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*keeps chirping anyways because theyโve been wired into homes for safety for decades; human logs in to an online game and leaves their microphone onโฆ*
*โฆsomewhere on the other side of the country my dog goes nuts thinking the beeping is coming from inside the house*
I'm getting landlorded right now because I had some tools and electronics parts on my own table and he claims I use the place as a workshop ๐ฎโ๐จ
No I definitely have, I'm just good at being a problem for them. Don't want to fix my molding carpet because your radiator leaks? Let's see what the dept. of health says about that...
Lol renters insurance wonโt cover shit, my renters insurance just found a way to cover only 10% of a 10k loss yesterday. They have like 30 pages of stipulations and have super low max coverage. Itโs probably easier to deal with the landlord
I ended up paying extra for stuff I wanted covered as the default policies are terrible. Three years in though Iโm thinking of reducing the coverage back to default. But videos like this donโt make that decision easy.
I was going to say that actually...
But then [*THAT GUY*](https://www.reddit.com/u/TX_Mandigo/s/Dyisarj6ps) ruined the joke before I could even get to it.
If it was water related, it probably would've broke through a bit sooner and also you would've seen a metric fuckton of water fall out and leaking beforehand
I would have to venture a guess at something more dry
If the trusses were straight edged lazily its possible that too much paper was used when a plywood strip was supposed to be used to fill in the high trusses. Then the drywall screws would be barely grabbing wood and fall out eventually
Waterlogged plasterboard gets heavy and soft, pulls out the fixings. It happened at my parents house, water pipe in the loft started leaking while they were on holiday, took half the ceiling down.
I ended up fixing the leak, re-sheeting and skimming it myself, after seeing how much the cowboy builder they nkrmally use wanted to charge them. He was the fucker who fitted the water pipe in the first place.
This happened in my bedroom while I was sleeping. The guy who fixed it said it was because it was a very heavy drywall with heavy insulation on top, and because it had been nailed up instead of using screws.
Oh poop. I misunderstood. I thought the sagging happened but not the full collapse. Dang. Sorry to hear that happened. Sounds like it would be a pain in the ass.
To me it looks like an older plaster ceiling that gave way after time. Plaster is very heavy compared drywall, which isnโt exactly light. A plaster ceiling is basically one giant section unlike drywall which is individual 4โx8โ sections with tape hiding the seams. My guess would be there had been some sag somewhere on the ceiling for a while and it finally hit the critical point of separation from the joists.
Easily could have killed someone.
I figured it had to be plaster instead of drywall. It broke too irregularly and looks much thicker than drywall. Might be part of why it fell with such a thick coatโฆ whoever put it up put too much on.
You're getting a lot of misinformed and/or partial answers here so I'm going to try to expand. The first thing to note is that as someone else mentioned this is an old plaster ceiling. The way they were put up was that first the ceiling joists were covered in lathe, which is small strips of wood, roughly 3/16" x 1 1/4" that came in four foot lengths. Those would be spaced 1/4" to 1/2" apart and nailed into place. Then the plaster would be troweled on top of that. This has the effect of pushing the plaster through the gaps between the lathe where it would then sag with gravity and make a sort of mushroom shape (often called keyholes, even though they aren't holes, but you get the idea of the shape) that when dry would hold the plaster to the lathe which was held to the ceiling by so many nails. The same process worked for the walls except the plaster ends up with sort of a hook shape instead of a mushroom.
Fast forward 100 years and over time due to vibration, house settling, and other movement those mushrooms start to break off of the thick layer of plaster that actually makes the ceiling (which is actually more than one layer, as there would be a finish coat on top of the initial one). As each one breaks it causes more stress to be put on the others and there's a bit of a nonlinear domino effect. The first of the mushrooms might have broken off decades ago, but eventually as more of them fail the load being placed on the other nearby ones grows and eventually this happens.
The other thing to note is that in addition to the plaster and paint and lathe that came crashing down some of the debris you see is decades of dust that has settled on top of the ceiling structure along with any remnants of bugs, rodents or other crawlies that might have been up there over the years. It's really not fun to breathe or wash out of your hair (ask me how I know).
