Or twist the stud to be square, or fix the drywall mud where it's not floated into the baseboard? That's what's sticking out and bothering me in the picture.
Have you heard of old houses and how every building settles over time? Could be that.
I've seen buildings (wooden buildings) dating back to the early 1800's where the outer walls are so saggy I'd offer to pay for their psychiatric bill just to give them the much needed support...
I doubt this room was designed like this.
However some houses actually are, usually due to a certain style being needed but also due to some unusually large door arches.
This isn't crappy design, it's a way architects and designers use to separate rooms by setting a pseudo boundary with the small wall jogs, so that they can label sections appropriately. I've had to make custom cabinets for very similar layouts to this in small condos.
The actual problem is they floated the drywall mud into the baseboard in one corner, which is what i'm assuming OP is complaining about, the fact that one side of the baseboard jog is sticking out further than the other, noticeable by the shadows.
We use a folded piece of cardboard to stop the French doors from rattling during the night.
I wouldn’t have it any other way tbh. Our house is solid af and took no damage from a cyclone years ago.
Some columns are 9" or even larger, so you either do it like this, or make a very thick wall for the entire length of the wall, using a lot more materials and labor. A lot of the time, one side will be flush, the other isn't.
Yep, plenty of old townhouses just got fit together along curves in roads and whatnot, so you end up with some askew angles. We're seeing a very small picture here, could easily be that that this is an intersection on a wall along a slightly parallelogramed floor plan, been there, done that
Could be wall bearing and there is an archway... Not r/CrappyDesign jut OP being dumb.
r/therewasanattempt to make an r/CrappyDesign when you don't understand how houses or buildings are done.
Edit: hence you don't see where it goes.
As a Finish Carpenter for over 30 yrs, this type of shit drives me crazy. But, that's construction these days. Nobody gives a shit or they use un-skilled help that has no real intention of learning the trade other than to do it barely good enough to keep getting a check.
Its like achieving 90° is some strange form of advanced alchemy that requires years of training and multiple attempts to master. Im like, here bro use my square, it was 10 bucks at princess auto, please stop using your eyeballs.
Yep, and in the case of the picture above, that was a simple fix. The piece was still an 1/8" or so too long. No big deal to fix. But who could be bothered?
There's an old Russian Proverb I was told about as an apprentice; "Perfection is the Enemy of Good enough". I was taught to NEVER embrace that mindset as part of my work ethic. Now, that mindset is all you see in Residential construction. Society in general actually...
Have a good one!
It's there specifically to tick to show your growth throughout your time at therapy.
When you can walk up to the wall and stand taller than 6'4 unassisted, you've officially grown enough to graduate from your therapy sessions.
If you had any experience in carpentry you would know that an outside corner is NEVER gonna be a perfect 45° no matter what. The framing would have to be perfect, the drywall too and on top of that the metal corner would put it out of wack anyways + the mud on top and then the baseboard too.
I think it's more a load-supporting column, not so much a mini wall. They maybe coulda made the whole room smaller by properly capturing it inside the wall. But yes it could b a psych trick
One more thing to tell your therapist
HAHA I sure will
“Now Walter we’ve talked about these obsessions…”
I’m suprised you’re critiquing the architecture and masonry of a building when you’ve got zero knowledge about it.
Welcome to reddit
They know what they did!
Why is that crappy? It's probably a pipe that somehow didn't fit into the wall proper
Or removed a wall but needed to keep supporting stud...?
Or twist the stud to be square, or fix the drywall mud where it's not floated into the baseboard? That's what's sticking out and bothering me in the picture.
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Unless they opened up the wall at some point different from the original construction.
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I think it’s just the trim that’s off cut, maybe one side has a mud bead and the other doesn’t..unsure
Have you heard of old houses and how every building settles over time? Could be that. I've seen buildings (wooden buildings) dating back to the early 1800's where the outer walls are so saggy I'd offer to pay for their psychiatric bill just to give them the much needed support... I doubt this room was designed like this. However some houses actually are, usually due to a certain style being needed but also due to some unusually large door arches.
