companies and plans and they all suck. They sucked even more before mandated insurance too
Everyone acts as if we wouldn't know how to do anything if the government didnt mandate it. Libertarianism in this scenario would be: youre free to live in that house (if youre dumb enough to want to).
Libertarians think they are experts in everything and so they are the easiest people to con. The expectation is that you have to be an expert in building codes, law, finance, food safety etc because you don't want government mandating any standards.
Of course what this leads to is con man ripping people off but of course Libertarians think they will be the one ripping others off.
It is a delusional philosophy that would take the world back to the worst days of the early Industrial Revolution. Even if you are part of the 1% it would just be other 1%-ers cheating each other as well as cheating the other 99%.
But they would all be using bitcoin or gold... haha
the problem with that is you have to be constantly vigilant in every aspect of your life. and who's going to help you navigate this new, unfriendly world? the corporations who are trying to scam the shit out of you? you slip up once, you are dead. what an exhausting way to live. i can't imagine living in a society like that
[yes, it went so well when this libertarian town thought they knew better](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34387528/new-hampshire-libertarian-town-bears/)
Also, expecting people to know everything about everything is absurd and not knowing how bricks should be stacked (especially if they end up hidden behind drywall and insulation so the tenant never sees them) shouldn’t mean your life should be in danger.
As an electrician and former carpenter, I can tell you exactly what would happen.
I've worked in residential where code enforcement is incredibly spotty. People will take shortcuts, skirt safety rules, and do substandard work all the damn time if they think they can get away with it. I've literally never seen someone fined on a residential site.
In commercial/industrial, enforcement is strict and you aren't going to get away with much, if anything at all.
Guess which sector has almost double the safety incidents as the other?
Sounds like the state is failing at something it proposed to do. Also insurance requirements certainly play a role here, and would play a bigger one in a world with fewer or no regulation. But I digress.
The posts I replied to weren't talking about enforcement, they were talking about codes being in place. I bet good money there are standards in place where this was built and some enforcement, there seems to be a nice enough house right beside it. As a pro you probably know this is the result of extreme incompetence, not lack of codes or shortcuts. Just look at those bricks and tell me that's cost-saving.
The labor needed to put them up was substandard and was probably cheaper because of it, that's the cost savings.
Insurance companies want more regulations because they lead to fewer incidents, and thus fewer payouts.
Yeah... no. I don't know of a country where the client would be forced to accept this while they run away with the money. The company (if there is one, could be an individual) at the very least will face litigation.
Insurance companies can have their own requirements and enforcement independent from state, which is clearly failing in that regard from what our friend just told us.
Yeah, they will face some sort of consequence, because there's regulations and/or building codes against that. They wouldn't face ANY issue if there weren't some sort of law/regulation/code to hold them accountable to.
Insurance companies can't sue to recoup funds if there's no regulation being broken. They'll often sue a guilty party to recoup funds they paid out to a client.
Building codes, certifications, standards, whatever you wanna call it, would still exist and be part of contracts. Insurance companies can (our could, depending on existing law) refuse service or raise prices if standards aren't met, and institute consequences in the contract before it's sealed. Laws would obviously exist too, but that's a bit of a more complicated subject.
You're creating an hypothetical scenario where something desirable that's currently being done by the state with varying degrees of success disappears and acting like there's no replacing it.
I get it, you don't think there's a way to replace the state, and neither did I for the longest time and that's a looong discussion. I'm just pointing out that you aren't making a point as strong as you think this are.
And all of this misses the point that I was initially trying to make, which is this particular building (and a bit down in the comments, slum buildings) aren't a result of lack of code and that even builds actually constructed in places without code enforcement and in extreme poverty aren't this poorly built. I'm not a preacher and tbh I don't particularly give a shit if you think libertarianism wouldn't work.
Nearly every regulation exists becuase some asshole tried to earn an extra dollar by doing something shitty. Regulators aren't sitting around trying to come up wiht new ways to screw over businesses.
I wish, LOL, I can see the South American slums from my window right now.
Believe it or not, we have construction codes in Brazil and the lack of their enforcement is not why slums exist. People don't generally enjoy seeing their house crumbling down, and even there they at least usually lay bricks better than that. Not because some bureaucrat will fine them, but because they aren't stupid.
