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re: Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" homes are falling apart

Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:34 am to
Posted by kmcmah1
Member since Mar 2009
1110 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:34 am to
No good deed goes unpunished.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100603 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:36 am to
Gonna go out on a limb and say the problem is

1. Discounted house

2. 9th ward people not properly taking care of anything
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64163 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:36 am to
And I bet these people didnt do shite to maintain these homes. 100% chance of that.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100603 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:37 am to
quote:

when do the lawyers start coming out with these cases..?



Get Gordon. Get it done
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
14555 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:38 am to
It wouldn't matter if he'd made them out of concrete & rebar- it was a given some were going to get effed up.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73271 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:38 am to
that is a very "walking a tight rope" answer sic.
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
79347 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:40 am to
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73248 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:44 am to
Reminds me of the New Orleans episode of Top Gear.

"The lady in New Orleans we gave the car to, for free, is suing us for $20,000 because it wasn't a real Z28. "
"On that note, don't visit the USA, YOU will get sued"

This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 10:45 am
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35786 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:48 am to
quote:

So 11 year old homes shouldn't need maintenance or upkeep?



The contractors cut a lot of corners that an inspector should have noticed.
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
18927 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:53 am to
quote:

It's been 13 years.


This isn't the first story about these houses numbnuts. I know it's against OT standards to do a little extra research and excercise critical thinking but maybe you can do better.

Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35786 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:57 am to
quote:

This isn't the first story about these houses numbnuts.


Yes, I remember a thread about 3 years ago.
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
18927 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:00 am to
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Mildew stains? It is NOLA. Freaking 24/7/365 humidity will blow that stuff up. Get a pressure washer on it at least every year.


Mildew INSIDE the house because the faulty flat roof design leaked? Rotting facia because the deck/porch frame members were bolted to the house in such a way that moisture had a path to the interior structure? Let's see you power wash those issues... . So typical of the clueles OT dolt.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20802 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:07 am to
quote:

A new wooden deck shouldn't sag or become covered with mildew stains in 2 years.


If you do not treat it and do basic maintenance on it in this area, it will have issues 13 years later.
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
8801 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:18 am to
So...like his marriages?
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36574 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:25 am to
quote:

Working with a building material supplier I was involved in bidding on the framing materials used for these homes. All the framing lumber we were bidding included having them sent to a specialty chemical coating supplier that is lifetime warrantied against mold & mildew and like 50 yr insect resistance. I did not win the bid, it went to a larger supplier out of Alabama but I heard they only used it on about half and then stopped to reduce cost.



So they built them with normal treated lumber like almost every other house in existence?
Posted by GeeOH
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
13376 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:26 am to
Your white guilt obviously has a long way to go if you think it's not a big deal!!!

Except I'm blavk... moron
Posted by GeeOH
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
13376 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:27 am to
Your white guilt obviously has a long way to go if you think it's not a big deal!!!

Except I'm black... moron
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35786 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:32 am to
quote:

So they built them with normal treated lumber like almost every other house in existence?


No, at least the ones I've seen, they used untreated wood I joists.
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20557 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:32 am to
Wait why are they racist?
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91638 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:35 am to
anyone remember the Top Gear trip across the southeast episode?

at the end they ended up in post-katrina New Orleans and gave away one of the cars to a 'family in need' who immediately turned around and sued them because of an issue the car had afteward.

dolla bills yo
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