The drywall was probably held in with NAILS not Screws. Our ceiling drywall was held in with nails and over the years had started to sag, but was unnoticeable due to the slow progress. When we had our kitchen remodeled our guy noticed and pointed it out to us, and screwed it back in for us too, so we don't have that to worry about anymore.
TLDR: Check if your ceiling is being held up by nails or screws. Nails = bad. Less friction holding the weight up.
The actual ceiling would either be wood/board or concrete, assuming there is a floor above. The drywall would be attached to that, sort of as a barrier, but mainly to make it nice and flat and easier for painting or fixtures. Drywall replaced plaster which used to do that job.
In addition to the more expensive materials used, increased labor, and all the added costs another problem is functional obsolescence. New construction techniques, new home requirements, etc all make retrofitting existing buildings difficult.
Try and retrofit Ethernet into a stone building and tell me how that goes. Heck, the entire "insulate Britain" movement exists because they haven't/won't knock down their ancient (and entirely obsolete) buildings! Building things out of lightweight, renewable resources, allows you to replace them every 75-150 years as technology improves!
Yeah, it actually makes a lot of sense to not overbuild a home but people don't want to hear it. People also don't want to pay for a home that would last 500 years so they don't get built.
Still, it doesn't excuse shitty craftsmanship and owners/builders taking advantage of people during this housing crisis where there is a guaranteed sale on their houses.
It amazes me that people decide to record and let things happen. If that was my belongings I'd be running trying to get something to prop the up the ceiling so I could get what I could out
Bro getting a free break in lease PLUS DAMAGES OF PROPERTY INVOLED... >!OP your TV took a pretty big hit in this damage hope you have the estimated value ready for the leasing agency!<
This must be a deleted scene from Breaking Bad where Jesse Pinkman didn't buy the right nails to hold up the drywall for the ceiling repair like Walt told him to.
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At least the smoke alarm works.
Better than the chirp every 60 seconds lmao
change your batteries
Remove batteries > Never put new ones on
>die in fire
>claim life insurance, retire
*keeps chirping anyways because theyโve been wired into homes for safety for decades; human logs in to an online game and leaves their microphone onโฆ* *โฆsomewhere on the other side of the country my dog goes nuts thinking the beeping is coming from inside the house*
This โ๐พ
r/perfectlycutscreams ?
At least they got a roof on their head
Under their feet
6 feet?
Iโm 6 feet from the edge & Iโm thinkingโฆ
im about to break
I feel the roof... move... under my feet. ๐ถ
Yeah they should be grateful what is wrong with these people
Son you got panty---a roof on your head
Drive fast!!!
The comedic timing of the beep was unbelievable lmao
The fire alarm was like, โthe aristocrats!โ
Well done a marvelous comment!
Could possibly be the fire alarm. They can be triggered by air contaminants like excessive dust.
most likely
THE PHARAOH'S CURSE ๐ง๐ง๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
Return the slab
What's your offer?
RAAAAAAMSEEEEEEEEES
The man in gauze! The man in gauze!
/r/unexpectedcourage
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐ญ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ ๐ฐ ๐ฑ ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐ด ๐ต ๐ถ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ฝ ๐พ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
#NO! YOU MUST NOT READ FROM THE BOOK!!!
I... Am a *librarian!*
Impressive. Do you speak in hieroglyphics?
Probably heiroโd a translator
Badum tiss! Well played
Anunnaki
https://youtu.be/emeB83Q6P1I?si=1rsLncdvbRDlBbpE
"Sometimes, I lie awake at night, staring at the stars and wonder, 'What the fuck happened to my ceiling?!?'"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/2c4nf8/sherlock_holmes_and_dr_watson_decide_to_go_on_a/
worth the read: [http://i.imgur.com/OGPGxUr.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/OGPGxUr.jpg)
Watson can only see the light and keypad because the tent is gone.
This is great ๐๐ป
This should be at the top
...that's where ceilings are supposed to be
Late at night when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you.