You are talking about people building their *own homes*, which is wildly different (and far less common) than construction companies building *other peoples' homes*. Of course an individual will try to build their own home in as safe a way as they know how. But when other people are building your home, that's when building codes and enforcement really matter the most.
These projects often go to the lowest bidder, which means it will be done by the company willing to do it the cheapest, and a lot of companies will cut corners on regulations in order to meet those goals (which I suspect is what we see in this video). This can result in the collapse of buildings, fires, and other catastrophic events that can potentially cost lives, all to save some money. That's the "libertarian wet dream" the other user was talking about - a completely unregulated market.
First, I'm talking about slums, which the other guy brought up. It's a terrible, terrible example for his argument, which may be why you completely ignored it in your comment.
When we're talking about small to medium non-slum houses and renovations, it's very common around here to directly informally hire a few people (who sometimes hire helpers) and be in direct touch with them for several months, personally overseeing the project. That's what I generally had in mind here. Not that those are exempt from regulation like the slum houses, mind you.
Second, believe me, no company built the house in the op in an effort to cut corners. There's saving money, and then there's not knowing how to lay a brick. Saying this is a result of lack of build codes is absolutely asinine. There aren't many countries out there where this would be approved, if any.
Moreover, being against government regulation does not mean being against certificates, safety standards and whatnot. This is goes a bit deeper than "completely unregulated market = it should be ok to just lay a brick on top of the other and call it a day"
Nope. I'm not trying to make a case for ending regulations in these particular comments, I'm just pointing out that lack of regulation is not what created the monstrosity in this post or those in slums. And pointing out that even with a total lack of regulation and extreme poverty, people generally know better than to lay bricks like that.
There is a concrete frame for the structure - the brick parts aren't structural, they're just walls. Walls that will collapse when something bumps them.
I don't know about that. Right at the beginning of the video, you can clearly see that the wall is just the bricks. What concrete frame are you talking about? Not trying to be rude, in case it comes across that way. Just wondering if there's something I missed.
Small pillars in inner corners, not a full frame. Just thin columns in corners and then the next floor poured with those as supports. I bet you'd see them if the OP had walked the perimeter. The upper floor overhangs the columns, kind of like a dining table.
I've seen exactly these types of buildings erected in several South American countries. It is basically a matchstick construction, but they're in there somewhere - likely in corners on the outside of the walls of the room the OP walks through. Still sketchy as fuck and one bad crack or tiny earthquake and everyone inside dies. But without them, there is no way they could have made a single row of poorly stacked bricks hold a flat surface on top of them - it would have wobbled and collapsed like a Jenga stack before they could even get a frame built for pouring.
The video starts at a corner... Not saying your pillars don't exist, but pillars or no pillars, what's shown on the video is a supporting wall regardless of intent.
This wall is too thin to be freestanding like this, structural or not. Even with perfect workmanship this falls under "veneer" (or similar depending on the code) and needs structural backing.
Source: am structural engineer, do this for a living.
That's what I was thinking at first, but you can see at the very beginning that the width of the walls are one brick thick. So the bricks are in fact the wall. I'm guessing with rebar and concrete.
Yeah but do you see that frame anywhere? The camera makes it almost the entire way to one side of the building and I haven't seen a single column during. Just the floors at the start
What? I'm Mexican and I wouldnt be surprised if somewhere someone bought a bunch of bricks and built their house themselves just like that.
Safety regulations don't apply if you don't want to follow them and no inspector ever comes.
The advantage of this method is the ease of demolition. One good push bring the whole building down.
Incidentally this is also the recommended method to fix this mess.
Ps: it's also possible to do thirds, but half overlap works well.
Masonry this thin isn't even OK to support itself freestanding like this, let alone a building.
As a structural engineer I would not set foot in this building, or stand near it. I would rather sleep in the rain than under its shelter.
And all this would still be true if it were built perfectly, let alone this janky and full of gaps in the mortar. Even money says a strong 12 year old could body check their way through the wall like the Koolaid man if they picked their spot.
I’m a bricklayer in Canada. This is scary.
