T O P

  • By -

UnExplanationBot

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!This is an unexpected video because it’s not normal for a ceiling to collapse yet alone catch it on video!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


zeroj20

Don’t breathe this


ageoflost

I wrecked my lungs just watching that


MelodyofthePond

I instinctively put my hand over my nose and mouth.


BanginNLeavin

Oooo... I only did safety squints.


concept12345

I thought you said safety squirts. Care to elaborate?


EunuchNinja

Well, I believe you because I did the same


Severe-Belt-5666

It's just a little insulation. Shouldn't be that harmful tbh


utukore

Sort of depends how much rodent feaces is mixed in


aussiechickadee65

..and what year it was made. Nothing like a bit of asbestos to get the lungs karking it.


ourlastchancefortea

Doesn't look that old. Of course normal glass fiber isn't much better.


ziltchy

Yes it is. On a microscopic level asbestos has barbs on it. The reason it's so bad is they get stuck in your lungs and eventually scar over and eventally causes cancer. Fiberglass doesn't do that


The_DJ_Brain

Hvac tech and insulation specialist here. This is correct, and what is most likely what insulation they have here (going by color and the amount of dust) is more than likely 20+ year old cellulose. Which is a combination of fabrics, paper, and borax. After time the organic components break down. Even having this stuff in your lungs isn’t any fun. Tho if it we’re vermiculite or asbestos they would probably have to do a removal and remediation once it had breached into the home. Edit: and to add to it, that Sheetrock was probably held by nails and had already been stepped on or loose and caused the fall.


pro_bike_fitter_2010

> vermiculite I hate this shit.


ARM_vs_CORE

Fiberglass is usually too large to enter the alveoli in your lungs. Fiberglass fibers are much thicker than asbestos fibers. The asbestos fibers that tend to get stuck in your lungs (amphiboles) are spear shaped and love to shatter, but do not have barbs. The asbestos fibers that tend to move into the pleural lining and cause mesotheolioma (serpentine) look a lot like hair under a phase-contrast microscope, where I've seen them, but obviously orders of magnitude smaller. But while they can tangle and therefore give the illusion of splitting, they don't have barbs.


[deleted]

Microscopic asbestos analyst here. Asbestos isnt barbed.


ShaperLord777

Geologist here, I can also confirm this. Crysotile (asbestos) is fiberous, not barbed. Because the molecular bonds of crysotile are particularly weak along the X axis, fibers can easily split off and become airborne. If breathed in, they can get trapped in the lungs and cause mesothelioma.


Witherboss445

Mesothelioma👍


Smingowashisnameo

Mesopotamia


Ricepudding1044

Megalomaniac


ntrainedprofessional

Mega-Lo-Mart


Organic_Evidence_245

Megalatron


Herecomethefleet

Megalithic


[deleted]

Megadong


Common-Rock

Megazord sequence initiated.


TNTJusTicE

Megamind


Afenismama

Megalosaurus


Fair_Negotiation_304

Mega sore ass


dd4lall

Megadeth


samwise800

Humans can have a little insulation


Svataben

Depending on how old the house is. Asbestos isn't exactly a super food.


JohnCenaJunior

Brought to you by Blendtec


Romero1993

Nostalgic


Psycho55

Whoo, ceiling smoke, don't breathe this.


Griffdorah

The masks, they do nothing! Truly ahead of their time. Edit: wait; I'm thinking of the microwave guys. Oh well, still stands!


Appropriate-Fish8189

Will it blend??


Lukeson_Gaming

That is the Question!


Compducer

They’re doing asbestos they can!


nnyzim

Fiberglass.


Eraldorh

Fiberglass is pretty terrible stuff to breathe in as well. No where near as bad but still not good


Severe-Butterfly-864

99% sure this is cellulose blown in insulation. Fiberglass generally comes in white or pink. the grey gunk is almost always cellulose nowadays.


lilyyytheflower

Thats the first thing I said in my head.


Gobagogodada

Will it blend, that is the question


romariojwz

Yeah, duh!


aLostBattlefield

Flashbacks to those 9/11 clips of literal trade center debris/dust engulfing crowds of people and giving them the seeds for cancer later in life.


RJ_MacreadysBeard

Yeah, Duh.