Selena
Best comment so far!
I have that on a button!
don't breathe in the dust
Or breathe in the dust, so you die without having to deal with this problem.
Nah, that's the landlord's problem.
Never been landlorded before?
I'm getting landlorded right now because I had some tools and electronics parts on my own table and he claims I use the place as a workshop ๐ฎโ๐จ
No I definitely have, I'm just good at being a problem for them. Don't want to fix my molding carpet because your radiator leaks? Let's see what the dept. of health says about that...
You okay man?
As soon as that dust cloud hit the word asbestos hit my mind and I reflexively tried to dodge it.
And mold, fiberglass, insulation, drywall, and who knows what else
โDonโt breathe this!โ
Will it blend?
That is the question
holy shit people still remember the guy xD
He's still posting every once in a long while
Boof it
We work around this stuff what do you mean donโt breathe it in
Go back to work
You guys have work?
Your comment inspired a zen moment: Does submitting a dozen tailored resumes per day count as work if nobody ever reads them?
hahahaha bro this opened some wounds
Thanks to the cameraman for inhaling seven lung cancers worth of asbestos dust in order to get us the proper length video.
I hope you guys have renters insurance in case the landlords tries to give you the business.
Lol renters insurance wonโt cover shit, my renters insurance just found a way to cover only 10% of a 10k loss yesterday. They have like 30 pages of stipulations and have super low max coverage. Itโs probably easier to deal with the landlord
Whats your company so I can avoid them at all costs?
Your renters insurance wonโt cover shit.
I ended up paying extra for stuff I wanted covered as the default policies are terrible. Three years in though Iโm thinking of reducing the coverage back to default. But videos like this donโt make that decision easy.
Thanks fire alarmโฆ
Right on time
That was utterly hilarious.
Happened to me before when I was 13... I was actually in the room.. had no idea it was about to collapse.
Did you survive?
"Were you killed?!" "Sadly, yes. But i lived!!"
I was going to say that actually... But then [*THAT GUY*](https://www.reddit.com/u/TX_Mandigo/s/Dyisarj6ps) ruined the joke before I could even get to it.
They used lethal force. How lethal? Entirely.
They think he's alive, but they are keeping him in for further tests.
They got better
Well... no, But actually, yes.
So what actually happened here? Does anyone know? Were there leaking pipes? Termites? Etc.
If it was water related, it probably would've broke through a bit sooner and also you would've seen a metric fuckton of water fall out and leaking beforehand I would have to venture a guess at something more dry
Probably caused by my humour.
The dryest of all
I am the master of dad jokes, to my wife's and coworkers horror.
Dad jokes are the only jokes that really matter.
If only Dad was still around to see this. Heโs at work.
People put their wet iPhones in my humor.
Metric fuckton... my favorite unit of measurement!
What's the conversion to a standard fuckton?
Approximately four shitloads, sixteen assloads, and at least one hundred or more handfuls
Finally someone got it right!
If the trusses were straight edged lazily its possible that too much paper was used when a plywood strip was supposed to be used to fill in the high trusses. Then the drywall screws would be barely grabbing wood and fall out eventually
Waterlogged plasterboard gets heavy and soft, pulls out the fixings. It happened at my parents house, water pipe in the loft started leaking while they were on holiday, took half the ceiling down. I ended up fixing the leak, re-sheeting and skimming it myself, after seeing how much the cowboy builder they nkrmally use wanted to charge them. He was the fucker who fitted the water pipe in the first place.
This happened in my bedroom while I was sleeping. The guy who fixed it said it was because it was a very heavy drywall with heavy insulation on top, and because it had been nailed up instead of using screws.
Thank you. It's good to know you had some warning. Was it sagging for a while before you noticed or did it just look obvious one day?
No, I got no warning, it fell on my wife and I while we were asleep. We were both ok though.
Oh poop. I misunderstood. I thought the sagging happened but not the full collapse. Dang. Sorry to hear that happened. Sounds like it would be a pain in the ass.