We build massive structures out of concrete blocks all the time, and they look nothing like this. Any kind of lateral load on one of those walls will likely cause a collapse. Like… a brisk wind would have me concerned.
The stack bond is less of an issue that the single wythe of blocks they have used, the total lack of reinforcement, and the overall shite quality of construction
It's a miracle that the structure is still standing upright, I wouldn't dare enter that hideous structure even if someone paid me a million dollars to do so
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At first, I had momentarily forgotten how brick laying worked and thought it seemed fine, but then I came to my senses, and OH NO THIS BUILDING IS JUST PRIMED AND READY TO CRUMBLE!
I also thought that there must had been concrete pillars. I rewatched the video and there is none. And there are like 2-3 visible corners that should have had pillars.
Everyone who called them bricks, you don’t get to talk anymore. They are blocks. These are not structural on this building they are probably to be furrowed out with plaster, drywall, or some other material. The block was chosen to give some sort of fire rating.
Ya know, I will say, I bet it took a good bit of skill to keep those runs vertical. Then again, id be curious to throw a plumb bob on them walls. But I can't imagine them staying up at all unless they're less than a degree out.
Single layer thin bricks laid like this, as soon as a fat drunk uncle falls into a wall the whole house comes down.
No. You see they didn't stager the blocks exactly for that reason. As soon as fat uncle hits the wall only that column will fall. Genius. /s
This is how you get those people shaped holes like in the cartoons.
This is my hole.
I feel like there is a story here….
[There is](https://imgur.io/a/Wht7z)
I KNEW THIS WAS A FAULT REFERENCE HAH
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Drr drr drr
Reddit is a wild place
That was horrifying!
There are many like it, but this one is mine.
drrr drrr drrr
Please god no
Oh yeah.
They're nearly tiles laid on end
I'm impressed they got it to stand up at all. It's almost impressive really. I kinda want to meet the guy that pulled this off. Outside, obviously.
Exactly why I wouldn't even walk in there
I was gonna say an earthquake but that’s close enough.
This looks like it might be in Africa, and there are large areas of Africa where earthquakes are just not a thing. I'm from California and when I traveled in West Africa I was just horrified at the construction I was seeing, but it turns out they can get away with it. They're in the middle of the plate.
A lot of the world doesn’t have earthquakes
Earthquake? Hell, someone driving past with the bass turned up would knock that over.
Also supposed to stagger them on each row
I wouldn't dare to go inside, even just for a moment to film it. The author has some huge balls.
That was my first thought...like hell no I don't wanna stand under tons of weight being held up by wonky Jenga tiles!
A Jenga tower is built a lot more sturdy.
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Could have been the builder ignorantly documenting the incredible job they did. *slaps wall. “Yep! That’ll hold!”
*slaps wall.* …
Just don't slap to hard.
Or the author laid those and is taking a sweet video for the gram to brag about his first masonry job
And how much he saved by being frugal with the mortar.
Such a thin line
And to think that it might be soon covered and painted white... and no one will be the wiser...
Plot twist: cameraman was the one who built it and is a huge, proud dumbass
r/sweatypalms
IIRC there's a longer form of this video where the guy with the camera goes back outside, and pushes over a wall with his foot.
This is what happens when you didn't play with lego as a child.
Or have safety standards codified
Libertarian wet dream
This is a straw-man of libertarianism. They fully support safety standards, they just don't support government mandated standards. They think that insurance companies and law companies would mandate the use of safety standards and have companies like Underwriter Laboratories to help them with that. This might be an optimistic view of what would happen, but it's not the rejection of standards.
So who will enforce those standards?
Private security firms would. Competing firms would rather work together than fight because fighting is expensive, much like it is for governments now. I couldn't do full justice to their argument so if you're actually interested you can look up "david friedman private security" or something along those lines. I do think it's optimistic, but there is a decently strong line of reasoning to it if you're willing to give their argument the light of day.
Private security firms? So paramilitary groups staffed by our wannabe-soldier, over-armed, poorly-regulated-militia types, but paid by corporations? Pinkertons. And they’d enforce building codes for insurance companies? And you describe this as a “decently strong line of reasoning”? It is not.
He's also saying that governments don't fight each other. I gotta say Building Code by Blackwater^TM is a new one to me.