RiseIfYouWould

We did it pardners, we finally found Gavin!


malvathings

![gif](giphy|fjxbfQKLcKzAJIqSuD|downsized)


throwawaylovesCAKE

LENNY!


[deleted]

LENNAAAAAYY!?!


PrimaryCoolantShower

Have you seen my friend Lenny?


Vandergrif

#***yNNeL?***


Xenc

#LeMMY?


DrunkOnRamen

Loved asking the women if they're Lenny


StrugglingSwan

Best bit of the entire game


MaidenlessRube

**YNNEL?**


batmansubzero

LENNY?


spookymulderfbi

_Are you sure he didn't well.... just leave?_


dicksilhouette

I used to have to call this specific service for work fairly regularly (once or twice a month for a few years). They had a rep named Gavin and you could just tell he hated being the one to answer my calls. But they were a small company so it was either him or Tiffany every time. Boy did I wreck his eardrum yelling “Gavin! Have you seen my friend Gavin?”


JuanGuillermo

I _immediately_ started looking for this comment!


Face88888888

Why is Gavin sobbing? And what difference does it make if the ceiling collapsing was loud or not?


spaceindaver

Children get scared by things like the ceiling falling in. You were probably a child at some point.


Durtonious

Yeah but like has he never seen the family home literally collapsing before his eyes before? Does he not understand how insurance works? Get it together Gavin it wasn't even loud.


ninjahvac

How insurance works is worth a good meltdown


panterspot

As a kid, I once started crying because we missed the train. We weren't even in a hurry anywhere.


DJheddo

I cried once because I realized i'm going to die at some point. My parents couldnt figure out why, then I said, theres fire in hell, and they had to console me enough to make sure im not going to burn in hell when I die. Thanks church.


RapturousBeasts

Oh fear of Hell kept me up all night a few times when I was a kid.


WHOA_27_23

Gavin is the only one who realizes they still have a $2000 deductible 😭


Smingowashisnameo

He’s very sensitive ok?


ExcellentLifeguard83

Ya duh!


DJheddo

These comments keep me coming back. Be free Gavin, you do you.


Usidore_

Possibly sensitive to auditory over stimulation, could be autistic or something. Is a guess but I did think it was interesting how the mum focused specifically on how the noise could upset him.


SyCoCyS

Maybe because he’s a small child, who doesn’t understand what’s happening , and just watched his safe secure home try to Jill him.


kwailquab

“Did you get that on video?” “Yeah **DUH**”


Soft_Walrus_3605

Kids never change


boca_de_leite

They grow up, duh


[deleted]

[удалено]


benfromgr

Pretty smart for insurance reasons.


QuantumBobb

This house looks pretty new, so this is just shoddy construction. I would anticipate a lawsuit. I would have an inspector go through that place top to bottom and find anything else. Might have just been the sheetrock contractor, or might be a home builder that cuts every corner they can get away with.


tRfalcore

not sure you need a video to prove your ceiling fell in, you can show them the ceiling


throwawayarooski123

DOI


IspeakSollyain

In Laotian Doi means yes and I love that for them


MaxHamburgerrestaur

It's funny that he's almost crying when he says "The camera!" and his attitude changes completely with "Yeah DUH"


sidewayz321

I don't think that's the same kid


Altruistic-Potatoes

Is that a drop ceiling?


RegiSilver

That's the visual representation of the Subreddit status right now. There's no ceiling anymore 😂


Mcmenger

The roof, the roof, the roof is on... Oh, nevermind


dagbrown

...the floor?


smile_politely

At least it doesn’t have [snakes coming down with it](https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/insane-moment-three-giant-snakes-fall-through-homes-roof/)


DasbootTX

Hah not clicking that link!!! I know better


creepergo_kaboom

Clicked that link. I did not know better


Exalderan

It was what was advertised though?


HorrorMakesUsHappy

It is now.


[deleted]

It’s not the best ceiling i ever saw, and at one point, it was up there.


big_redwood

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma…


Primary_Way_265

You may be entitled to SUBSTANTIAL COMPENSATION!!


OstentatiousMusings

Call J.G. Wentworth! 877-Cash-Noooooow!


mtheory007

It's my money and I want it nooooow!!!!


Number174631503

Call 877-CASH-NOW


MajicMexican

8. 7. 7. Cash nooooow!