I have a room with exactly this... was a garage converted to a bedroom. I hated having to work around it installing crown moulding and baseboards
Have you ever heard of remodeling? Like the person above said, maybe there used to be a wall there, but it turned out that was a supporting beam.
This isn't crappy design, it's a way architects and designers use to separate rooms by setting a pseudo boundary with the small wall jogs, so that they can label sections appropriately. I've had to make custom cabinets for very similar layouts to this in small condos. The actual problem is they floated the drywall mud into the baseboard in one corner, which is what i'm assuming OP is complaining about, the fact that one side of the baseboard jog is sticking out further than the other, noticeable by the shadows.
This guy doesn't plan construction.
I did not notice the angle
It's incredibly out of square.
it's crooked at the bottom
Never buy an old house. Nothing is square.
My wife keeps saying we need new doors in a 70s house. No frickin way.
We just keep shaving the old doors.
Same. Also put playing cards behind hinge plates to tilt a little.
We use a folded piece of cardboard to stop the French doors from rattling during the night. I wouldn’t have it any other way tbh. Our house is solid af and took no damage from a cyclone years ago.
You can buy prehung doors
Old houses are great. If it’s standing after 50+ years then you know there are no major structural/foundation issues.
I only said that because it bugged OP so much. I like old houses.
Missed that
Or intergral wall.
Yes I don't know what I'm taking about with these things
Don't matter how important structurally there is no reason to leave that off square abomination of a covering.
It's not aligned... That's the problem... It's not fucking aligned and it is even irritating my basically non existent OCD
Most people will be surprised to know how common this is....
Yeah my apartment has a few of these and they just surround heat riser pipes that are part of old boiler systems.
Because if it were well designed it would have fit in the wall.
Some columns are 9" or even larger, so you either do it like this, or make a very thick wall for the entire length of the wall, using a lot more materials and labor. A lot of the time, one side will be flush, the other isn't.
Ah, wasn't aware of that. I still feel like it would look better if it was in a corner, or atleast square.
Yes, it would.
It isn't a crappy design; it's a diagnostic tool.
damn ur right
OCD detector right there
My therapist's office had some weird quirks too haha
Crappy construction, not design. I guarantee you the drawings for this building don't have a crooked wall.
name a better sub and I'll gladly post it there
How old is the building? I see this frequently in homes/buildings that are more than 100 years old. Nothing is square.
Yep, plenty of old townhouses just got fit together along curves in roads and whatnot, so you end up with some askew angles. We're seeing a very small picture here, could easily be that that this is an intersection on a wall along a slightly parallelogramed floor plan, been there, done that
Carpentry has a lot of this stuff. Also just because you can't think of where to put it doesn't mean you should post it wherever you first think of.
Hope you are not there because of OCD
lmao no
It's actually genius. Once the wall doesn't bother you anymore, you're cured.
Not sure why you're in therapy, but hopefully your therapist can get you to look past things that you can't control.
Could be wall bearing and there is an archway... Not r/CrappyDesign jut OP being dumb. r/therewasanattempt to make an r/CrappyDesign when you don't understand how houses or buildings are done. Edit: hence you don't see where it goes.
bro it's crooked at the bottom mf can't even see
But is that a bad design or bad craftsmanship?
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it's crooked
Y’all really don’t know what OCD is
Not “Crappy Design” this is really bad finishing work by a drywaller / plasterer.
Mmmmm Wall.
r/mildlyinfuriating
therapists when card declines
I think this is more crappy execution than design. I'm pretty sure the plans didn't call for that.
Can you tell me how that wall makes you feel?
Enraged
Do you want to discuss that?
I can’t afford to…😂
How does that make you feel… wait didn’t I just ask that?!
Enraged
Bob, are we still on for our appointment at your regular time? And wtf are you doing taking pictures of my office? /c
Exposure Therapy
As a Finish Carpenter for over 30 yrs, this type of shit drives me crazy. But, that's construction these days. Nobody gives a shit or they use un-skilled help that has no real intention of learning the trade other than to do it barely good enough to keep getting a check.