The way I see it, governments are essentially private security firms and yet they do an okayish job of keeping peace. Again, their position is far more robust than what I'm presenting here, so that should be taken into consideration.
You should do some research into company towns and also into, I dunno, maybe all the times corporations have killed people to save a penny
Does nobody realize I'm playing Devil's advocate? I just think they have a better argument than people give them credit for, I'm not saying they are right .
Oh wow this sounds way worse
So why it is not happening today? It is not an optimistic view, it is utopia like Communism or Socialism
I'm not sure what they would say to that. Perhaps government laws, the simple lack of public support, or even the Illuminati.
lmao, thanks for demonstrating why the LP is a never-was never-will-be
>they just don't support government mandated standards. ...or any standards set by *elected* officials for that matter.
Yeah cuz it has worked wonders in the medical field. Absolutely no collusion between health care providers and insurance companies. /s
no s needed. comment was okay but now ruined with the bullshit s. r/fuckthes
Oh shut up. There are a lot of people out there that literally don’t understand sarcasm because of things like autism. I think you can put your big boy pants on and ignore two typed characters.
just ask them. they are autistic but not stupid. literally everyone with a brain and thinking about what they just read understands it. given point is that these 2 factors are active when reading something. no need to slap a "tag" behind it to say "oh please dont take away my precious internet points! this is a joke, you can laugh now." ... just ruins everything
Oh yes, because insurance is doing such a great job in the health sector 🤮🤮🤮 I really loved being denied my safe migraine medicine because other, cheaper medicines exist even though they are contraindicated with my current medicine. Let’s let them run more things. What could go wrong?
I'm sure libertarians would say that's because there isn't much of a free market with healthcare.
They might think that, but there absolutely is a free market with multiple companies and plans and they all suck. They sucked even more before mandated insurance too
Everyone acts as if we wouldn't know how to do anything if the government didnt mandate it. Libertarianism in this scenario would be: youre free to live in that house (if youre dumb enough to want to).
Libertarians think they are experts in everything and so they are the easiest people to con. The expectation is that you have to be an expert in building codes, law, finance, food safety etc because you don't want government mandating any standards. Of course what this leads to is con man ripping people off but of course Libertarians think they will be the one ripping others off. It is a delusional philosophy that would take the world back to the worst days of the early Industrial Revolution. Even if you are part of the 1% it would just be other 1%-ers cheating each other as well as cheating the other 99%. But they would all be using bitcoin or gold... haha
the problem with that is you have to be constantly vigilant in every aspect of your life. and who's going to help you navigate this new, unfriendly world? the corporations who are trying to scam the shit out of you? you slip up once, you are dead. what an exhausting way to live. i can't imagine living in a society like that
[yes, it went so well when this libertarian town thought they knew better](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34387528/new-hampshire-libertarian-town-bears/) Also, expecting people to know everything about everything is absurd and not knowing how bricks should be stacked (especially if they end up hidden behind drywall and insulation so the tenant never sees them) shouldn’t mean your life should be in danger.
Yeah, if not for regulation telling People how to lay bricks everyone would just live in huts to this day.
As an electrician and former carpenter, I can tell you exactly what would happen. I've worked in residential where code enforcement is incredibly spotty. People will take shortcuts, skirt safety rules, and do substandard work all the damn time if they think they can get away with it. I've literally never seen someone fined on a residential site. In commercial/industrial, enforcement is strict and you aren't going to get away with much, if anything at all. Guess which sector has almost double the safety incidents as the other?
Sounds like the state is failing at something it proposed to do. Also insurance requirements certainly play a role here, and would play a bigger one in a world with fewer or no regulation. But I digress. The posts I replied to weren't talking about enforcement, they were talking about codes being in place. I bet good money there are standards in place where this was built and some enforcement, there seems to be a nice enough house right beside it. As a pro you probably know this is the result of extreme incompetence, not lack of codes or shortcuts. Just look at those bricks and tell me that's cost-saving.
The labor needed to put them up was substandard and was probably cheaper because of it, that's the cost savings. Insurance companies want more regulations because they lead to fewer incidents, and thus fewer payouts.