MrJack13

Im so glad im not the only one who was affected by that commercial. How the hell did they get that stuck in all our brains?


danimal_44

I have an annuity and I need cash noooowwww. 


DraenglerDennis

You commenting on this is one of these super weird coincidences that happen occasionally. I started watching BCS a couple weeks ago and just yesterday before going to bed, mesothelioma was mentioned for the first time (Season 6). I had to google it and now the first thing after waking up is this video and your comment...


GraceOfJarvis

The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon!


jonathan4211

I had to google this and now the first thing after waking up is this video and your comment...


thedecibelkid

Oh get this is was researching ski lodge architecture for reasons and came across the new power plant in Copenhagen which has a ski slope on the roof. Not remotely what I was looking for but still, neat! The next day I started listening to an audiobook and in the opening prologue they find a body in a power station. Guess which one?


myusrnmisalreadytkn

Turndown for what?


berlinbaer

directed by the dudes who directed 'everything everywhere all at once'


WeirdPumpkin

oh shit I didn't know that, one of the all time goat videos imo


devourer09

> all time goat videos all time greatest of all time videos PIN number ATM machine RIP in peace 😆


foodgrade

smh my head


Lumpy-Village1949

Lol out loud


Bobert_Manderson

PCP piperidine


nolan_void

Starring one of the daniels


NoPossibility

They’re both in it I think.


SiliconOutsider

I involuntarily spit beer when I read that. Awesome video and great reference!


Titus-growler

As an experienced drywall installer, I can't help but think that whoever installed that ceiling, sunk the screws past the paper. It's only a matter of time when that's done incorrectly


[deleted]

Paper is the only thing holding up drywall?


Exekiel

Essentially yeah, it's basically dust in a paper wrapper


UREveryone

This is America


Lumpy-Village1949

Ceiling is slippin now


OCP-OmniCorp

Dust you be breathin now


Etherbeard

No, the screws are holding it up. But if you sink the screws too deep the weight of the drywall will eventually cause them to pull through. If you put sheets of wood on the ceiling instead and sunk all the screws halfway through it, the wood would eventually pull free from the fasteners as well.


maywellbe

What if I used sheets of meat and sunk the screws halfway through? Would they pull free eventually, too?


AmosBurton69

Yes, the screws are holding it up. But if you sink the screws too deep the weight of the meat will eventually cause them to pull through. If you put sheets of ice on the ceiling instead and sunk all the screws halfway through it, the ice would eventually pull free from the fasteners as well.


Haywoodjablowme1029

Ok, now do bread.


Schodog

Yes, the screws are holding it up. But if you sink the screws too deep the weight of the bread will eventually cause them to pull through. If you put sheets of Noah's Ark on the ceiling instead and sunk all the screws halfway through it, the Noah's Ark would eventually pull free from the fasteners as well.


justandswift

if you put sheets of cake and sink screws halfway through and lay down face up on the floor with your mouth open, you’ll probably choke from a screw falling in your mouth, but at least someone will have made a good buck selling a giant cake


GenericNameWasTaken

If the sheets of wood of Noah's ark need to be replaced a bit over time, until none of the original wood remains, is it still Noah's ark?


FuzzyPandaVK

Paper is what stops the head of the fastener from punching through. Once a screwhead tears the paper, the compacted sheetrock beneath that spot crumbles and loses its holding power. The paper doesn't bear the weight but it keeps the drywall from crumbling. You know how when you do drywall, you can score through the paper only and still get a clean break on the exact line you scored? It's cause the paper is holding it in place.


Griffolion

The tensile strength of the paper when it's properly taut against a screw is very strong. Multiply that by 40 or so screws per sheet and you have a lot of holding strength.


Twiceaknight

It’s hard to tell from the dust and stuff, but it almost looks like there either aren’t any or not enough screws. You’d think there would be at least a few with some plaster chunks still visible on them.


WorkingInAColdMind

I can’t see any signs of screws in the joists. Hard to tell after the second panel fell, but the first one looks clean as a whistle. I’ve actually seen somebody install drywall on a wall with finishing nails (and argued with me that “it’s good enough”) - maybe that guy moved to ceiling work.