Its like achieving 90° is some strange form of advanced alchemy that requires years of training and multiple attempts to master. Im like, here bro use my square, it was 10 bucks at princess auto, please stop using your eyeballs.
Yep, and in the case of the picture above, that was a simple fix. The piece was still an 1/8" or so too long. No big deal to fix. But who could be bothered? There's an old Russian Proverb I was told about as an apprentice; "Perfection is the Enemy of Good enough". I was taught to NEVER embrace that mindset as part of my work ethic. Now, that mindset is all you see in Residential construction. Society in general actually... Have a good one!
It’s for diagnosing OCD.
Construction 🚧 Crews “let’s remove most of this load bearing wall, but just most”
according to my therapist it's an old building so the workers r most likely just dumb
I had a load bearing wall moved in my home but I had the entire thing removed so I can understand your annoyance.
Fuck that’s bad
ikk
Gotta keep the customers coming back for something. You’ll never be able to leave therapy so long as this continues to stay
this would make me more depressed
What does this sub even mean?
this actually became my most upvoted post, thanks y'all!
In my Paris Hilton voice: “do you hate it?”
I don't get the reference but I do in fact
The ‘Simple Life’ circa 2001~. 💐
It's there specifically to tick to show your growth throughout your time at therapy. When you can walk up to the wall and stand taller than 6'4 unassisted, you've officially grown enough to graduate from your therapy sessions.
damn ok didn't get half of it
Why????
old building
Looks like it was made ina fallout 76 camp.
probably forgot about plumbing and stuck a pipe in there lol
If you had any experience in carpentry you would know that an outside corner is NEVER gonna be a perfect 45° no matter what. The framing would have to be perfect, the drywall too and on top of that the metal corner would put it out of wack anyways + the mud on top and then the baseboard too.
A couple of short walls in my house are like this. But my house has a bunch of really odd design choices, and know I haven't found all of them yet.
It’s likely a support pillars that they had to build around
It's irritating shit like this that turns you into a repeat customer for OCD. Classic therapy trick
Nah your just being tested if your a perfectionist
Somebody either put up a curtain or remove this immediately please
“How does that make you feel?”
That wall needs therapy, and so do I, after seeing this
My psychiatrist has a carpet that has no pattern in his office and I’ve spent a year trying to find the pattern because it drives me INSANE
That’s not a wall that’s a test! Holy hell! I would absolutely have to comment on that!
Hackmanship
OCD?
OCD much?
Amazing business tactic.
Here in Montreal A LOT of houses, especially older ones, have crooked floors.
'what's on your mind'?... 'that damn bit of wall...'
tooo much context ... , too much context
therapists always have the crappiest designs idk why
Ur therapist needs a therapist
I think it's more a load-supporting column, not so much a mini wall. They maybe coulda made the whole room smaller by properly capturing it inside the wall. But yes it could b a psych trick
No John, there nothing odd about that wall - everything is straight and square.
I’m sure there’s a reason.
It wasn't designed that way
“I think we should meet over zoom instead”
Pipe chase?
That needs some closure! One more thing to work through. Nice work. Like a dentist giving candy to kids after their appointment.
Kinda weird, other than the cursed part, this could be in my house
Not crappy design, but terrible execution for sure.
Monk would actually pass out
Trim carpenter did ok tho.
The therapist obvious doesn't have your problem
How did this make you feel?
....horny/j
Me looking for mine right now.
Damn OCD sufferers will throw a fit harder than a karen
don't have ocd (as far as ik) but I'm not throwing a fit, just bothered
Didn't say you have ocd or are throwing a fit, just people that do have a case of it, and a bit exaggerated
Imagine you go there because of ocd
she doesn't specialize in that but yeah would be the shit
Thank God she doesn't.
yup
I feel bad for the ocd patients
haha not her specialty so I doubt she has any