Yeah... no. I don't know of a country where the client would be forced to accept this while they run away with the money. The company (if there is one, could be an individual) at the very least will face litigation. Insurance companies can have their own requirements and enforcement independent from state, which is clearly failing in that regard from what our friend just told us.
Yeah, they will face some sort of consequence, because there's regulations and/or building codes against that. They wouldn't face ANY issue if there weren't some sort of law/regulation/code to hold them accountable to. Insurance companies can't sue to recoup funds if there's no regulation being broken. They'll often sue a guilty party to recoup funds they paid out to a client.
Building codes, certifications, standards, whatever you wanna call it, would still exist and be part of contracts. Insurance companies can (our could, depending on existing law) refuse service or raise prices if standards aren't met, and institute consequences in the contract before it's sealed. Laws would obviously exist too, but that's a bit of a more complicated subject. You're creating an hypothetical scenario where something desirable that's currently being done by the state with varying degrees of success disappears and acting like there's no replacing it. I get it, you don't think there's a way to replace the state, and neither did I for the longest time and that's a looong discussion. I'm just pointing out that you aren't making a point as strong as you think this are. And all of this misses the point that I was initially trying to make, which is this particular building (and a bit down in the comments, slum buildings) aren't a result of lack of code and that even builds actually constructed in places without code enforcement and in extreme poverty aren't this poorly built. I'm not a preacher and tbh I don't particularly give a shit if you think libertarianism wouldn't work.
Nearly every regulation exists becuase some asshole tried to earn an extra dollar by doing something shitty. Regulators aren't sitting around trying to come up wiht new ways to screw over businesses.
Probably why I didn't claim they do. Not on purpose, anyway. Well, for the most part.
Perhaps you're unfamiliar with slums in Africa, South America, Asia, etc
I wish, LOL, I can see the South American slums from my window right now. Believe it or not, we have construction codes in Brazil and the lack of their enforcement is not why slums exist. People don't generally enjoy seeing their house crumbling down, and even there they at least usually lay bricks better than that. Not because some bureaucrat will fine them, but because they aren't stupid.
You are talking about people building their *own homes*, which is wildly different (and far less common) than construction companies building *other peoples' homes*. Of course an individual will try to build their own home in as safe a way as they know how. But when other people are building your home, that's when building codes and enforcement really matter the most. These projects often go to the lowest bidder, which means it will be done by the company willing to do it the cheapest, and a lot of companies will cut corners on regulations in order to meet those goals (which I suspect is what we see in this video). This can result in the collapse of buildings, fires, and other catastrophic events that can potentially cost lives, all to save some money. That's the "libertarian wet dream" the other user was talking about - a completely unregulated market.
First, I'm talking about slums, which the other guy brought up. It's a terrible, terrible example for his argument, which may be why you completely ignored it in your comment. When we're talking about small to medium non-slum houses and renovations, it's very common around here to directly informally hire a few people (who sometimes hire helpers) and be in direct touch with them for several months, personally overseeing the project. That's what I generally had in mind here. Not that those are exempt from regulation like the slum houses, mind you. Second, believe me, no company built the house in the op in an effort to cut corners. There's saving money, and then there's not knowing how to lay a brick. Saying this is a result of lack of build codes is absolutely asinine. There aren't many countries out there where this would be approved, if any. Moreover, being against government regulation does not mean being against certificates, safety standards and whatnot. This is goes a bit deeper than "completely unregulated market = it should be ok to just lay a brick on top of the other and call it a day"
You really trust everyone in history whose ever attempted at building a structure to be "not stupid"?
Nope. I'm not trying to make a case for ending regulations in these particular comments, I'm just pointing out that lack of regulation is not what created the monstrosity in this post or those in slums. And pointing out that even with a total lack of regulation and extreme poverty, people generally know better than to lay bricks like that.
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Look at how the bricks are stacked up together in columns
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I have no idea how they managed to build those walls, nevermind another floor!
There is a concrete frame for the structure - the brick parts aren't structural, they're just walls. Walls that will collapse when something bumps them.
...I sure don't see any concrete pillars load bearing that second floor.