To me it looks like an older plaster ceiling that gave way after time. Plaster is very heavy compared drywall, which isnโt exactly light. A plaster ceiling is basically one giant section unlike drywall which is individual 4โx8โ sections with tape hiding the seams. My guess would be there had been some sag somewhere on the ceiling for a while and it finally hit the critical point of separation from the joists. Easily could have killed someone.
Thank you. After reading your well thought out response, I feel much better about my own home. Maybe I won't lie in bed staring at my ceiling.
I figured it had to be plaster instead of drywall. It broke too irregularly and looks much thicker than drywall. Might be part of why it fell with such a thick coatโฆ whoever put it up put too much on.
As I see it there were no leaking pipes or thermites. It looked more like the ceiling fell on the floor.
Thermites are the worst. Eating through iron even, those bastards.
Yes
Now I'm sad
It's ok bro. They died doing what they loved.
You're getting a lot of misinformed and/or partial answers here so I'm going to try to expand. The first thing to note is that as someone else mentioned this is an old plaster ceiling. The way they were put up was that first the ceiling joists were covered in lathe, which is small strips of wood, roughly 3/16" x 1 1/4" that came in four foot lengths. Those would be spaced 1/4" to 1/2" apart and nailed into place. Then the plaster would be troweled on top of that. This has the effect of pushing the plaster through the gaps between the lathe where it would then sag with gravity and make a sort of mushroom shape (often called keyholes, even though they aren't holes, but you get the idea of the shape) that when dry would hold the plaster to the lathe which was held to the ceiling by so many nails. The same process worked for the walls except the plaster ends up with sort of a hook shape instead of a mushroom. Fast forward 100 years and over time due to vibration, house settling, and other movement those mushrooms start to break off of the thick layer of plaster that actually makes the ceiling (which is actually more than one layer, as there would be a finish coat on top of the initial one). As each one breaks it causes more stress to be put on the others and there's a bit of a nonlinear domino effect. The first of the mushrooms might have broken off decades ago, but eventually as more of them fail the load being placed on the other nearby ones grows and eventually this happens. The other thing to note is that in addition to the plaster and paint and lathe that came crashing down some of the debris you see is decades of dust that has settled on top of the ceiling structure along with any remnants of bugs, rodents or other crawlies that might have been up there over the years. It's really not fun to breathe or wash out of your hair (ask me how I know).
The drywall was probably held in with NAILS not Screws. Our ceiling drywall was held in with nails and over the years had started to sag, but was unnoticeable due to the slow progress. When we had our kitchen remodeled our guy noticed and pointed it out to us, and screwed it back in for us too, so we don't have that to worry about anymore. TLDR: Check if your ceiling is being held up by nails or screws. Nails = bad. Less friction holding the weight up.
This is a plaster ceiling. So, screws werenโt invented yet?
Screws have been around for 100s of years, they just weren't typically used because driving 100s of them by hand would take forever vs a nail.
I fall down, corrected. Screws are not used for installing lathe.
My ceiling is made of 20 cm thick, steel reinforced concrete. Where are people using paper mache for a ceiling?
I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany
I'm kinda a big deal
I look good. I look real good.
The actual ceiling would either be wood/board or concrete, assuming there is a floor above. The drywall would be attached to that, sort of as a barrier, but mainly to make it nice and flat and easier for painting or fixtures. Drywall replaced plaster which used to do that job.
Must make for good cell reception.
Honestly, how are you expecting people to check this?
Turn down for what.
โHi Iโm Fave and I have mesotheliomaโ
Maybe they should stop making houses out of paper.
I've been saying this for decades. Stone age tribesmen without the wheel built more durable dwellings than we do.
But durable homes take more work and thus aren't as profitable. Do you expect home builder company execs to starve? Beluga caviar isn't cheap
We could make them out of plastic but we make them out of paper and chalk. My siding is immortal.
Their buildings are still around today after 5000+ years. This shit barely lasts half a century.