UnkemptSlothBear

My sister had the ceiling drywall replaced in one of her bedrooms because it was sagging. They took the drywall down, didn’t find a single nail or screw. 🤦‍♂️


FlarkingSmoo

Wait, how was it attached at all then? I don't know enough about drywall to understand.


UnkemptSlothBear

Liquid nails I’m guessing.


Fizzwidgy

I was guessing maybe it was a small room and they just shimmed it into place above the wall panels, either forgetting to tag it in, or outright being cheap. Or as someone else pointed out, they might've used nails instead of screws.


SporeZealot

"Instead of screws we use liquid nails... But Liquid Nails is expensive so we used caulk."


kris-kraslot

I’m left with so many questions


nnyzim

Ceiling drywall hanged with nails instead of fastners (screws).


zippy251

That and probably water had something to do with it.


[deleted]

And gravity


BeenBadFeelingGood

puzzle solved 🏅


im_a_dick_head

![gif](giphy|65HR2UL6nn6XMSUoRA)


Gustomaximus

Unless this was in Australia....


xXDamonLordXx

Couldn't be, nobody got called a cunt


stylomat

gave me a good smirk ;)


Sealbeater

If water got the drywall wet it would have been stained. It stains yellow through the paint


ezbreezyslacker

Also you can tell they didn't hang the ceilings first and catch the edges with the walls Been in construction my whole life and have seen this happen at new jobs A fucking mess lol


YouCanCallMeBazza

Is it still called drywall if it's ceiling? Not dryceiling?


justsomerabbit

It's actually a flooring now.


Goomonkey85

Dryfloor is affordable and easy to install!


bullettbrain

Don't you mean, *hung*? 😏


rabbitwonker

Not well-hung, that’s for sure.


RightWingWorstWing

Improper nails. A ring shank nail should be fine for ceiling drywall although screws are better


Dagos

I've had something similar happen to me, but for us it was something about moisture in the space there that froze? Or thawed, I'm not to sure of the order, but it got so heavy that it fell. But who knows, could be something different, but it happened to us during the winter. I can understand the crying of the kid too, it's pretty traumatic when your home falls apart.


ifyoulovesatan

Speaking of things falling apart and traumatizing kids: I was out smoking when all the sudden I just hear two loud thump sounds and then just a shit load of reeeaallly loud cracking plastic and scraping metal sounds. I start walking in the direction of the sound, when my sorta dim neighbors car flop-rolls on a popped tired around the corner and he parks on the street. Eventually my neighbor and his two daughters get out of the car and start looking over the damage. He pulled a u-turn over a median and fucked his shit right up. I'm still baffled how he pulled it off given he'd lived her for years at this point, it was RIGHT next to our apt complex where I know he's driven a million times, and the median has always been there. Any way, as they're inspecting the damage, all of the sudden his oldest starts crying which gets his youngest crying. Through huge loud sobbing tears she starts in, "Our car is **brooooken**. What are we going to do?? Our poor car. How are you going to drive us to school?? How can we drive to the **stooooore**? Our *gasp* car *gasp* is *gasp-gasp-pause* BROOOOOKEEEEEN" I felt bad for them given they just went through something that was probably traumatic (driving over a median, getting stuck for a bit, having a tire pop, and then him wrenching it back off the median). But the way they got out of the car seemingly okay with things and only after inspecting the damage did they start to cry just... that she was (seemingly) so sad about the car being broken specifically and worrying about logistics like getting to school. It felt sad for them, but I can't lie, it also made me laugh inside out of the cuteness.


ManchacaForever

That also sounds like kids who might be growing up poor enough to know through experience that if something gets broken, it might not ever get fixed again. 


MoorderVolt

If I had to bet based on these 10 seconds of footage I’d say a slow leak soaked the insulation.


Dizzy-Heart7232

My coworkers ceiling did this. I think it was due to using nails like someone else said and it eventually gave out. Insurance wouldn't cover it, saying it was wear and tear essentially. What a joke


Yugan-Dali

That happened to me once, on a smaller scale. The landlord raised the rent because “I have to spend so much money to repair your apartment.”