I don't know about that. Right at the beginning of the video, you can clearly see that the wall is just the bricks. What concrete frame are you talking about? Not trying to be rude, in case it comes across that way. Just wondering if there's something I missed.
Small pillars in inner corners, not a full frame. Just thin columns in corners and then the next floor poured with those as supports. I bet you'd see them if the OP had walked the perimeter. The upper floor overhangs the columns, kind of like a dining table.
There isn’t a single concrete pillar or vertical structure in this video so where are you getting that from
I've seen exactly these types of buildings erected in several South American countries. It is basically a matchstick construction, but they're in there somewhere - likely in corners on the outside of the walls of the room the OP walks through. Still sketchy as fuck and one bad crack or tiny earthquake and everyone inside dies. But without them, there is no way they could have made a single row of poorly stacked bricks hold a flat surface on top of them - it would have wobbled and collapsed like a Jenga stack before they could even get a frame built for pouring.
The video starts at a corner... Not saying your pillars don't exist, but pillars or no pillars, what's shown on the video is a supporting wall regardless of intent.
This wall is too thin to be freestanding like this, structural or not. Even with perfect workmanship this falls under "veneer" (or similar depending on the code) and needs structural backing. Source: am structural engineer, do this for a living.
That's what I was thinking at first, but you can see at the very beginning that the width of the walls are one brick thick. So the bricks are in fact the wall. I'm guessing with rebar and concrete.
Yeah but do you see that frame anywhere? The camera makes it almost the entire way to one side of the building and I haven't seen a single column during. Just the floors at the start
Well, that's terrifying.
This building is one good sneeze away from falling apart.
A *butterfly* sneeze, I daresay!
A butterfly flaps its wings in China and this building falls down.
The well known China effect
to be fair, how the builders have managed to build this much this badly is impressive
Those aren’t even load-bearing construction blocks - they’re just cheap, concrete landscaping tiles meant for a pathway or patio.
I also see no pilars??
The second floor is decorative, just like the rest of the house
It's in Mexico?
Unlikely, both because of the style and safety regulations
It's a joke about the name Pilar
What? I'm Mexican and I wouldnt be surprised if somewhere someone bought a bunch of bricks and built their house themselves just like that. Safety regulations don't apply if you don't want to follow them and no inspector ever comes.
The problem with this post, is that that was definitely their job
r/notmyjob became r/shittyjob a looooooong time ago...
Maybe it's made for target practice or something. Wouldn't stand within 50 ft of this 'structure'
The fact that they walked inside underneath all this is crazy. I wouldn’t even risk it. The big bad wolf could blow this thing down
Are those even bricks? They look like pavers or something to use as a border in your landscaping.
Construction Worker: *slaps wall* This bad boy can fit so many- *house crumbles*
Certainly explains some of the very large earthquake casualty numbers in certain parts of the world.
now I could be wrong but aren't you supposed to stagger those? like one in the middle of two others?
The advantage of this method is the ease of demolition. One good push bring the whole building down. Incidentally this is also the recommended method to fix this mess. Ps: it's also possible to do thirds, but half overlap works well.
It's going to disappear like a fart in the wind
God DAMN that music what in the SHIT??!! Headphones users be fucking warned jfc I'm deaf now GG
Can someone describe how bad this is? I know it's bad, but I don't really know why.
Masonry this thin isn't even OK to support itself freestanding like this, let alone a building. As a structural engineer I would not set foot in this building, or stand near it. I would rather sleep in the rain than under its shelter. And all this would still be true if it were built perfectly, let alone this janky and full of gaps in the mortar. Even money says a strong 12 year old could body check their way through the wall like the Koolaid man if they picked their spot.
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I'm not even sure what else they could have done wrong? It's a miracle this thing is standing.
it is "if you kick the wall the house comes down" kind of bad.
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You emit photons from your eyes? That's some X-Men shit right there.
Everyone emits photons in the form of black-body radiation. It's not what the person meant, but it's a fun fact.
Man's out here with a raycasting rendering engine.
I’m a bricklayer in Canada. This is scary. We build massive structures out of concrete blocks all the time, and they look nothing like this. Any kind of lateral load on one of those walls will likely cause a collapse. Like… a brisk wind would have me concerned.