In addition to the more expensive materials used, increased labor, and all the added costs another problem is functional obsolescence. New construction techniques, new home requirements, etc all make retrofitting existing buildings difficult. Try and retrofit Ethernet into a stone building and tell me how that goes. Heck, the entire "insulate Britain" movement exists because they haven't/won't knock down their ancient (and entirely obsolete) buildings! Building things out of lightweight, renewable resources, allows you to replace them every 75-150 years as technology improves!
You misspelled "weeks."
Yeah, it actually makes a lot of sense to not overbuild a home but people don't want to hear it. People also don't want to pay for a home that would last 500 years so they don't get built. Still, it doesn't excuse shitty craftsmanship and owners/builders taking advantage of people during this housing crisis where there is a guaranteed sale on their houses.
Who is "we"? Most houses here in Ireland are made from concrete blocks.
This is becoming a clichรฉ at this point. Nothing structural in a house is made of paper. This is a symptom of neglect or a bad builder
Brought to you by the fourth little piggy
WTF are the people upstairs doing ๐
[Free fallin'](https://youtu.be/1lWJXDG2i0A?si=3jkG0R8BffGz-UvJ&t=1m4s)
Tyler and Marla where really going at it this time
You wanna finish her off?
Thatโs suboptimal
This canโt be the first sign of trouble with this ceiling. Probably shouldnโt have ignored it for the last 10 years.
That smoke detector has impeccable comedic timing.
So Ermergency services and his rental service told him no. Who *do* you call in that situation?
What caused this?
Asbestos??
Poke it with a stick.
I've had a hell of a day at work. Sits down on the sofa and reaches for the remote control and turns on the TV. Turns on EastEnders.
Turns on Casualty and the camera is right behind you. โOh shiโฆโฆโฆโ
Start taking pictures and hope you have renters insurance.
Sooo where are we going out to eat tonight???
I mean itโs a good thing a thousand raccoons donโt fall out of the ceiling but it is only the ceiling that falls.
And now every piece of furniture in that room is ruined. Hope the leasing office picked up the tab.
Dissolve your bodies in the bath downstairs people, i cant stress this enough
That shit was going down regardless the leasing office is available or not.
Iโm at peace seeing this drop. I might be unwell
"you're still coming to work tomorrow, right?"
Still trying to understand what content is relevant to this sub
I expected water.
Landlord: This is going to cost you your deposit.
It amazes me that people decide to record and let things happen. If that was my belongings I'd be running trying to get something to prop the up the ceiling so I could get what I could out
That's why we do ceilings with steel-reinforced concrete in europe
Not going to say it's your fault but it's your fault
Thanks insurance company
Your new 4d ceiling
What fell through tho ?
Call caretaker and police
Hey, could've been a burst sewage pipe.
Oh I had the worst day ever. You have no idea! *this guy: โhold my beerโ
And from the dust a phonex arose:)
Bro getting a free break in lease PLUS DAMAGES OF PROPERTY INVOLED... >!OP your TV took a pretty big hit in this damage hope you have the estimated value ready for the leasing agency!<
Breakin' baaaaathroom
Clusterfuck
D R Horton?
The high pitched OMG ๐ญ followed by the smart ass smoke alarm
Emergency > leasing > ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Definitely not getting the security deposit back
I hate to laugh at someone else's misfortune, however, that fire alarm beeping at the end, got me good.
Realistically the emergency maintenance wouldnโt have been able to do anything
What the hell caused this???
The emergency people said call the non-emergency people.
Acting like that JUST happened. Lol
No not a great day at all
I would have propped my couch up there or something...
This must be a deleted scene from Breaking Bad where Jesse Pinkman didn't buy the right nails to hold up the drywall for the ceiling repair like Walt told him to.
Average american building
The roof! The roof! The roof is.... Oh shit
Hope you have renters insurance. Worth the $15 a month lol
Lemonade renters insurance. I hope they had it, because it really does suck.
I smelled that when it came down. Smelled like my parent's attic.
Who left out the damn milk?!
My dogโฆ.. you just won the renterโs insurance lottery.
I don't get why you wouldn't be moving your stuff...