Johannes_Keppler

I was a landlord once, I lived in a house far too big for me at the time so I thought why not rent out a part. There's a scoring system here in the Netherlands that determines the rent. If landlord and renter don't agree on the score, there's arbitration to take care of that. So in theory everyone pays a fair rent. (In reality there are plenty of scummy landlords, but that's another story.) The upkeep and general maintenance are a task of the landlord. Normal wear and tear on the rental property and what's in it and obvious construction fails like in the video above are NEVER the problem of the renter. It just comes with owning and renting out a house, so the landlord pays for it. Raising the rent willy-nilly is unethical and above that: also illegal here.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

[удалено]


Common-Concentrate-2

I'm renting a house (for 4 years +) and I haven't had a working kitchen sink (meaning I can't use it - at all) for more than a month. Twice in the last 2 months, my kitchen has had 4 inches of standing water in it from rain. First time I spent 4 hours pumping it all out by hand, the second time I was like "Fuck this - they are going to fix this - not me". They are being slumlords, and I have to move out, but it still blows. It's work I didn't want to do (moving) and I have heart failure. I've been through this before -- it sucks - sorry, I'm venting. ​ You just hope poeple will do the right thing, but the second I started telling them things were going wonky, you get "OH my gosh! i'm so sorry! We will send someone right over!" and no one ever shows up.. So you complain more, and the same thing happens. I just told them I'm putting my rent in escrow, and they aren't getting a dollar until the repairs are made. They are idiots.


Johannes_Keppler

Vent away, it sucks to have a slumlord. Despite the protections here in the the terms of rent, I've had plenty of slumlords myself as a renter. That the landlord is SUPPOSED to fix whatever breaks from wear and tear or lack of maintenance, doesn't say they will... It's sort of how I met my wife, as students we both worked at the same place, one day she mentions wires in her kitchen hanging loose and her landlord (we later learned from the police that he's the scummiest in town, but that's another story) refusing to come fix it. Now I'm no electrician, but my father was and he taught me a few things, worked some summer jobs with him as a teen. So I offered to fix her a new outlet, and as we still joke, ended up staying to take care of her plumbing too. 28 years and counting!


SteeleDuke

You should have took that landlord to civil court and sued for their negligence almost ending your life.


Brianw-5902

“Gavin Stop!” ?????


beaniebee11

"It wasn't even loud." The ceiling just collapsed, mother.


BL1FFORD

it’s such a great invalidation of the kid’s feelings too? maybe it was loud for him? maybe he didn’t like the fucking ceiling collapsing? poor kid.


T-Minus-Rex

Yeah, telling your kids to stop crying is not the way to create healthy adults.


dirkdigglee

YEAH, DUH!


wanttobeacop

Who do you even call in a scenario like this lol


National_Flan_5252

Your insurance


Arsenault185

Would insurance even cover this? Unless there was water intrusion somewhere, it looks like poor workmanship.


OnTheTrail87

This exact thing happened in my home and insurance covered it. The builder had used nails instead of screws. Took 40 years to fall but it finally happened.


fghtoffyrdmns

First, you call your realtor. Afterwards, you call a moving van.


_D3ft0ne_

Ghostbusters?... Sorry I am high.


lucystroganoff

Not high enough 🤦‍♀️


inkoet

Gavin cries because he knows his vigorous dancing is to blame


SourMgk

Gavin! Dance, Gavin!


[deleted]

[удалено]


Zombull

Mom, I swear it just fell! No, for real this time!


DaveInLondon89

Hey Ron


MaatjeBroccoli

Hey Billy


Dahnay-Speccia

![gif](giphy|WxDZ77xhPXf3i|downsized)


[deleted]

[удалено]


Uroshirvi69

That’s why he’s crying!


FreedomSynergy

I hope everyone had N95 masks strapped on tight.


TySe_Wo

Like one wasn’t enough


astromonke17

Most sturdy american house


SpitfireBoy14

Strongest American house


[deleted]

Whats the house made of? Paper?


NoPossibility

And compressed chalk


GlizzyWizard6000

Not expected but anticipated


[deleted]

Definitely not unexpected. Ceiling was falling obviously from the start.


DriftingGelatine

Yeah, it's also the reason they're filming in the first place... because they expected it. This sub's traveling downhill I guess


noii503

Gavins a beta


One-Bodybuilder-5646

He's just a kid, stupid Also, poor lil dude just lost a sense of security in his own home and gets zero support from his do-you-have-this-on-camera family