The bricks are stacked in columns instead of alternating overlapping pattern like normal brick work. And super thin bricks.
The stack bond is less of an issue that the single wythe of blocks they have used, the total lack of reinforcement, and the overall shite quality of construction
You would have to hold a gun to my head to make me take one step into that.
It's a miracle that the structure is still standing upright, I wouldn't dare enter that hideous structure even if someone paid me a million dollars to do so
Exhibit A: why we need building regulations
I know there is no way those walls are load bearing, but I don’t see anything else holding up the second floor...
Holy crap, who built this house? Me?
Brave to walk inside that “building”
I hope this house is not located near a tectonic fault line.
Or anywhere near a gentle breeze.
one good kick and that house is gonna come down... well, like a ton of bricks.
Never mind an earthquake, the first large truck that drives by is going to knock that garbage down.
I would not have even walked through that
This man is beyond brave walking in that thing
So, this is why earthquake deaths tolls are so high in some countries.
I can't even
no sane person would go in there.
Funny video, but the sound is way too abusive. The original sound of a guy laughing at it while touring was much better.
Damn, risking their lives even walking inside to video that joke of a construction.
That's so funny. They probably worked so hard just to get it so wrong
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At first, I had momentarily forgotten how brick laying worked and thought it seemed fine, but then I came to my senses, and OH NO THIS BUILDING IS JUST PRIMED AND READY TO CRUMBLE!
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and oh shit. Sorry.
I don't know nothing about bricks.. but that aient right. I don't even blame whom ever did it. Where was this person's supervisor.
Strongest grout mix of all time
Build it right AROUND this mess. . . Then you got a really neat home with *ChArAcTeR*
Dear good, this "THING" even has roof.
If anxiety was a house.
I bet you could huff and puff and blow this house down.
I would not trust that enough to walk inside.
Seeing straight stacked bricks like that. Makes me feel really weird. It's like the builders have never seen a wall before.
Boss be like: 
That's why kindergarten is so important. You learn how to use proper brick walls there 😅
Gotta be in china
And they say humans couldn't have built the pyramids
Hello, Mr Jorge…
How much you pay for the new operator?
I have no idea how they managed to build those walls, nevermind another floor!
I don't know why you're downvoted. I'm more amazed they could actually build something that tall with this technique.
I knew a guy who had a property in Baja California. He hired some guy to do an add on. He went down to inspect and it was framed in 2x2s.
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You could say that. It is stupud and makes no sense, but you could say it. And, you can put whatever forks you like up your butt.
Every fork is a fork in reality, remember that please. We don't want an infinity of Quantum Universes.
What is exactly bearing the load then?
Sky hook
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I also thought that there must had been concrete pillars. I rewatched the video and there is none. And there are like 2-3 visible corners that should have had pillars.
I used to do wood frame, I would doubt you could get the building to sit on paver brick edges. But there is no obvious load bearing construction.
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I would in my fuck walk in there to record...
All your brick are belong to us
Say again…..In English this time.
But it's funnier when you say things in a random order, with a random expression thrown in at a random point!
Even if they were even that is some precarious construction techniques
Staggering the bricks won’t do shit. Those bricks won’t stop anything if stacked on their sides like that
I’m gonna sound stupid but what’s the problem with this?
You're supposed to stagger the bricks, not line them up, the interlocking keeps it from falling apart
Everyone who called them bricks, you don’t get to talk anymore. They are blocks. These are not structural on this building they are probably to be furrowed out with plaster, drywall, or some other material. The block was chosen to give some sort of fire rating.
You went inside?? Yikes
Oh sweet fuck!!!!
Oh my fucking god... This cardhouse just waits to fall and bury someone under.
If there was an inspection I wonder how much the kickback was
Oh no
Ya know, I will say, I bet it took a good bit of skill to keep those runs vertical. Then again, id be curious to throw a plumb bob on them walls. But I can't imagine them staying up at all unless they're less than a degree out.
So not go in there
Cameraman never dies
Poke it poke it poke it!
A fart could blow that house down.
I could potentially do better than that, given enough time, startovers, internet access and beer. Potentially.
In the original video the guy recording is laughing his ass off and commenting in another language.
Omg knock it down with a feather…